Empower your customers to create their own world of spice.With a wide enough selection and a nudge in the right direction, even your most cooking-averse customers will find themselves dashing in the sea salt and peppering over the stew. The spice suggestions to follow will surely bring variety to their...
Private label, done right, can do wonders for your store.The financial figures are getting more and more impressive. Private label food and beverage sales surpassed $98 billion in the United States in 2011, according to Packaged Facts (1). That accounts for 17.6% of total food and beverage sales. This doesn’t...
What’s new in the natural dessert aisle?Without question, preferences in the dessert category follow the flavor trends and movements taking place in the food industry at large. Savory, for some, is the new sweet, while others look to get creative by cooking up some sweet concoctions for themselves. It’s also...
There are countless ways to get sick, but thankfully, there are also many means of supporting immune function naturally.Regarding what falls into the immune health products space, we can check off a number of boxes: vitamins, minerals, herbs, digestive health products, homeopathies as well as others. Adding another wrinkle to...
Plant-based omega fatty acids can meet many consumer health and lifestyle needs.Plants give us so much of what we need to survive and thrive. For a long time, it’s been understood that many plant species house a large and diverse supply of omega fatty acids. The research world and most of...
Focusing on foods with cardiovascular benefits will win the hearts of your customers. Part Five of a Five-Part Series on Heart Health The one organ in the body we can least afford to have lapse is the heart. Unfortunately, the majority of us routinely or even habitually lapse in protecting...
How marine oils from all over the spectrum are staking their claim, and what the future holds. The wide and diverse range of marine oil products, and the omega-3 content they all offer, has ascended the ranks to health staple status over recent years. Consumers are now beginning to plumb...
Competition and demand have bred quality and innovation in foods for sensitive diets.Sensitive diet products—gluten-free, allergen-free and intolerance-friendly—are big, big business today. They’ll be Bill Gates big by 2017, when the global market is predicted to crest $26 billion (1). It’s a classic case of supply meeting demand. The result...
Countless tasks are required of you as a business owner and natural products retailer. Sometimes, you are spread too thin, or feel powerless to effect the changes you’d love to see for your store. Alas, there’s only so much one human being with one staff can do. Well, how about acquiring a few electronic allies, or upgrading the ones you have?
Can natural supplements help support an imperfect treatment option? Part Three of a Five-Part Series on Heart Health It seems as if, for most of the medical community today, the question is not if a patient is suited for statin use, but “How soon can we get you on them?”...
