Post Holdings announced Thursday that it would buy the private label and branded cereal, granola, and snacks businesses of Hearthside Food Solutions.

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.

Planet Retail U.S. Research Director Sandy Skrovan told a webinar audience Wednesday that value retailers should no longer be considered part of an alternative channel, but as mainstream players.

Topco Associates and Project 7 are teaming up on a co-branded line of food and beverage products, the companies announced Thursday.

The sixth annual CSD/Balvor Foodservice Survey finds that convenience store chains with size and scale are reaping the biggest rewards from foodservice sales today.

Private Label Manufacturers Association President Brian Sharoff opened the association’s annual meeting Friday with an update on current affairs and a look toward the future – one that directly connects the PLMA with retail consumers.

Speaking before a group of private label manufacturing executives Friday, retail analyst Phil Lempert said the grocery landscape was undergoing massive change because of the influences of multiple generations.

Former Ahold USA and Daymon President Allan Noddle on Friday told a crowd of private label executives that the greatest effects of the recession on the industry were still to come.

Both the UK and U.S. saw private label in childrenswear grow in value by more than any of its branded rivals during 2012, according to Euromonitor International’s recently released apparel data.

PLBuyer today announced the addition of Douglas Peckenpaugh to the position of executive editor, and Frank Prokos to the position of Midwest business development manager.