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Albertsons Gives Meal Kits a Boost Buying Plated

September 21, 2017

Boise, ID — The plan by the nation’s second-largest retailer, Albertsons Cos., to acquire the Plated meal kit service, is good news for the beleaguered Blue Apron, whose stock rose 3.4% after the deal was announced. On Wednesday, the 2,300-store retailer said it will operate Plated as a wholly-owned subsidiary...

What's Selling: October 2017

September 20, 2017

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

What’s Selling is a monthly review of the best-selling products determined from unit sales at six natural products stores around the country, rotated from a base of selected stores. The intention is to provide indications of sales trends. If your store is interested in being included in our What’s...

Pregnant Women at Risk of Listeria Due to Raw Milk Cheese

September 14, 2017

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) is urging all women to avoid eating queso fresco made with unpasteurized milk (raw milk) due to a current investigation of two Listeria cases. According to the RIDOH press release, “quesco fresco, queso blanco, panela, and asadero-style cheeses are only considered safe when...

Fresh Market Names New CEO

September 12, 2017

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Greensboro, N.C. — Larry Appel is the new president and CEO of specialty grocer The Fresh Market, the company announced. He joins the 176-store chain with nearly 30 years of experience in retail, legal and corporate strategy. Brian Nicholson, the company’s chief financial officer who served as the company’s interim CEO,...

What the Health, What the $#@%

August 31, 2017

Jaqui Karr

If you’ve seen the documentary “What the Health” on Netflix about the healthcare, pharmaceutical and food industries, you probably found yourself saying “What the [insert desired word here].” In Michael Moore style, the producers did a good job of showing what corruption and dark marketing can do to us as...

Amazon Lowers Prices at Whole Foods on Monday

August 25, 2017

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

In characteristic speedy fashion, Amazon.com is wasting no time and will lower prices when the doors of Whole Foods Market open on Monday. The announcement erased nearly $12 billion of value from grocery stocks. "Everybody should be able to eat Whole Foods Market quality -- we will lower prices without...

FTC Gives Amazon Green Light on Whole Foods

August 23, 2017

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Austin, TX – It's clear sailing for Amazon.com to move forward with the purchase of Whole Foods Market for $13.7 billion. Shareholders approved the deal on Wednesday morning and a few hours later, Bruce Hoffman, acting director of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Competition, said the agency had decided...

Walmart, Google Unite Voices vs. Amazon

August 23, 2017

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

San Francisco, CA – In an effort to compete with the ever-growing dominance of Amazon.com, Google and Walmart are teaming to let people buy Walmart products through Google Express, the companies announced on Wednesday. “We are trying to help customers shop in ways that they may have never imagined,” said...

Foods for Sensitive Diets

August 21, 2017

Laurie Petersen

Living with an illness that limits the foods she can eat renders journalist Debbie Galant an expert on Crohn’s, the chronic inflammatory bowel disease that sends her to the hospital periodically to clear out an obstruction. She’s like any of your customers seeking to spread these emergency visits as far...

Relax! Amazon Will Not Crater Your Business

August 21, 2017

Jay Jacobowitz, President & Founder, Retail Insights

Watching Wall Street hammer major food-retailing stocks immediately after Amazon’s June announcement to buy Whole Foods Market, I can understand why you — an independent natural products retailer — may have felt a shiver down your spine. Since then, those grocery stocks have recovered most of their losses as investors...