The best part of being back at Expo West? Seeing so many of you! A reported 2,700 exhibitors and over 57,000 registered attendees gathered in Anaheim, CA, from March 8-12 for the return of Natural Products Expo West, and many shared the same sentiment: Reconnecting with industry colleagues was the...
Our industry is united in a noble goal: to help people feel their best and live a happy, healthy life. There’s plenty we don’t agree on, of course, and the feedback we got from independent natural products retailers responding to WholeFoods 44th Annual Retailer Survey shows the range of viewpoints...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Omicron, flurona, IHU…as I write this, these are the COVID concerns dominating news headlines. By the time you read this? Who knows. What we do know is that the impact of the pandemic has changed the way consumers purchase health foods and nutritional supplements, and as we begin to live...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]As we look back on 2021 in an effort to help map out the road to growth in 2022, the numbers point to significant opportunity. Just a few of the points addressed in this issue: 80% of Americans now use supplements, per the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) 2021 Consumer...
In 2014, we debuted our Person of the Year feature as a way to recognize the person (or people) who have made the biggest impact specifically on the natural products industry. That impact could be positive or negative, or a mix of both. For 2021, a year marked by negatives...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]For successful independent natural products retailers, it’s the personal touch that makes the difference. That’s certainly the case for Marlene’s Market & Deli, WholeFoods Magazine’s 2021 Retailer of the Year. “Marlene’s journey to 45 years of a successful business is about people,” says Lisa Gebhardt, daughter of Founder Marlene Beadle...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Being a small, tight-knit company, we enjoy discussing everything together. About a month ago in one of our team meetings on Zoom, the topic of transparency came up. We value it and are proud of how all of our customers are transparent with their customers. I find this information very...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On August 9, the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a 3,000-page report that experts says offers an “unprecedented degree of clarity” about the future of our planet. Hundreds of top scientists contributed to the report, and called it a “code red for humanity.” IPCC pointed out...
We're back at it. SupplySide East is back at the Meadowlands Exposition Center in Secaucus from August 24-25, 2021, and a few weeks later we’ll be making our way to the beautiful city of Philadelphia for Expo East, taking place September 22-25, 2021. Team WholeFoods Magazine will be at both...
As members of the natural products industry, we all spend a lot of our mental and physical energy focusing on how to help other people live their best lives. And we love what we do, so that’s a win! But sometimes (or maybe a lot of the time) we are...
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