Selection and convenience have kept Maggie Keith, 4th generation steward of Kentucky-based Foxhollow Farm, coming back to Rainbow Blossom since she was a child. “My grandmother shopped at Rainbow Blossom, and when I moved back from college, I lived right near the St. Mathews location,” she says. “It’s been my...
South Plainfield, NJ—For 29 years, WholeFoods Magazine has honored natural product retailers with its annual Retailer of the Year award. This year, the honor goes to Louisville, KY-based Rainbow Blossom Natural Food Markets & Wellness Center. Established in 1977 by Rob and Pumpkin Auerbach, Rainbow Blossom was Louisville’s original health...
To all the natural products retailers out there working hard to promote health and happiness in their community, we thank you for all you do! And now, it's time to select one retailer who has gone above and beyond as our 2019 WholeFoods Magazine Retailer of the Year. If you know...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Baltimore, MD – The Southern warmth overflowed with the champagne this year when we toasted Susie Farbin and Diana Hicks, owners of MaMa Jean’s Natural Market, our Retailer of the Year, on the floor of Expo East. The store owners were joined by Susie’s son Jeff Norman, who is the...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]When people care about their health, they will make the effort. That is something Susie Farbin learned while working for her mother at Jean’s Health Ways in Ava, MO, for 14 years. A prominent natural product retailer, customers were taking long treks from Springfield and other cities to shop for...
South Plainfield, NJ — WholeFoods Magazine chose Springfield, MO-based MaMa Jean’s Natural Market as its 2018 Retailer of the Year. The women-owned MaMa Jean’s was established in 2002 by Susie Farbin and Diana Hicks. They named it after their mothers: “MaMa” Loweta Hicks and Jean Farbin, with the goal of...
Seattle, WA - PCC Community Markets continues to take the lead when it comes to treating animals humanely, and offering consumers fresh, organic food. WholeFoods Magazine's 2016 Retailer of the Year has just become the first retailer in the country to comprehensively address broiler chicken welfare - not only for...
Is there a retailer who you believe goes above and beyond in the natural and organic industry? If so, nominate their store to be 2018 WholeFoods Magazine Retailer of the Year! To submit your nomination, please include the following in an email to our editor Laurie Petersen at lauriepetersen@wfcinc.com Please include the...
Baltimore, MD – Dean Nelson, founder and owner of New Jersey-based Dean’s Natural Food Market, issued a call to the industry to return to its roots during his acceptance speech while receiving WholeFoods Magazine’s 27th Retailer of the Year award. “I still think we are in the greatest industry,” Nelson...
