Lucky’s Market, the low-priced natural and organics products chain, has announced plans to add 20 new stores over the next 18 to 24 months – 16 of them in Florida, according to Supermarket News. Lucky’s currently has 28 stores in 11 states and has focused on cities where the demographics...
Pearland, TX – Lonza is opening the world’s largest dedicated cell-and-gene-therapy facility, built in anticipation of rising demand from developers of cell and gene therapies – the next era in medicine – and with the mission of enabling them to deliver these types of treatments to patients around the world...
Costa Mesa, CA. — Mother's Market & Kitchen, a natural and organic foods retailer, has donated $4,000 to Beyond Pesticides, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, which works with allies in protecting public health and the environment to lead the transition to a world free of toxic pesticides. Funds were collected from...
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department will allow Bayer AG to acquire Monsanto for more than $60 billion once the companies sell off some assets, the Wall Street Journal reports. The deal will make it the world’s biggest supplier of pesticides and seeds for farmers. Bayer CEO Werner Baumann and Monsanto...
The Trump Administration has published a proposed list of 1,300 Chinese imports that will be hit with an increased duty of 25%. Some dietary supplements are on this list, including CoQ10, and vitamins E, B2 and B12. The CoQ Association will be aggressively working on this issue on behalf...
Washington, D.C. — Carrageenan, a seaweed extract used in ice cream, high-protein drinks and as a thickening agent in other foods, has received approval from the U.S. Department of Agriculture as an allowable organic ingredient. This goes against a recommendation by the National Organic Standards Board to drop the emulsifier...
BOISE, ID – Albertsons is expanding its exclusive Open Nature brand into non-food categories and expects to release more than 240 new products this year. As announced in a press release, this launch follows the grocer’s recent releases of Open Nature goods in both baby and pet food categories. Geoff...
East Windsor, NJ — Sabinsa has been promoting the combination of its Curcumin C3 Complex and BioPerine for more than two decades based upon research showing the synergy between the company’s proprietary curcumin and piperine ingredients. A new study validates that research. The open access study, Curcumin and piperine supplementation of obese...
Kibbutz Ketura, Israel —Algatechnologies, Ltd., or Algatech, has invested in Supreme Health, Ltd., New Zealand, becoming its major shareholder. It will expand the company’s reach to China and Asia-Pacific, supplying those markets with astaxanthin and other algae-based products. The Asia-Pacific market for such products is currently valued at several hundred...
Bentonville, AR — Walmart is reportedly in talks to acquire Humana. According to a story first reported in the Wall Street Journal, Walmart is holding preliminary talks to buy U.S. health insurer Humana Inc. and the companies are discussing various options. Walmart Inc.’s potential acquisition of a health insurer would...
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