Research & Analysis

OAKLAND, Calif. & CINCINNATI - The Clorox Company and The Procter & Gamble Company on Thursday announced they are planning to establish a joint venture in food and trash bags, containers, and wraps under the Glad, GladWare and related trademarks.

SKOKIE, Ill. - Online grocer Peapod Inc., a subsidiary of Royal Ahold, on Tuesday said it has expanded its delivery service to 14 Chicago suburbs and the South Side community of Beverly, Crain's Chicago Business reports.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - New Zealand's largest supermarket operator, Foodstuffs, said Wednesday it will offer its customers banking services at its supermarkets starting next year,

NORTH BRUNSWICK, N.J. and MONTGOMERYVILLE, Pa. - Beginning this month, shoppers of neXpansion's Endless Aisle service can shop a wider selection of premium pet foods and treats thanks to a new partnership between neXpansion and PetFoodDirect.com.

WASHINGTON - The world's largest association of food, beverage and consumer product companies has completed its merger with the Association of Sales & Marketing Companies, in the culmination of the organizations' two-year association.

CHICAGO - In less then 10 years, America's 1,500 private label food manufacturers could consolidate to a field of no more than 20 as they respond to the demands of large-scale food retailers, according to a new report by Deloitte & Touche Corporate Finance LLC.

NEW YORK - About 9,000 workers at Dominick's, a Chicago division of Safeway Inc., voted on Sunday to authorize a strike to back their demands for higher wages and healthcare benefits, Reuters reports.

NEW YORK - No. 2 supermarket chain Safeway Inc. may be on the verge of exiting Chicago, where its Dominick's chain has suffered about four years of falling profits and its unionized workers are demanding more pay, analysts told Reuters on Wednesday.