Los Angeles, CA—Here’s to Your Health, a wellness radio show, has announced the addition of five new stations located in the west and southwestern U.S., and an Internet platform that will broadcast the weekly show. “Our wide range of guests, from health experts, authors and celebrities, have shared their insights...
Farmingdale, NY—NutraScience Labs has secured a new distribution center, according to a press release. The 13,500 square-foot building is located in Hauppage, NY, where it has easy access to I-495, helping to streamline freight shipping. The facility is expected to open by October of this year, and Nutrascience expects that...
La Farge, WI—Organic Valley announced that it experienced consolidated sales growth of 4.5% in 2020. The exact number? Recorded sales reached $1.2 billion. Compared to 2019, the nation’s largest organic farmer-owned cooperative improved consolidated net income by $48.4 million in 2020. Attributing it partially to the chaos in conventional dairy...
Hood River, OR—Tofurky is creating billboards at shelf level, and dedicating its packaging to advocacy with the goal of inspiring widespread consumer action around climate change, according to a press release. Along with an educational campaign, the brand is upgrading its packaging to feature call-outs on the front of each...
Washington, D.C.—The U.S. Senate has passed a bill containing language regarding country-of-origin labeling that FMI is calling “unworkable” for agricultural producers, food manufacturers, and grocery retailers. FMI is now advocating to prevent the language from passing in the U.S. House of Representatives. FMI and 14 other food industry associations wrote...
Seattle, WA—PCC Community Markets will be opening a Downtown Seattle location in early 2022, according to a press release. As PCC opens new locations, the press release states, each store partners with a local food bank to extend food access within the communities served. Last year, as PCC planned for...
The Specialty Food Association (SFA) has released its annual State of the Specialty Food Industry 2021-2022 edition, according to a press release. The research published in the report shows that total specialty food sales hit $170.4 billion in 2020, and that specialty food brick-and-mortar sales hit $83.4 billion between 2018-2020,...
Washington, D.C.—Legislators in the New York State Assembly have decided against passing a bill to age-restrict access to supplements. As WholeFoods Magazine previously reported, the bill passed the Senate on June 7; it then moved to the Assembly, where lawmakers had until June 10 to vote and pass the bill.
Lycored announced that it is the Official Skin Health Sponsor of the GoPro Mountain Games, a festival of mountain and adventure sports, art and music taking place June 10-13, 2021, in Vail, CO. And with some spectator events, including the Climbing World Cup, missing from this year’s games due to...
Roxboro, NC—Open Book Extracts (OBX), a cannabinoid ingredient manufacturer and product developer, has closed an $11.5m Series B equity financing round, according to a press release. Funding was led by Nortecapital and KEY Investment Partners. OBX states in the press release that the financing will be used to accelerate safety...
