NielsenIQ has released “Finding Harmony on the Shelf: 2025 Global Outlook on Private Label & Branded Products,” a new report that offers an analysis of shifting global consumer attitudes around private label and branded products, catalysts driving these trends and insights for retailers to reach consumers within a fast-moving macroeconomic environment. According to NIQ’s report, […]
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Posted inSustainability News, Beverage News, National
PepsiCo’s Watershed Projects Aim To Replenish Millions Of Gallons Of Water
PepsiCo’s more than $1.8 million investment in four watershed replenishment programs in the U.S. last year aims to provide multi-pronged benefits to land and communities in high water-risk areas. Replenishing water in high water-risk areas is integral to PepsiCo’s broader pep+ (PepsiCo Positive) ambition of becoming Net Water Positive by 2030. The projects take specialized approaches […]
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Instacart Introduces Store View, Second Store Check Options
Instacart has added two additional technology features to its platform, Store View and Second Store Check, which are made possible due to integrations with retailers’ inventory systems and millions of weekly orders placed across more than 100,000 locations. “Keeping track of inventory is one of the biggest challenges in grocery. A single store carries more […]
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Fresh Del Monte Acquires Majority Stake In Avolio
In line with its initiative to expand into high-value specialty ingredients, Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc. has acquired a majority stake in Avolio, an Ugandan supplier of bulk crude and edible avocado oil. Avocados are one of the few fruits from which oil can be extracted from the pulp. Avolio leverages this to create value […]
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Whole Foods Expands International Footprint With New U.K. Market
Whole Foods Market opened its first new U.K. location since 2014 on March 25 at 120 King’s Road, SW3 in the Chelsea area of London. “I am thrilled to open the doors of our first Whole Foods Market in the U.K. in more than 10 years here on King’s Road, an iconic street and London […]
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Kroger Files Legal Response, Levels Counterclaims Against Albertsons
The Kroger Co. has filed an answer and counterclaims to the complaint brought by Albertsons in the Delaware Court of Chancery, in connection with the previous merger agreement between the two companies, which was terminated in December. The court filing that Kroger issued stated that while “[it] was working diligently to seek regulatory approval and […]
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FMI Report: Meat Sales High As Americans View Meat As Part Of Healthy Lifestyle
Meat sales hit a record high of $104.6 billion in 2024, pounds sold increased 2.3 percent compared to 2023, and consumers on average buy meat more than once per week (Circana) – keeping meat the largest fresh department in grocery, according to the 20th annual “Power of Meat” report released March 24 at the Annual […]
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Colombian Avocados On Track For Record 2025 Season
Colombia is set to deliver 130 million pounds of avocados during the 2025 spring-summer traviesa season. Maturing orchards, strategic investments in region-specific rootstock and a growing shift toward East Coast ports are driving Colombia’s role as a year-round supply partner for the expanding U.S. market. Year-round harvest Main season (September-February): Recently concluded with a 50 […]