Excess sugar is public health enemy #1 and as your customers seem to want to have their cake and eat it too, manufacturers are busily innovating to supply alternative sweeteners. Part of the heightened awareness is caused by growing government pressure. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has adapted...
Wichita, KS — GreenAcres Market’s flagship store in the Bradley Fair shopping center has started a program for its vegan customers and those who want to eat great food made from veggies. It’s called Meatless Mondays and the meals are made by staff who are themselves vegan and vegetarian. Kicked...
What’s Selling is a monthly review of the best-selling products determined from unit sales at six natural products stores rotated from a base of selected stores. The intention is to provide indications of sales trends.
Droga Chocolates latest flavor is Money on Honey, Wildflower Honey Caramel — Dark Chocolate Brown Rice Crispy. Droga Chocolates focuses on making caramel from honey, rather than corn syrup. They are GMO, gluten, and corn syrup free. The chocolate also contains no trans-fat or artificial colors or flavors. 6525 W...
Petit Pot now makes Rice Pudding, aka Riz Au Lait. Riz Au Lait contains a mixture of gluten-free, organic, and local ingredients that include organic milk, organic cream, organic rice, organic sugar, vanilla extract, sea salt, and organic vanilla seed. 158 South Spruce Ave., South Francisco, CA 940080, www.petitpot.com Published...
Bone Suckin launched its new Honey & Habanero wing sauce that is naturally sweetened with honey and molasses, and packed with flavor from apple cider vinegar, horse-radish, and mustard. The lines of sauces are gluten free, GMO- free, and have no HFCS. 1109 Agriculture St, Suite 1, Raleigh, NC 27603-2371, Sales@BoneSuckin.com...
New York City, NY — The Specialty Food Association (SFA) held its annual Summer Fancy Food Show on June 25 – 27 at the Javits Center. Exhibiting companies numbered greater than 2,600 and approximately 25,000 people attended the show. These include specialty retailers such as Whole Foods Market, Kroger and...
According to a report by CNBC, grocers are starting to notice a shift in customer habits. Increasingly, customers are avoiding the center aisles and concentrating their purchases around the perimeter, choosing produce and other fresh food items such as bakery, deli, seafood and meat products over packaged foods. This is...
Washington, D.C. — Rep. David Cillicine (D-R.I.), the top Democrat on the House subcommittee on regulatory reform, commercial and antitrust law wrote a letter to the House Judiciary Committee and the subcommittee chairman requesting an oversight hearing on Amazon’s $13.7 billion acquisition of Whole Foods Market. Cillicine voiced concern about...
