There was a time when people spoke about organic being a fad or trendy. That time has long passed. Organic is currently on an impressive upward swing at mainstream grocers, big box stores and even convenience shops. Just ask industry analyst Daniel Lohman, CPSA, from Category Management Solutions, who says...
Welcome to the 2016 WholeFoods Magazine Source Directory, the largest and most comprehensive print/online directory of information in the natural products industry. The Source Directory—with 2,000+ listings of industry companies and organizations—is an invaluable reference tool that will help you find company information, key contacts, product offerings, brand names and...
It has been two days since my plane landed in New Jersey from California, and I’m still exhausted. I, like a huge majority of WholeFoods readers, attended Natural Products Expo West, the largest and arguably most influential tradeshow in the natural products industry. It’s the event that can make or...
In elementary school, children learn that Americans have a government that is run for the people by the people. By adolescence, most of us were pretty surprised to learn the staggering reality that money and politics have a huge say in how the world is run. Apparently, even rules about...
Choosing this year’s Person of the Year was no easy task. Readers put several good names on our radar, but in the end, we went with the person whose name was on the tip of everyone’s tongue throughout 2015: New York Attorney General (NYAG) Eric Schneiderman. We believe his efforts...
The rise of the selfie has been incredibly fast. Everyone from the President to Britain’s royal family to the Pope has been caught in the act of posing for the occasional selfie. According to Social Times, millions of these self-portraits taken at arm’s length travel across cyberspace daily, many of...
Did you do anything special on July 31, 2015? It was a blue moon, the second of two full moons in the same month. While it is not as rare as finding a black pearl in an oyster, this lunar event is just uncommon enough to inspire the advice...
But, why? Spend an hour with a five-year-old child and you’re bound to hear this question four or five times, at least. But, why? (Sorry…had to do it!) Kids crave information as they try to make sense of the world around them. Everything is fresh and new and...
Whole Foods Market has been aggressively trying to shake the “Whole Paycheck” reputation for years, but a recent tweet by a faithful shopper may have set the chain back a few steps back in this endeavor. The situation involved a suspicious, high-priced item sold at one Los Angeles location: asparagus...
The June sun has delivered scorching heat to this industry. Two early summer trips here at WholeFoods showed me, however, that there may be some important ways to beat the heat and let the industry shine through—if we take advantage. The Mighty AGs In mid-June, I attended the American Conference...
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