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2025 Success Toolkit

2025 Challenges & Opportunities

In this special section, find the insights you need to support the health of your business, and the industry overall, in the year ahead.

January 16, 2025

WholeFoods Magazine Contributor

What are the most pressing issues impacting the natural products industry today, and what actions are needed to help sure a healthier future?

Read valuable perspectives from leading industry experts representing CRN, CHPA, Organic & Natural Health, INFRA, SENPA, WIN, GOED, U.S. Hemp Roundtable, ITC + GPA, and MAHO. You'll find the updates, insights, and action steps you need to help support the wellbeing of your business, and the industry overall, in the year ahead.

MAHO Votes to Stay Independent

Plus: In 2025, MAHO will celebrate its anniversary with a "Cheers to 50 Years!" theme during its MAHO Expo.

August 13, 2024

Richard Ortega, Associate Editor, WholeFoods Magazine

The trade association will remain focused on serving independent retailers.

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Positively Natural Network Hosts Premiere Expo for Independents

The event will bring together industry insiders and independent retailers.

July 10, 2024

Richard Ortega, Associate Editor, WholeFoods Magazine

The Naturally Independent Expo will debut in Palm Springs, CA, in October 2024.

Merchandising Insights

2024: Independent Retailers Peer Into Their Crystal Balls

Our year-end interviews with independent natural products retailers reveal goals, challenges, surprising innovation, and resilience.

January 17, 2024

Jay Jacobowitz, President & Founder, Retail Insights

Our year-end interviews with independent natural products retailers reveal goals, challenges, surprising innovation, and resilience.

Mastel’s Health Foods to Live On With New Ownership

April 4, 2023

Rebecca Viscomi

Ownership of Mastel’s Health Foods, an independently owned health food store, is being taken over by general manager Lauren Gaffney and marketing manager Alina Hornfeldt.

2023 Trends Roundup!

December 22, 2022

Maggie Jaqua, Content Director

The analysts and forecasters have been mining the data and following the buzz to determine the most pressing consumer need states…and to find out what is captivating consumer interests. Over the past several months, we’ve been covering various trend reports in our news section on www.WholeFoodsMagazine.com, so you can do...

On Demand: 44th Annual Natural Products Retailer Survey Webinar

June 20, 2022

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

How did independent natural products retailers fare as COVID continued to impact business? Find out in WholeFoods Magazine's annual survey. In this on-demand presentation, WholeFoods Content Director Maggie Jaqua and Merchandising Editor Jay Jacobowitz (also President and Founder of Retail Insights®) present key findings and research from the: 44th Annual...

KeHE Selected as Primary Distribution Partner for NWG

February 20, 2020

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Naperville, IL—KeHE Distributors (KeHE) announced that it has been selected by Washington-based Northwest Grocers (NWG) as the grocer's primary distribution partner for natural, organic, and specialty products. NWG is a member-owned organization with ore than 90 independent neighborhood grocery retailers across Oregon, Washington, Alaska and Northern California. The four-year deal...

Independent’s Day

November 26, 2018

Laurie Petersen

We reviewed the nominations and weighed several obvious names before deciding upon the 2018 Person of the Year. It’s you! We honor you independent “local heroes” who have poured lots of sweat equity and love into serving your communities and your customers. In the face of increased competition from everywhere,...