Whole Foods Market has decided to stop expanding its 365 store chain, according to a report by Yahoo! Finance. Yahoo! Finance reported that CEO John Mackey told employees the existing 12 stores will remain in business, but that, as Whole Foods is lowering prices regardless, it makes little sense for a...
As WholeFoods Magazine previously reported, Amazon is planning to build and expand Whole Foods stores across the U.S. in the hopes of putting more customers within range of its two-hour delivery service, Prime Now, according to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ). WSJ reported that this would bring Whole Foods to more suburbs, where...
Nine new cases of infection with E. coli O157:H7 have been reported, bringing the total number of people sickened in the U.S. between October 5 and November 18, 2018 to 52, the CDC reported in a food safety alert issued on December 6. Nineteen people have been hospitalized, including two who...
Phoenix, AZ -- Sprouts Farmers Market reported $38 million in net income, a 19% increase from the same period in 2017, in its third quarter 2018 earnings report. Other financials saw increases, too. The company reported net sales of $1.3 billion, a 10% increase, driven by comparable store sales growth...
Phoenix, AZ – Sprouts Farmers Market will open 30 new stores in 2019, and seven of them will be during the first three months of the year. This year, Sprouts opened its first stores in the states of Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Washington and Maryland. It did not announce which new...
German grocer Aldi is expanding its U.S. presence with a remodeling scheme, a new advertising campaign, and a national rollout of its delivery partnership with Instacart. The grocer plans to spend $5 billion to go from 1,800 to 2,500 stores, reports MediaPost, while remodeling existing stores and expanding fresh food...
Purchase, NY — PepsiCo’s $3.2 billion acquisition of the Israeli-based seltzer maker SodaStream International continues its push into healthy beverages and also rides the wave of resistance to plastics in the wastestream. SodaStream's products, marketed as a healthy alternative to sugary sodas, fit Pepsi's goal of "making more nutritious products...
Millennials and iGens (aka Generation Z) are changing the snack market as they opt for more “fresh” options, according to research from Mintel. The trend has big implications for refrigerated consumer packaged-goods brands and is influencing how retail is merchandised. In the "Future of Fresh," Mintel details that younger consumers...
Portland, OR— It’s not often we get to report on a new natural products store opening. Although this is a small store, it’s a big story because it’s the brainchild of Chuck Eggert, founder of Pacific Foods, and Errol Schweizer, who worked for Whole Foods Market for 14 years and...
Shoppers have virtually unlimited numbers of choices when it comes to where they shop and how they shop. It is therefore critical that they have consistent, clear, easy to understand messaging that resonates with shoppers. This all begins with where and how retailers merchandise key categories in their stores. The...
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