In characteristic speedy fashion, Amazon.com is wasting no time and will lower prices when the doors of Whole Foods Market open on Monday. The announcement erased nearly $12 billion of value from grocery stocks. "Everybody should be able to eat Whole Foods Market quality -- we will lower prices without...
Large retail chains are discovering that reducing greenhouse gases is easier said than done, reports NPR. Specifically Walmart, which unveiled Project Gigaton, a plan to reduce its emissions of greenhouse gases by a billion tons of carbon between now and 2030 — almost as much carbon that is released from...
Salt Lake City, UT — New results from a meta-analysis study published in the Journal of Clinical Lipidology suggest consuming EPA and DHA omega-3s could reduce the risk of cardiac deaths. The meta-analysis, which combined data from 14 randomized, controlled trials of 71,899 people, reviewed studies that were longer than...
Austin, TX – It's clear sailing for Amazon.com to move forward with the purchase of Whole Foods Market for $13.7 billion. Shareholders approved the deal on Wednesday morning and a few hours later, Bruce Hoffman, acting director of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Competition, said the agency had decided...
San Francisco, CA – In an effort to compete with the ever-growing dominance of Amazon.com, Google and Walmart are teaming to let people buy Walmart products through Google Express, the companies announced on Wednesday. “We are trying to help customers shop in ways that they may have never imagined,” said...
Certainly the words probiotic and prebiotic are hot, but what do they mean and why their sudden popularity? In fact, the probiotics concept has been around for at least a century; however, in recent years is increasingly gaining popularity due to advancements in research and a growing understanding of how...
Advertising is all about communicating and messaging. It should be used similarly to having an intimate conversation with a friend — someone you know, like and trust. Experts continually talk about the ability to target consumers. They all have different ideas on what works best. The brands and retailers who...
Minneapolis, MN — Target Corp. has pulled Just Mayo eggless mayonnaise and other products from San Francisco-based vegan food startup Hampton Creek Inc. off its shelves for good. The retailer had pulled the products about two months ago after receiving what it said were food safety allegations it shared with the...
Cleveland, OH — Ganeden, a manufacturer of probiotic ingredients, received from Health Canada a no objection letter that allows companies fortifying products with GanedenBC3 to make new gut flora wording on packaging as well as general health claims allowed in the country’s probiotic monograph. “Canada has become a strong market...
Americans are buying more organic produce and would buy even more if it were less expensive. When compared to such food categories as dairy, meat, seafood, poultry and juice, half of consumers say, in new research from Mintel, they are more likely to purchase organic fresh produce. In addition, 57%...
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