Indianapolis, IN - Dozens of Indiana businesses that sell products with CBD oil in them can breathe a little easier. The Indiana Tobacco and Alcohol Commission (TAC) and its enforcement agency, the Indiana State Excise Police, have dismissed cases filed against the stores for selling CBD oil. The state will also...
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...
More consumers are making short stops at Whole Foods Markets that have installed Amazon lockers and many of them are likely to be incremental customers. These short, or “micro” visits, which can be from three to five minutes long, are up by 11% since Amazon closed its purchase of Whole...
One of the biggest “Aha!” moments from WholeFoods Magazine’s 40th Annual Retailer Survey, was the jump in marketing spending reported by independent natural organic retailers. In prior years’ surveys, independents told us they relied heavily on word-of-mouth to drive sales increases, often spending less than 1% on marketing and advertising.
Yes, Expo West was big. According to the organizers, more than 85,000 attendees swarmed the Anaheim Convention Center, including the new North Halls, with 3,521 natural products and services companies exhibiting — more than 600 of them first-timers looking for that big break. While Whole Foods Market Amazon kept its...
Anaheim, CA — Expo West never fails to disappoint. As a mentor and member of the Pitch-Slam Selection Committee, it’s always exciting to see all the innovation and disruption in our industry. My team made it into the final four. A common theme and hot topic throughout discussions and presentations this...
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,...
