Austin, TX — Whole Foods Market headquarters was not impacted by Hurricane Harvey but the company has already teamed with its new owner Amazon.com to help raise funds for flood victims. “Our thoughts are with those affected by the devastating damage caused by Hurricane Harvey,” spokesperson Betsy Harden told WholeFoods...
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...
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...
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...
Washington, DC — FDA’s Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition will meet Oct. 3 from 8am to 5pm to discuss development of a list of pre-DSHEA dietary ingredients. More meeting specifics, including how to register, will be available later this month through a Federal Register Notice and on the FDA...
OSLO, Norway — NattoPharma Group, maker of MenaQ7, reported accelerated interest in the branded vitamin K2 and said it is poised to take off because demand is there and global systems are now in place for greater efficiencies and scale. First half 2017 revenues rose by 18.6% to $3.84 million, which...
NEW YORK — Jana Partners, the activist hedge fund that propelled Whole Foods Market into the arms of Amazon.com, has taken stakes in meal kit delivery company Blue Apron and natural foods grocer Sprouts Farmers Market. In a filing on Monday reported by Bloomberg, Jana Partners revealed it holds 600,000 shares,...
CHICAGO - German grocery chain Aldi Inc is the latest to pilot grocery delivery, announcing a partnership that will launch at the end of the month with Instacart in Los Angeles, Atlanta and Dallas. The partnership is a way to test online grocery demand, Aldi’s VP of corporate buying Scott...
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