store brand

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noun

: a product that is made for a store and has the store's name on it

store-brand

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adjective

: being or related to a product that is made for a store and has the store's name on it
store-brand products

Examples of store brand in a Sentence

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Noun
Shop store brand items: Store brands are typically cheaper than name-brand products. Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 12 Sep. 2024 Charge a dollar more for the same roll of paper towels, and grocery customers might defect to a cheaper store brand. Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2024 In a notice posted by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Perrigo Co. issued a voluntary recall on Thursday for three lots within one batch, or 16,500 cans, of store brand Premium Infant Formula with Iron Milk-Based Powder. Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 13 Aug. 2024 What baby formula is being recalled? Perrigo Company, which describes itself as the world's largest manufacturer of over-the-counter self-care products and supplier of infant formulas for the store brand market is recalling its Premium Infant Formula with Iron Milk-Based Powder. Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 12 Aug. 2024 That is not to say that every store brand is a commercial and critical hit. Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2024 Kroger is giving out 45,000 pints of its store brand ice cream to celebrate the official start of summer later this month. Chris Morris, Fortune, 6 June 2024 Rival retailer Dollar General is the fastest-growing store brand in the U.S., with over approximately 18,000 locations. David Matthews, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2024 In the years before Kirkland, Costco’s private label items were divided among an unruly assortment of 30 different store brand names like Simply Soda or Chelsea toilet paper. Phil Wahba, Fortune, 4 June 2024
Adjective
These store-brand products are usually cheaper than brand-name ones but are much more profitable for the retailer. Alina Selyukh, NPR, 9 Sep. 2024 Trader Joe’s, for example, offers store-brand Chili & Lime-Flavored Rolled Corn Tortilla Chips that perennially rank among the store’s most popular items. Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2024 While most shoppers trust that store-brand medicines are just as safe and effective as brand-name ones, that’s not always true. Alexa Mikhail, Fortune Well, 12 Aug. 2024 Interest in store-brand grocery items increased during the pandemic, and customers have stuck with them as the quality improved. Aaron Gregg, Washington Post, 11 July 2024 The sample selection was made up of 24 different products that ranged from brand-name to generic store-brand, different compositions of materials, different absorbency levels, as well as both organic and non-organic. Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 10 July 2024 These numbers jump for high-earners making more than $100,000: 79 percent buy store-brand house cleaning supplies, 76 percent buy store-brand food, 75 percent buy store-brand personal care and 74 percent buy vitamins and medicine. Kanika Talwar, WWD, 2 July 2024 At least four supermarket chains, including Aldi and Hy-Vee, recalled store-brand cream cheese spreads that might have salmonella. David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 9 May 2024 Walgreens introduced 37 new store-brand products last quarter and is using stockkeeping unit rationalization to determine which products are more appealing to consumers. Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 29 Mar. 2024

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“Store brand.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/store%20brand. Accessed 9 Oct. 2024.

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