[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]What's on the horizon for the kids’ health category as we emerge from the pandemic? We asked experts to share the insights that will help you plan, so you can help keep your customers’ kids feeling their best—and give those parents peace of mind that their kids are getting the...
The functional food and beverage category is thriving: Data suggests that the COVID-19 pandemic has consumers reaching for more snacks and soothing comfort foods to help manage stress, and they increasingly want their eats to contain ingredients that improve health and well-being. In fact, a 2021 Innova Insights report found...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Niche? No way. The appeal of plant-based just keeps growing. Research from Sprouts Farmers Market determined that nearly half of Americans consume more plant-based than meat-based meals, with 54% of respondents ages 24 to 39 identifying as flexitarians, and 63% of respondents saying they’d be willing to swap meat for...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Awareness of the benefits of immune-supporting nutrients has grown significantly over the past 12 months, but supplements are just one of the tools consumers can turn to help safeguard their wellbeing. Here, we take a wider look at the immune category. Functional Foods & Beverages When it comes to...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Sponsored by [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]We’re not going to bury the lead here, because we know the number everyone wants to know: overall same-store year-over-year growth for independent natural products retailers. It’s 5.02%, which is remarkable given the shutdown pressures, and the need for 50 individual states to deem natural foods stores...
The lesson from the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic is this: natural products are essential. As the pandemic broke out in early 2020, freaked-out consumers—both existing and those new to natural products—swarmed retailers in all eight U.S. channels we track, snapping up natural immune-support products, and driving robust sales increases in stores...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We’ve all been there: Despite efforts to ward off sniffles, coughs, and sneezes, we still end up reaching for the tissues. And when we’re feeling blah, we just want fast relief. For your customers who find themselves under the weather, they’ll appreciate that their local health food store is stocked...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In 2020, trends like #quarantinebaking converged with people aiming to clean up their diets to protect their overall health. This pushed the “free from” market growth even further into the spotlight during a year affected by COVID. In a category that caters to 32 million people in the U.S. alone...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In Part 2 of our four-part series, we focus on lifestyle factors that can help your customers optimize their immune health. For a cheat sheet on immune system definitions, check out Part 1. 1) Healthy Diet Diet is an incredibly important component of immune health. One study on the...
In November of 2019, a panel of leading industry experts featured in WholeFoods 2020 Industry Forecast discussed the categories they thought would be in demand in 2020. Did they get it right? In large part, yes. None of them had a glimmer of what was to come with COVID-19, of...
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