Not guesswork.
Packaging design agency for brands selling into Kroger.
We partner with brands that want to win in Kroger, even in private-label-dominated categories. Through Path to Performance™, we align category strategy, design, and predictive testing that measures performance against store brands and national competitors. Bottles, cartons, pouches, and prepared meal trays are optimized for quick decisions, family appeal, and immediate shelf impact. We start with shopper behavior, confirm outcomes with data, and deliver packaging that converts. It is a guarantee.
Process.
Using consumer insights to design Kroger-ready brands and packaging experiences.
In a Kroger aisle packed with private-label and national brands, shoppers default to whatever feels right for the family. We track how they scan shelves, coolers, and endcaps, then adjust pack structure, message order, and visuals so your product answers that need first. Our Path to Performance™ links category strategy, Kroger-specific design, and testing that mirrors real shelf layouts and price ladders. The result? Packaging that drives pick-up, trade-up, and repeat purchases inside Kroger.
Winning the Kroger aisle with proven design.
Grocery shoppers come in with a plan and a budget, then make final decisions at the shelf. They scan packs for flavor, ingredients, and usage cues that match the meals they already plan to cook. Your packaging has to earn its place by showing how good it will taste and why it deserves space in the cart.
That’s why every design we create or SKU we redesign is informed by category-specific consumer insights, refined through predictive testing, and calibrated for fast recognition, clear value tiers, and stronger conversion in busy grocery environments.
Services.
Our design capabilities.
Structure portfolios for Kroger around clear tiers, family value, and premium lines so every SKU has a defined job on the shelf. Lock in variants, pack sizes, and sub-lines in ways that simplify grocery decisions, support price ladders, and guide customers between national brands and private label without confusion.
Build visual and verbal systems that cut through in refrigerated, frozen, and center-store aisles while still feeling right for weekly grocery trips. Create identities that flex from stock-up value to specialty and local-feel offerings without losing recognition in crowded sets, bunker cases, or secondary displays.
Write benefit-first messaging that makes it obvious what the product is, how it fits into real meals, and why it earns a spot over the store brand beside it. Clarify who it serves, when to use it, and what proof backs each claim, using language built for family grocery trips and ready for retailer and regulatory review.
Design shelf-ready packaging that is easy to find, easy to understand, and easy to justify on a weekly shop. Optimize layout and visuals for fast center-store runs, perimeter grabs, coolers, and freezers while still working cleanly in thumbnail and PDP views on Kroger digital shelves for pickup and delivery.
Select materials and formats that line up with Kroger realities, such as case configurations, pallet patterns, cold-chain needs, and shelf standards across banners. Explore trays, bowls, bags, jars, cartons, and display-ready cases that stock quickly, survive refrigerated and frozen environments, and feel solid and trustworthy in hand.
Manage execution from first concept through final printed packs with Kroger requirements in mind. Coordinate pre-press, ingredient and nutrition disclosures, certifications, UPC and shelf-tag alignment, and case-pack details so items move cleanly into set reviews and planogram updates without surprises.
Develop retail-ready displays, shippers, and case stacks designed for Kroger floor space, endcaps, checkout coolers, and seasonal or local-feature zones. Extend the core brand story into POP that sets quickly, stays easy for store teams to maintain, and drives incremental units beyond the base shelf.
Website Design
Create conversion-focused brand sites and landing pages that support your role in Kroger and similar grocery channels. Tell the product story, show real meal solutions and full portfolios, and guide visitors to find items in Kroger stores or through Kroger-linked online shopping with simple, direct paths.
Produce optimized digital assets for Kroger online and third-party grocery platforms, including hero images, comparison views, benefit callouts, and usage imagery. Improve findability and conversion with assets that reflect how shoppers browse by occasion, diet, and value on the digital shelf.
Deliver practical systems that keep brand consistency tight across Kroger packaging, in-store signage, digital content, and shopper marketing. Define how the brand shows up from primary pack and case stack to recipe content, banners, and retail media so every Kroger touchpoint feels aligned and intentional.
Equip internal teams and sales partners with ready-to-use assets, talking points, and playbooks for Kroger line reviews, new item pitches, seasonal programs, and in-aisle activations. Make it simple to tell one coherent story across categories, banners, and regions without rebuilding from scratch every time.
DTC Design
Design packs that perform twice by being clear and convincing on a product page and having the same visuals and messages work just as hard on the Kroger shelf. That way, shoppers recognize you instantly and choose you in both places.
Merchandising Strategy
Apply data-led merchandising to improve visibility and navigation in prepared meals, coffee, frozen foods, snacks, and other Kroger sets. Recommend placement, adjacencies, facings, and case-stack approaches that help you stand out next to Kroger private label brand, grow baskets, and unlock new meal and snacking occasions.
Anchor your positioning in what Kroger shoppers care about most, such as taste, believable ingredient quality, family fit, and value that feels fair in a tight budget shop. Build a stance grounded in real product advantages and emotional reassurance so your brand earns trust and repeat trips in crowded aisles.
Identify whitespace in formats, pack sizes, price points, and usage occasions tied to Kroger stock-up and top-up missions. Use those insights to guide innovation in packaging, benefits, and value-engineered offerings that unlock new baskets and occasions without eroding your core SKUs.
Whether we renovate a single label or helm a complete rebranding project, we validate designs, claims, benefit cues, and formats with predictive methods and real shopper feedback in Kroger-like environments.
Integration.
Our approach to product packaging design that outperforms at Kroger.
Weekly stock-up missions leave shoppers with little patience for packs that feel confusing or unproven. We audit the aisles, coolers, and endcaps where your product will live, benchmark performance in the category, and pinpoint what actually drives selection over store brands and direct competitors.
Next, we design a coordinated approach across shelves, cases, and displays that leverages those cues, and we put concepts through simulated Kroger sets for validation. Your packaging is designed to excel in the exact conditions it will face and is measured against real outcomes, not just subjective taste alone.
Strategy
Led by former brand managers from blue-chip CPG companies who understand your business challenges and market dynamics.
Design
Creative experts trained at top brand agencies, translating consumer insights into impactful designs for major CPG brands.
Testing
Modern consumer testing that simulates real retail environments, mapping the crucial 10-second buyer journey.
Our Results.
Explore Data-Driven
Success Stories.
We lead all our clients toward objective wins across every category.
Positioning, Design, Testing
Yucatan redesign drives 34-point purchase intent.
Data-led redesign doubles preference scores and delivers a 30% U.S. sales lift and 40% growth in Canada.
Positioning, Design, Testing
Wei-Chuan redesign drives 18% sales growth.
New design grows purchase intent by 13 points and doubles perceived shelf organization while preserving authenticity.
Positioning, Design, Testing
Zing Zang redesign boosts cocktail mixer sales velocity by 15%.
Refined design system adds 7 points of purchase intent and lifts sales velocity by 15%, expanding share against key national competitors.
Talk to us
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What happens next?
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- If needed, we’ll sign an NDA to keep the highest level of privacy.
- We'll schedule a discovery call to discuss your specific job to be done and how we can help drive your brand's growth.
Frequently asked questions about packaging design services for products in Kroger aisles.
Heat & Eat meals at Kroger moved away from boxed dinners after a reset, and our velocities dropped. How do you fix navigation when the aisle logic changes?
We analyze your performance against Kroger’s new layout and audit where shoppers fall off. Then we rebuild your front-of-pack system and meal occasion cues to re-establish relevance. We test the revised design in planograms to measure pickup and trade-up.
Our refrigerated prepared meals target the core Kroger stock-up shopper, but we are losing to private label. What can you do at the pack level?
We run in-store audits to decode how Kroger shoppers decide between brands and private label. Then we redesign your trays, windows, and front-of-pack claims and test concepts in simulated cases to validate stronger purchase intent before rollout.
We present well in Kroger line reviews, but our shelf execution and case stacks do not match the deck. How do you close that gap?
We test your packaging across real Kroger conditions—shelf, stacks, and pallet. Then we build a playbook that shows what works and why. We pair that with execution-ready decks, shippers, and display guides so your in-store presence lives up to the promise.
We are underperforming on Kroger’s digital shelf for pickup and delivery, even after a packaging refresh. How do you link our physical pack to Kroger.com performance?
We audit your ecommerce presence against your physical pack to spot disconnects. Then we optimize your hero imagery and PDP assets for online clarity while aligning with in-store cues. We test both together to ensure your pack converts online as well as it does in retail.
What product categories in Kroger do you work with?
We support brands competing across the Kroger grocery ecosystem, including:
- Snacks
- Frozen Food
- Produce & Fresh
- Meat & Seafood
- Dairy & Eggs
- Beverages
- Alcohol, Beer & Wine
- Vitamins & Supplements
- Household & Cleaning