New York—Representatives of Sprouts Farmers Market, headquartered in Phoenix, AZ, recently made the trek to New York City to take part in NASDAQ Fit Week, which promotes NASDAQ-listed companies that are focused on health and healthy lifestyles. This is the fourth year that NASDAQ has held an official Fit Week...
Golden Valley, MN—Food mega-company General Mills has disbanded two segments of its business, the Small Planet Foods organic division and its frozen foods division, absorbing the brands into other parts of the company. This move, which representatives of General Mills say was separate from other cost-cutting efforts in September, reduces General...
Megan Westgate, Executive Director of the Non-GMO ProjectThe natural products industry is host to a treasure trove of creative, intelligent and dedicated individuals that contribute to its success daily. This year, WholeFoods Magazine is starting a tradition of naming a Natural Products Industry Person of the Year, someone we believe...
It Worked for Me Series Alpine, CA—Barons Market, a family-owned retail chain offering natural, organic and specialty products, once had a track record of opening one new location every few years. Recently, the tradition was broken with two new locations slated to open with 10 months of each other: its...
Chicago, IL—Since 2012, sales in the gluten-free (GF) food market have shot up 63%, according to a new report from Mintel called Gluten-Free Foods - US - September 2014. Yet a large number of consumers are skeptical of GF’s staying power, as the new report also found that 44% agreed...
The Council for Responsible Nutrition of Washington, D.C., now has free searchable online data of 300 FDA Warning Letters sent to dietary supplement companies January 2008–August 2014. The Natural Products Association (NPA) of Washington, D.C., welcomed more than 40 new members, which joined in September and October and 11...
Portland, OR—The vote on Measure 92 in Oregon’s November election, which would have required special labeling for genetically modified foods, was close enough to trigger a recount. But despite the glimmer of hope that recount provided to supporters of the measure and a last ditch lawsuit, the recount came up...
Sharon Peek joined Novel Ingredient Services of West Caldwell, NJ, as vice president of manufacturing innovation. NBTY, Inc. of Ronkonkoma, NY, appointed Brian Wynne as president of NBTY Americas, and CEO of United States Nutrition, Inc. Rick Sharpee, Ph.D., is now the president of the Natural Health Research Institute...
Northridge, CA—Pharmavite, one of the largest U.S. manufacturers of vitamins, minerals, and dietary supplements, has just acquired FoodState Inc.FoodState offers whole food supplements under its MegaFood and Innate Response brands. MegaFood, the company’s flagship brand and the first to handcraft vitamins from farm-fresh whole foods, has recently experienced a large...
Washington, D.C.—Sens. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Tom Harkin (D-IA) recognized Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM) as a new leader in the Senate for protecting access to dietary supplements. Heinrich’s taking on this role was communicated in a meeting with all three senators as well as representatives from several dietary supplement trade...
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