Whole Foods Expanding Private Label Craft

Dear Client:Remember all that hoopla over private label craft? Well, it's slowed down, as that segment seems to have. Private label craft actually experienced negative sales trends over the summer as compared to summer 2011. SymphonyIRI has private label craft up almost 12% in dollar sales YTD to Oct. 7 in food and drug, but for the 20 weeks ended Sept. 30, it was down 3.4% in dollars. The way the market leader tells it, however, they're not hurting in