Atlanta, GA – With overall soda sales at a 31-year low, Coca-Cola Co. will buy coffee chain Costa Coffee from the UK hospitality company Whitbread for $5.1 billion, giving it a strong coffee platform across parts of Europe, Asia Pacific, the Middle East and Africa, with opportunity to grow. Costa...
Secaucus, NJ – The Vitamin Shoppe has launched a KETO HQ, designed to help customers shop for supplements supporting the keto lifestyle both in-store and online. KETO HQ will provide education and product assistance to those following the high-fat, low-carb lifestyle. The keto diet promotes benefits like weight management and...
Park City, UT – Nutraceutical Corp. announced Raphael Kellman, MD, a best-selling author and physician, will work with the company to develop its Solaray Mycrobiome Probiotic line of products. “This is a partnership between two pioneers,” says Chad Clawson, CEO of Nutraceutical. The Mycrobiome probiotics cater to age and condition-specific...
Asheville, N.C. — While emphasizing that the company has received no reports of illness or injury, King Bio expanded its voluntary product recall to include all aqueous-based products for human and animal use due to possible microbial contamination. Distributors and retail customers are being notified by letter to make arrangements...
Lake Success, N.Y. — Hain Celestial Group reported a net loss of $69.9 million for the quarter ended June 30 and attributed it to the plans to sell its Hain Pure Protein product line. The company also reported it’s “highly pleased” with its search for a replacement CEO to company founder...
Over the last year, plant-based sales have grown by up to 20%. So it’s more likely than ever you’ll have customers who want to buy plant-based options for their upcoming barbecues as they celebrate Labor Day and the ending of another sun-kissed summer. As this area of grocery grows, your...
The ambiguity surrounding the legalization of hemp and CBD continues with Illinois legalizing the farming of hemp and Alabama electing to crack down on CBD products. Gov. Bruce Rauner of Illinois on Aug. 25 signed the Industrial Hemp Act legalizing the farming of hemp. The act allows for its use...
This article was updated on Aug. 24 to reflect new dates for the recalled products (which had been wrong on the FDA website) and to incorporate a statement from Dr. Frank King. Asheville, NC — "Out of an abundance of caution," King Bio issued a voluntary nationwide consumer recall of...
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...
New Port Richey, FL — Independent natural retailers and their staff attended SENPA’s 4th Annual Strategies for Success Road Show from May - August in the host cities of Jacksonville, FL; Chattanooga, TN; Raleigh, NC, and Houston, TX. “It has been a summer of expansion, growth and exhilaration for the...
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