Cincinnati, OH — Kroger launched a new mobile app called OptUP, reports Food & Wine, meant to make picking up healthy foods and maintaining a healthy diet easier. This is different from their existing mobile shopping app. OptUP is “your virtual assistant for healthier shopping.” It encourages its users to...
Chicago, IL – At a pitch challenge hosted by Shark Tank’s Daymond John, a gluten-free flour ingredient producer that uses a byproduct of soy milk production called okara, walked away with a $25,000 grand prize and the title IFTNEXT Future Food Disruptor of the Year. Renewal Mill, which can also...
LOS ANGELES — Califia Farms is $50 million closer to its mission of becoming the leading plant-powered food and beverage company with its latest round of funding led by Ambrosia Investments and existing investors Sun Pacific and Stripes Group. Califia will use the funding to expand its company-owned manufacturing capacity...
Seattle — PCC Community Markets has pledged to eliminate plastics in its delis by 2022. The nation’s largest co-op says it uses more than 5 million plastic deli containers each year and will replace petroleum-based plastics with biodegradable compostable containers. The move follows PCC’s earlier actions in 2015 replacing plastic...
Beverly Hills, CA — GT’s Kombucha, winner of a WholeFoods Magazine Natural Choice Award, has released its newest limited-edition flavor for the summer: Unity. The blend features notes of tart cherry, sweet coconut, and lemongrass and comes in a collectible bottle with a label portraying two hands — each representing...
Natural health store Cambridge Naturals (MA) was recognized in Forbes as one of The Best Small Companies of 2018. The store was founded by Michael Kanter and Elizabeth Stagl and is now managed by their daughter Emily and her husband Caleb Dean. It currently has 24 employees and drew attention...
South Plainfield, NJ — WholeFoods Magazine chose Springfield, MO-based MaMa Jean’s Natural Market as its 2018 Retailer of the Year. The women-owned MaMa Jean’s was established in 2002 by Susie Farbin and Diana Hicks. They named it after their mothers: “MaMa” Loweta Hicks and Jean Farbin, with the goal of...
Boise, ID — Boise-based Impact Group, a leading sales and marketing agency that provides services to more than 700 consumer packaged goods (CPG) brands will acquire three independent food brokerage companies in Minnesota and Wisconsin: Impact Sales & Associates, Ritt-Beyer & Weir (RBW), and WJ Pence. The additions will increase Impact...
Phoenix, AZ — Tightness in produce categories early in the quarter limiting the store's ability to promote caused Sprouts Farmers Market's comp-store sales to drop in the first quarter of 2018, the company reported. During a 1Q 2018 earnings call, the natural food grocer cited comparable store sales growth of...
Lucky’s Market, the low-priced natural and organics products chain, has announced plans to add 20 new stores over the next 18 to 24 months – 16 of them in Florida, according to Supermarket News. Lucky’s currently has 28 stores in 11 states and has focused on cities where the demographics...
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