Woodbury, CT—Throughout the past year, Connecticut’s New Morning Market was still feeling the financial effects of the three major storms they faced last year. With Hurricane Sandy approaching, founder and owner John Pittari prepared by having all perishables items moved into his walk-in freezer. The store is home to a...
Oceanside, NY—After two weeks without power and losing five of 30 employees to displacement after the storm, Howard Chasser, owner of Jandi’s Natural Market, had no problem rolling up his sleeves and jumping on the register to ring-up and listen to his customers’ horror stories. “Everybody has a story, and...
The stories of how natural products retailers rebounded after Super Storm Sandy.We’ve all heard the numbers: millions on the East Coast go without power for weeks in the wake of Super Storm Sandy. But, there are real faces behind these figures, and many of them are our friends and colleagues...
Teatulia, Denver, CO, was given an award in the category “Focus on the Future” at the 8th annual Naturally Boulder Autumn Awards Party, which is held to honor and identify achievements in the natural products industry. The award is given to a company with a sustainability initiative that incorporates...
It’s good to be big or small, but don’t mess with Mr. In-Between!For the third year in a row, I’ve been honored to assist in analyzing the data from WholeFoods Magazine’s Retailer Survey, which starts on page 20, and this year is outstanding! We’ve had the largest response in 35...
Rich Vitamins of New York, NY received kosher certification for its alternaVites and alternaVites Kids multivitamin and mineral products from the Orthodox Union. In other news, the company won the SupplySide Editor’s Choice Award for Multivitamins. Greeley, CO-based Natracare received the Best Eco and Sustainable Product Award 2012 for...
What’s Selling is our monthly review of what retailers nationwide say is selling well in their stores. This month, we’ve compiled all of the data from October until the end of the year for the final quarter as well as looked back at all 2012 data. The fourth quarter saw...
There are three new directors on the Washington, D.C.-based Natural Products Association’s Board: Frank Jaksch, president, CEO and co-founder of ChromaDex, Inc.; Michele Lobo, vice president of nutrition body care for Presence Marketing/Dynamic Presence; and John Montague, DC, founder and owner of Web Vitamins, Inc. Kathy Lund was promoted...
Growing up in the New York /New Jersey area, as well as the natural products industry, has taught me many things. First, we are tough survivors and will do what it takes to overcome. With that in mind, we were tested again with perhaps one of our biggest challenges last...
Resveratrol wine isn’t just good for your heart—it helped inhibit prostate cancer androgens in a recent lab study. Prostate cancer, the most commonly diagnosed cancer, is cause for the second most cancer-related deaths of American men. Resveratrol is a polyphenolic phytochemical abundantly found in nature with high concentrations in peanuts,...
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