Packaging

Retailer: Sobeys
Product: Compliments Sensations Thai Golden Purse Hors D'Oeuvres
Award: 2006 PLMA Salute to Excellence, Food & Drink Awards, Appetizers
Price: $6.99 (Canadian)
Comments: Sobeys promoted its premium private label entree line in its Inspired by Compliments magazine and via in-store flyers.

Retailer: BJ's Wholesale Club
Product: Rozzano Marinara Pasta Sauce
Award: 2006 PLMA Salute to Excellence, Food & Drink Awards, Pasta Sauces
Price: $5.99, two 32-ounce jars
Comments: This sauce is the best-selling item in the Rozzano line of 57 Italian specialty products.

Retailer: Save-A-Lot
Product: Petz Supplies
Award: 2006 PLMA Salute to Excellence, Home & Health Awards, Pet Care
Comments: Sav-A-Lot designed the Petz logo in-house and selected blue as a color to unite all the products in the line.

Retailer: ShopRite/Wakefern Food Corp.
Product: Organic Mixed Vegetables
Award: 2006 PLMA Salute to Excellence, Food & Drink Awards, Healthy Eating
Price: $1.99, 16 ounces

Retailer: Target
Product: Choxie Snowflakey Truffles
Award: 2006 PLMA Salute to Excellence, Food & Drink Awards, Desserts
Price: $5, 5.3 ounces
Comments: Target launched its line of premium chocolates in 2005 with support from television, print and in-store promotions.

Retailer: Price Chopper
Product: Cinnamon Sugar Squares
Award: 2006 PLMA Salute to Excellence, Food & Drink Awards, Breakfast Foods
Price: $2.19, 14-ounce box
Comments: Cinnamon Sugar Squares occupy the middle tier of Price Chopper's three-tiered store brand structure. The cereals were promoted with pallet displays and 10-for-$10 price deals.

Retailer: Wild Oats Markets
Product: Natural Sundried Tomato & Herb Flatbread Crackers
Award: 2006 PLMA Salute to Excellence, Food & Drink Awards, Gourmet
Price: $2.99, 5.8 ounces
Comments: Packages for Wild Oats natural crackers feature two earth tone colors selected to complement each flavor profile in the line.

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.