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Unilever Cutting Jobs Dropping Ice Cream

Posted on January 23, 2026

Unilever to Drop Icecream, the big news to come out of Unilever’s announcement of steps to accelerate its Growth Action Plan (GAP) through the separation of Ice Cream and the launch of a major productivity program. The Board believes that Unilever should be increasingly focused on a portfolio of unmissably superior brands with strong positions in highly attractive categories that have complementary operating models. This is where the company can most effectively apply its innovation, marketing and go-to-market capabilities. Ice Cream has a very different operating model, and as a result the Board has decided that the separation of Ice…

Own-Brand Paper Wine Bottles – Supermarket News

Posted on January 21, 2026

UK | Made from 94 percent recycled paperboard, the Cambalala South African Shiraz and Cambalala South African Sauvignon Blanc will land in stores nationwide this month. Aldi has launched the UK’s first, supermarket own-brand paper wine bottles. Made from 94 percent recycled paperboard and lined with a food-grade pouch to contain the wine, the new bottles are fully recyclable and five times lighter than a standard glass bottle. By replacing glass bottles with paper and stocking in stores nationwide, Aldi has generated a carbon footprint reduction that is equivalent to driving around the planet 5.8 times – giving eco-conscious wine…

The SN 2024 Retailer Survey: Cautious optimism in ’24

Posted on December 12, 2025

After a difficult year in 2023, food retailers and wholesalers have grown slightly more positive in their outlook for the year ahead, according to this year’s Supermarket News Retailer Expectations Survey. Just over half — 52% — of retailer and wholesaler respondents said they were at least “fairly confident” in the strength of the economy, including 8% who said they were “extremely confident.” That marks the first year-to-year outlook improvement in the four-year history of the survey. Last year only 44% of respondents cited optimism about the economy in 2023.Despite the positive economic outlook for 2024, however, 56% of…

Private label brands achieved record success in 2023

Posted on December 10, 2025

Sales of store brands increased $10.1 billion to a record $236.3 billion last year compared to 2022, according to PLMA’s just-released 2024 Private Label Report. That represents a 4.7% rise in dollar sales in all outlets from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2023, versus the same period the previous year, according to the report. Store brands bested national brands, which grew 3.4% in dollar sales. Compared to 2019, annual store brand dollar sales in 2023 increased by $60.2 billion, a 34% gain. Store brand dollar share rose 1.2 points to a record 18.9%. During the four-year period, store brand unit…

PAK’nSAVE Expands Its Reach In Christchurch

Posted on December 7, 2025

Foodstuffs South Island has announced the opening of a new PAK’nSAVE store at Papanui, marking a significant milestone. This is the first PAK’nSAVE store opened in Canterbury since PAK’nSAVE Rangiora opened in September 2015. Spanning 6,260 square meters, PAK’nSAVE Papanui is conveniently located on the corner of Northcote Road and Main North Road in town. The co-op has invested $40 million to bring this supermarket to the community while offering customers a spacious and contemporary shopping experience. The new store will also provide 100 additional roles alongside the 210 positions filled by team members brought over from their former store,…

Self-checkout may change, but it won’t ‘check out’

Posted on November 20, 2025

Bill Wilson is the senior editor of Supermarket News, covering the latest in supermarket and grocery news. He has been a B2B journalist for over 25 years and has won two Roger F. Boger awards for editorial excellence. Grocers are taking a second look at self-checkout and whether it’s a viable option. What’s driving this? Shrink inflation has been on the rise and grocers have also lost some control over tracking inventory. I personally don’t think self-checkout is going away, but we are seeing some big shifts from grocers in this department. Let’s take a look. Here are some recent…

DoorDash adds new SNAP grocery partners

Posted on November 12, 2025

DoorDash is expanding its SNAP/EBT payment offerings by adding additional grocers. The delivery company first launched its SNAP/EBT payment capability in 2023. Since then, DoorDash says over 1.1 million consumers have added their SNAP/EBT cards to the platform. With the addition of the new grocery partners, over 6,000 locations nationwide will now support SNAP/EBT payment capabilities on DoorDash for on-demand delivery of eligible grocery items. The new grocers include: ACME Markets, Food City, Hy-Vee, Jewel-Osco, Kings Food Markets, Pavilions, Randalls, Shaw’s, Sprouts Farmers Market, Star Market, Stater Bros. Markets, Tom Thumb, and Vons. Since DoorDash‘s launch last year with multiple…

Kroger, Albertsons file pointed responses to FTC

Posted on November 11, 2025

Kroger and Albertsons both filed sharply worded comments this week asserting that the Federal Trade Commission defined the competitive retail and labor markets much too narrowly in its efforts to block the retailers’ planned mergers. Unlike their statements to the media after the FTC announced in February that it would sue to block the proposed, $24.6 billion merger, the retailers took a much more combative stance and provided detailed objections to the FTC’s specific allegations in their latest filings. Related: Hearing to decide next step in Kroger, Albertsons merger set for August “The Commission’s claims are premised entirely on the…