Articles by Chris Freeman

BestSweet Rebrands As BestCo

May 6, 2013

BestSweet announced Monday that it would change its name and brand to BestCo to reflect its growth since its founding 37 years ago.


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Ready Pac CEO Retires

May 6, 2013

Ready Pac Foods President and CEO Michael Solomon announced his retirement Friday after five years at the helm.


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Safeway Launches Lucerne Contest Voting

May 6, 2013

Safeway has opened voting for its eighth annual The Art of Dairy contest for its Lucerne dairy brand.


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Five Packaging Firms Form Global Plastics Company

May 3, 2013

Five leading packaging companies in North America and Europe announced they intend to combine to operate as one global leader under the banner of Exopack Holdings Sarl, a new Luxembourg company.


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Private Label Nut Sales Climb

May 2, 2013

John B. Sanfilippo and Sons reported Wednesday that private label sales of nuts grew in the third quarter from a year earlier, as demand rose and prices fell.


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Chek Soda Back For Summer

May 2, 2013

Bi-Lo supermarkets are bringing in a new private label soda to shelves this spring, but a familiar name in the Southeast.


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HEB Makes Big Private Label Promotion Move

May 1, 2013

HEB pushed forward last week with a major increase in private label promotions, according to Chicago-based market research firm Market Track in an exclusive report for PLBuyer’s eReport.


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Safeway President To Be CEO

April 30, 2013

Safeway has announced that Robert L. Edwards, Safeway's president, will replace Steven A. Burd as CEO.


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Study For PLMA Shows Shopping Habits Haven’t ‘Changed Dramatically’

April 29, 2013

A new study commissioned by the Private Label Manufacturers Association and conducted by GfK Custom Research North America shows the shopping habits of women don’t appear to have “changed dramatically” in a half-century.


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Fresh Foods In Spotlight For Supervalu Banners

April 26, 2013

Supervalu CEO Sam Duncan talked with analysts this week about the success the company’s flagship private label line has shown, then took time to discuss a major opportunity for the company’s remaining retail banners – fresh foods.


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The PLBuyer Top 10, April 2013

The following stories were the top 10 most-read items posted to the PLBuyer website during the month of April—and we’ve collected them here for quick and easy review. Click through to read the full stories.

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Coming with a clear, comprehensive plan was the key to success for Longo Brothers Fruit Markets when the grocer decided to roll out a two-tier private label strategy, Jenny Longo and Robert Koss tell PLBuyer editor Chris Freeman in this podcast.

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