San Francisco, CA — Dewayne Johnson has successfully sued Monsanto for causing his non-Hodgkin lymphoma due to glyphosate in its herbicide Roundup. According to Reuters, Monsanto has been ordered to pay Johnson $289 million in damages. Bayer shares plummeted $12.5 billion (12%) the day after the verdict, while the company...
Portland, OR— It’s not often we get to report on a new natural products store opening. Although this is a small store, it’s a big story because it’s the brainchild of Chuck Eggert, founder of Pacific Foods, and Errol Schweizer, who worked for Whole Foods Market for 14 years and...
Shoppers have virtually unlimited numbers of choices when it comes to where they shop and how they shop. It is therefore critical that they have consistent, clear, easy to understand messaging that resonates with shoppers. This all begins with where and how retailers merchandise key categories in their stores. The...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]If you are like the majority of owners of U.S. independent natural organic products stores, you are the founder. You may have started your store 20, 30 or more years ago. If you are thinking about selling, this means you probably don’t have children interested in, or capable of, taking...
Austin,TX-- The American Botanical Council's quarterly journal, HerbalGram celebrates its 35 year anniversary. It began in 1983 as a black-and-white newsletter and today has expanded to an 82-page visual journal. ABC founder and executive director, Mark Blumenthal produced the first issue of HerbalGram, which was then titled “Herb News” with the subtitle “Herbalgram." "The publication has served...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Specialty Diets usually go like this: 1) Pain / Symptoms 2) Diagnoses 3) Food Changes (a.k.a. Specialty Diet) 4) Nutritional Deficiencies… often never corrected to 100% and understandable because… A person suffering has so many things to immediately change, and that’s at a time of weakness. If the sufferer is...
Seattle, WA — The focus was on Alexa Voice as second quarter net sales for Amazon.com increased 39% to $52.9 billion in the second quarter, compared with $38 billion in second quarter 2017. Excluding the $760 million favorable impact from year-over-year changes in foreign exchange rates throughout the quarter, net...
United Natural Foods Inc. (UNFI) and Supervalu Inc. announced they have entered into a definitive agreement under which UNFI will acquire Supervalu for $32.50 per share in cash, or approximately $2.9 billion, including the assumption of outstanding debt and liabilities. “This transaction accelerates UNFI’s ‘Build out the Store’ growth strategy...
Los Angeles, CA — Marc Washington, the newly minted CEO of Irwin Naturals, took a break from a sales summit in Park City, UT, to discuss his plans for the family-owned business he came onboard to propel into the future. An Ivy League-educated executive with deep operational, finance and business...
Naperville, IL — KeHE Distributors, LLC has renewed its agreement with Sprouts Farmers Market as its primary distribution partner for natural, organic and fresh products through the year 2025. “Sprouts is one of the fastest growing, most forward thinking and efficient merchants in the country, and we are honored they have...
