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Ask retailers why private label made gains in top grocery categories such as cereal, soda and diapers last year, and they'll probably offer a simple answer, like this one:"It all boils down to price and quality . . . that's it in a nutshell," said Ned Meara, corporate grocery merchandising manager at Grand Union Co., Wayne, N.J.Meara's explanation of private label's successes in 1993, at his company

byLisa Saxton