By Dagan Xavier, Co-Founder & Senior Vice President of Data at Label Insight On May 20, 2016, the FDA announced a new, improved Nutrition Facts label for packaged foods in order to make it easier for consumers to make more informed food and beverage choices. The revised Nutrition Facts label...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]WholeFoods Magazine editor-in-chief Laurie Petersen along with Jay Jacobowitz, WholeFoods merchandising editor and president/founder of Retail Insights discuss the annual retailer survey and the outlook for natural product retailers with the continued growth of ecommerce and other disruptions in the industry.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_video link="https://youtu.be/jN4mEpsL45A"][/vc_column][/vc_row]...
Giving shoppers a chance to pick up their packages is causing more to visit their local Whole Foods Market, according to research from inMarket. Serving as a package drop-off point can work for any neighborhood retailer who already has a trusted relationship with customers and wants to give them another...
Chicago – SPINS, the leading provider of retail consumer insights, analytics, and consulting for the Natural, Organic, and Specialty Products Industries, has acquired FoodFacts Inc., the leading consumer awareness platform for transparency into nutrition data, ingredients, allergens, and sensitivities. The acquisition provides SPINS with an unprecedented level of attribution of...
Bentonville, AR — Walmart is reportedly in talks to acquire Humana. According to a story first reported in the Wall Street Journal, Walmart is holding preliminary talks to buy U.S. health insurer Humana Inc. and the companies are discussing various options. Walmart Inc.’s potential acquisition of a health insurer would...
German discount grocery chain Lidl is launching its Kick Start Supplier Development Program in northern Ireland. The program is designed to help small and medium-sized food businesses grow their brand by being featured in the 190 Lidl stores in the country, reports The Irish Times. Lidl first tested the program...
Chattanooga, TN — Ed Jones, founder of Nutrition World, is on a mission to bulletproof the natural products retail industry and he wants you to join him. Jones has started an education campaign to rally independents to demand respect from their vendors in the form of a Minimum Advertised Price...
Betsy’s Celebrates 25 Years On Jan. 27, Betsy’s Health Foods, with three locations in Houston, TX, and its environs, celebrated 25 years by offering a discount on 25 products — a different one each day. Unfortunately, before that, the store saw its [caption id="attachment_56472" align="alignright" width="311"] Betsy Billingslea and her...
By Jay Jacobowitz and Laurie Petersen Sponsored by A record number of independent natural and organic products retailers responded to the WholeFoods Magazine 40th Annual Retailer Survey. Here are highlights of the results and you can see how your store stacks up against its peers. For this year’s survey, conducted...
What a tumultuous year in the food business! On April 10, 2017, activist investor Jana Partners announces an 8.8% stake in Whole Foods Market and pressures the retailer to sell after a long string of declines in quarterly same-store sales; a key retail metric. Before the end of that month,...
