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News and insights to leverage opportunities in pet, private label, breakfast foods, free-from foods, frozen and refrigerated and beer/wine/spirits, including WGB’s exclusive What’s On Tap trend report.

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A Fetching Game: How to Boost Pet Product Sales

Competition in the category is fierce as retailers strive to drive traffic in-store and online.

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How Lunchboxes Are Growing Up

Move over, peanut butter and jelly: Parents are increasingly sending their children off to school with premium and better-for-you food options.

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Buttering Up the Bakery Aisle

By Natalie Taylor on Aug. 09, 2018

Retailers are making more dough with new formulations, varieties and pack sizes that appeal to consumers’ elevated expectations.

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How Retailers Can Get a Leg Up on Private Label

By Rebekah Marcarelli on Jul. 30, 2018

Winning store brands are those that lead the pack and offer shoppers something that national brands cannot.

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PLMA Reveals Top Private Label Wines

By WGB Staff on Jul. 16, 2018

What's on Tap: Aldi, Trader Joe's and Costco had best-quality bottles.

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A New Study Tries to Make the Case for Center Store

By Phil Lempert on Jul. 16, 2018

The Lempert Report: The way Catalina presents its data may be misleading about the state of the segment.

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Summertime Snacking Heats Up

Sponsored content from our partner General Mills on Jul. 13, 2018

Retailers can drive increased sales of snacks during this time of year, but it all starts with having the right product mix to appeal to the diverse needs and preferences of today’s shoppers.

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Consumers are Going Nuts for Plant-Based Beverages

By Natalie Taylor on Jul. 05, 2018

Health and transparency are driving the shift from dairy products to their nondairy counterparts.

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Beer Displays Drive Store Trips, Profits

Sponsored content from our partner Anheuser-Busch on Jul. 05, 2018

Maximizing in-store customer spending is critical for retailers in today’s environment, where competitive pressures from online sellers and other nontraditional outlets have been increasing.

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Format and Consumer Shift Underscores FMCG Stagnation: Report

By Jon Springer on Jun. 21, 2018

Brands need strategy for fast-growing channels, slow-growing market, a new Kantar report says.