Pet food, treats, remedies and grooming products for your store.As consumers educate themselves about potential contaminants and toxic ingredients in products, they are not only choosing a healthier lifestyle for themselves, but also for their families, which include their beloved pets. To ensure their four-legged family members are living longer,...
Plan for an immersive experience at this year's event. Get ready for five days jam-packed with new sights, seminars and products. Natural Products Expo West, co-located with Engredea, is back for 2016 at the Anaheim Convention Center and the Anaheim Hilton, from March 9 to 13. With more than 70,000...
What you need to know before your oil hits a hot pan.Whether your customers are devout foodies or just cooking to sustain themselves, anyone standing behind the stove will likely have a bottle of some kind of oil. Americans spend about six hours per week cooking and in 2015, private...
Fermented food and why consumers want it. Chances are you have fermented products on your shelves, and for good reason, people want them. According to Packaged Facts, 53% of consumers are looking for bold flavors in food and 20% are seeking out international food (1). Consumers are craving the taste...
While the Paleo diet may be inspired by ancient hunter-gatherers, modern consumers are as partial as ever to the convenience of Paleo snacks.For two years running, Paleo has topped Google’s most searched list for diets (1, 2) and it has frequently been boosted into the public eye by celebrity followers...
Traction. 2015 was the year natural products gained significant traction outside their core channels of distribution. Overall, natural and organic product sales grew a stunning 14.9%, adding $9.367 billion to total $72.4 billion in sales, and reaching 11.75% of total U.S. food store sales. Perhaps more noteworthy is this fact:...
We know today’s shoppers love online shopping and the convenience of their local big-box store. But are they still drawn to independent natural products retailers? Well, according to the data collected from the 2015 WholeFoods Retailer Survey, the answer is a resounding, Yes! Consumers view independent natural products stores as...
Private label products can be good for a store’s healthWhat’s in a name? If it’s your own store brand, it’s everything. Or, it should be—especially now. Private Label in Perspective It’s a good bet that the shelves in the supermarket closest to you are weighed down by its...
Key trends spurring growth in plant-based foodsThere has hardly been a better time to eat as a vegan or vegetarian. Whether consumers are longtime followers, new converts or “flexitarians” dabbling in the meat or animal byproduct free lifestyle, they now have more foods and flavors to choose from. Research at...
Profiles of Inspirational Industry MembersWho inspires you? Who pushes this industry to be bigger and better each and every day? Whose creativity spurs innovation in others? WholeFoods asked, and our readers responded. This inaugural listing of WholeFoods Magazine Who’s Who honorees is the result. For the first...
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