Packaging

Retailer: Sav-A-Lot
Product: Dianora's
Award: 2006 PLMA Salute to Excellence, Food & Drink Awards, Pizza
Price: $2.99, 31 ounces
Comments: Sav-A-Lot's pizza retails for considerably less than national brands costing up to $5.79.

Retailer: Spartan Stores
Product: Chicken Noodle Soup
Award: 2006 PLMA Salute to Excellence, Food & Drink Awards, Soups
Price: $1.99, 19 ounces
Comments: Spartan offers its 350 independent retailers three tiers of private label products: Spartan Premium, Valu Time and the Full Circle line of natural and organic products.

Retailer: Harris Teeter
Product: H.T. Traders Original Organic 8 Grain Crackers
Award: 2006 PLMA Salute to Excellence, Food & Drink Awards, Snacks
Price: $2.99, 5 ounces
Comments: The H.T. Traders line launched in 1999 now includes imported, regional and specialty items across several product categories.

Retailer: Sobeys
Product: Compliments Sensations Swiss Chocolate Praline Collection
Award: 2006 PLMA Salute to Excellence, Food & Drink Awards, Specialty
Price: $9.99 (Canadian), 250 grams
Comments: This assortment in Sobeys' premium private label line debuted in November 2005.

Retailer: BJ's Wholesale Club
Product: Berkley & Jensen French Sea Salt
Award: 2006 PLMA Salute to Excellence, Food & Drink Awards, Condiments
Price: $5.99, 18-ounce container
Comments: BJ's sea salt was developed to appeal to Williams-Sonoma fans, but at a savings of 15% to 60% over comparable national brand products.

Retailer: Smart & Final
Product: Bay Harbor Fisheries King Crab Legs
Award: 2006 PLMA Salute to Excellence, Food & Drink Awards, Entrees
Price: $19.99, 2-pound
Comments: Smart & Final, a warehouse grocer that markets to foodservice operators and the general public, added this frozen entree to its line of corporate brands.

Retailer: ShopRite/Wakefern Food Corp.
Product: Organic Unsweetened Applesauce
Award: 2006 PLMA Salute to Excellence, Food & Drink Awards, Ready-to-eat
Price: $1.99, 25-ounce jar
Comments: ShopRite has nearly tripled its organic offerings in the past 18 months. The applesauce bears the distinctive purple banner common to all of ShopRite's organic products.

Retailer: Target
Product: Calcium Chews
Award: 2006 PLMA Salute to Excellence, Home & Health Awards, OTC & Health Care
Price: $4.74
Comments: A resealable tub with clear Target branding makes it easy to store and transport the chews.

Retailer: Price Chopper
Product: Central Market Classics Triple Chocolate Chip Cookies
Award: 2006 PLMA Salute to Excellence, Food & Drink Awards, Bakery & Cookies
Price: 2 for $5, 7.2-ounce box
Comments: Just one flavor in Price Chopper's line of eight gourmet cookie varieties.

Retailer: Target
Product: Garden Place Pop-Up Container
Award: 2006 PLMA Salute to Excellence, Home & Health Awards, Lawn and Garden
Price: $9.99
Comments: Target's Garden Place line features multiple items that collapse to reduce clutter and space requirements in storage areas.