Austin, TX—John Mackey, CEO of Whole Foods, will retire on September 1, 2022, “to pursue some of [his] other life passions,” according to a letter he wrote to Whole Foods employees. Chief Operating Officer Jason Buechel will take up the position of CEO. In the letter, Mackey explained that he...
To all the natural products retailers working tirelessly to nourish and support their communities through trying times, the team at WholeFoods Magazine thanks you. And this year, as we have done for over three decades, we have selected one stand-out retailer to recognize with our annual Retailer of the Year...
Arlington, VA—FMI and the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Foundation have released a report titled The Food as Medicine Opportunity in Food Retail, which outlines business opportunities for food retailers to embrace the concept of Food as Medicine, based on multiple joint research studies that explored perspectives around this concept...
Seattle, WA—PCC Community Markets has awarded $30,000 to nonprofits addressing food insecurity across the downtown Seattle community, according to a press release. “Native people have a rich history of healthy food systems that were disrupted from centuries of policies to remove us from our traditional lands and ways,” said Socia...
Las Vegas, NV—Sophie’s Kitchen Inc. has secured a $5.6 million investment that was led by Billy Goat Brands Ltd., a publicly-listed venture capital platform with a focus on the blue economy. The funding will support the growth of the Sophie’s Kitchen brand, product innovation, and the Company’s overall mission of...
Philadelphia, PA—The WholeFoods team walked the Harvest Festival floor yesterday, finding a sense of cheer. People were excited to be at a show, excited to reconnect and chat, and extremely excited to sample—One Village Coffee, for instance, ran out of samples altogether. The major trend this year: plant-based. The first...
[caption id="attachment_84857" align="alignright" width="283"] Image courtesy of KGC.[/caption] Cerritos, CA—Korean Ginseng Corp. (KGC) and its CheongKwanJang ginseng brand hosted a grand opening event at its new Ginseng Museum Café, located at 315 5th Street, on the corner of 32nd Street and 5th Avenue in Manhattan, New York, on September 14th,...
Washington, D.C.—The Organic & Natural Health Association (O&N) will host a fundraiser at SupplySide West for the Williams-Franklin Foundation (WFF), to support students of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCU) interested in natural health careers, according to a press release. The fundraiser will go towards O&N’s commitment to raise a...
Los Angeles, CA—Lazy Acres Natural Market is celebrating its 30th anniversary from September 15-28, according to a press release. The grocer will make special donations to long-standing community partners and to 1% for the Planet nonprofit organizations. "It's been quite the year for Lazy Acres—in addition to our 30th anniversary,...
East Palo Alto, CA—Vori, a digital B2B ordering platform that works to optimize the grocery supply chain, announced a partnership with KeHE Distributors. Select grocers in California will participate in the new pilot project, which enables next-generation inventory replenishment by giving the grocers another point of access to KeHE’s inventory, via...
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