[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Of course, I want you to read every word in this magazine—it is loaded with information that will help you promote wellness, serve your customers and grow your business (pet health, eye health, protein and much more!) But most urgently, I ask you read our feature on Regenerative Agriculture. In...
We’re asking shoppers to share what they love about their local natural products store. This month, the spotlight shines on one shopper’s experience at MOM’s Organic Market in Center City, Philadelphia. Starting with an initial investment of just $100 in the summer of 1987, MOM’s Organic Market was founded when...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We continue our chat with Dr. Barrie Tan about the health benefits of tocotrienols. In Part 1, we discussed the basics of this member of the vitamin E family and explained why tocotrienols have more health benefits than tocopherols. Tocotrienols’ chemical structures with shorter, unsaturated tails have greater mobility than...
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.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Unlike some of the other diets WholeFoods has covered in the past few months—Mediterranean and Plant-Based come to mind—Whole30 has a precise definition, an exact set of rules, and a thorough list of don’t-eats. The concept: Eat whole foods for 30 days, which the diet’s creators say is the time...
We’ve now twice lapped Amazon’s August, 2017 acquisition of Whole Foods Markets. With the benefit of hindsight, do we believe Amazon was executing a long-planned, well-thought-out strategic move to offer only the highest quality, premium groceries to U.S. shoppers? Reporting in a July 28, 2019, piece in the New York...
With so many health-transforming books being released, WholeFoods wanted to know what the experts are reading. Here, Ellen Kanner, author of Feeding the Hungry Ghost: Life, Faith and What to Eat for Dinner, shares her thoughts on three books she couldn’t put down. I eat food. I also cook food,...
You take great pride in the quality and selection of the products provided in your store. You responsibly do all you can to provide safe products to your customers and vet each supplier and the products offered. Imagine a change in your business model that allowed anyone with a product...
For most of my career I’ve advocated what’s known as a low-carb diet. I believe a low-carb diet is the best way to prevent or treat what I consider to be the number one risk factor for cardio-metabolic diseases across the board. That risk factor is called insulin resistance and...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Usually, I’m happy to report on trends. The plant-based boom, the CBD craze…sharing news about the wellbeing-boosters that are bringing consumers to natural products stores is a highlight. The trend I spent hours researching this month, though, brings me no joy: Children being diagnosed with adult diseases. A few sobering...
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