Phoenix, AZ — Tightness in produce categories early in the quarter limiting the store's ability to promote caused Sprouts Farmers Market's comp-store sales to drop in the first quarter of 2018, the company reported. During a 1Q 2018 earnings call, the natural food grocer cited comparable store sales growth of...
Salt Lake City, UT - The United Natural Products Alliance (UNPA) has signed memoranda of understanding (MOU) agreements with three single-ingredient trade associations and the Trust Transparency Center (TTC), which serves as the administrative umbrella for the associations, in an effort to continue to promote transparency within the dietary supplement industry.
In a step that looked like it was coming since she started rebranding herself around her best-selling book “Glow 15,” Naomi Whittel announced she will focus on new entrepreneurial endeavors and has stepped down as CEO of Twinlab Consolidated Corp. Whittel has long personified the benefits of nutritional supplements and...
In a continued consolidation of the testing industry, Eurofins Scientific, a leader in bioanalytical testing, has agreed to acquire Covance Food Solutions from Lab Corp. for $670 million, the company announced. Covance Food Solutions provides product integrity, product safety and consulting solutions for segments that span the entire food supply...
Salt Lake City, UT - Ellen Schutt has been appointed GOED's new executive director. She was previously vice-president, Communications and Education of the agency, and had been acting as interim executive director since the departure of Adam Ismail at the end of February. DSM’s Tom Feeley, chairman of the GOED...
Secaucus, N.J. - For the third year in a row, The Vitamin Shoppe has received the 2018 StellaService Elite Overall Award – a top honor reserved for the best-of-the-best performers across multiple service channels. StellaService's Elite Awards recognize retailers annually for best-in-class customer service across phone, email, chat, shipping and...
Bradenton, FL – In a move that defines the term “giving back,” HP Ingredients announces it made a donation of $10,000 to Vitamin Angels’ to support its new Global Prenatal Campaign, whose goal is to “eliminate newborn mortality around childbirth due to vitamin deficiency disease by 2030.” According to HP...
Washington, D.C. - Late last night, Sens. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, and Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., introduced bipartisan legislation that would enable the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to better enforce selective androgen receptor modulators, otherwise known as SARMs. The SARMs Control Act of 2018 builds on the success of the Designer Anabolic...
Spring, TX – The Vitamin K2 Association is working to promote and protect the vitamin K2 category, by furthering its message globally and expanding its board. In a recent press release, the association announced that leading vitamin K2 manufacturer Kappa Bioscience has joined them as a founding executive board member.
New Hampton, NY – Balchem Corp. has achieved Non-GMO Project Verification for its VitaCholine brand choline chloride and choline bitartrate ingredient product lines. The Non-GMO Project is a mission-driven nonprofit organization offering a third-party non-GMO verification program. “Third party assessments of product integrity are important to consumers, particularly those associated...
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