Secaucus, NJ - Vitamin Shoppe announced during a fourth quarter earnings call today that CEO Colin Watts will leave the company in May. He will serve as CEO until then to assure a smooth transition. Shares closed down 13.6% to trade at $3.90. Effective immediately, Alexander Smith, who has been serving...
Austin, TX – Richard “Dick” Griffin has received the American Botanical Council’s (ABC) Champion Award for 2017. [caption id="attachment_56560" align="alignright" width="321"] Richard "Dick" Griffin[/caption] Griffin has consistently served ABC and other organizations in the natural products community through partnerships with his insurance companies Grifcon Enterprises and Griffin Insurance Services, and...
Phoenix, AZ — Jaime Boyachek, the new owner of Healthy Habit Health Foods, shares the story of how she and her husband became first-time retailers and how she plans to evolve the business to attract a younger client base. This conversation was held in a hot car on a sunny...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Stop by booth Neocell's booth #4438 at Natural Products Expo West to learn some collagen infused recipes from Food Network's Chef Charles Chen.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column][vc_video link="https://youtu.be/mIOr6gdBywg"][/vc_column][/vc_row]...
East Windsor, NJ - In a recent published study in the Journal of Dietary Supplements, researchers found that Pterocarpus marsupium extracts manufactured by Sami Labs (the manufacturing arm of Sabinsa Corporation) lowered blood glucose and HbA1c levels, increasing the levels of the hormone insulin in diabetic rats. Conducted at the Department of...
Minneapolis, MN and Wilton, CT — General Mills will buy Blue Buffalo Pet Products for $8 billion, it says, marking the first time the owner of Annie's and Cheerios has ventured into pet food since the 1960s. This transaction will establish General Mills as the leader in the U.S. Wholesome Natural...
Phoenix, AZ - Sprouts Farmers Market saw comparable store sales grow 4.6% and topped analysts’ earnings expectations for the fourth quarter. In its earnings report, the natural foods grocer announced net sales of $1 billion, a 16% increase from the same period in 2016. Comparable store sales growth was 4.6%,...
Washington, D.C. – Megan Olsen has joined the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), the leading trade association for the dietary supplement and functional food industry, as its new Assistant General Counsel. She will report to CRN president and CEO Steve Mister. Olsen most recently held the position of special counsel...
New Hampton, N.Y. – A $2.6 million grant to UNC Nutrition Research Institute to study choline status in humans is spurring industry leaders, researchers and the medical community to push choline into the mainstream. “This grant is an important step in supporting human health by providing a tool that will...
Chattanooga, TN — Ed Jones, founder of Nutrition World, is on a mission to bulletproof the natural products retail industry and he wants you to join him. Jones has started an education campaign to rally independents to demand respect from their vendors in the form of a Minimum Advertised Price...
