Cincinnati, OH—Kroger Co., the largest supermarket chain in the United States, plans to buy online retailer Vitacost.com Inc. for $280 million, giving the grocery giant a new inlet into the healthy-living channel. This merger comes on the heels of its purchase of the Harris Teeter supermarket chain for $2.5 billion...
New York—A bustling Summer Fancy Food Show, hosted by the Specialty Food Association at the Jacob K. Javits Center in New York City for the second straight year, featured over 2,730 exhibitors from 49 countries. The show, held June 29–July 1, was expected to host 28,000 buyers. Exhibitors set out...
Washington, D.C.—Members of the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) came together in the Capitol to ask Congress to pass the Designer Anabolic Steroid Control Act (DASCA) of 2014. Taking place during CRN’s 11th annual “Day on the Hill,” 70 industry executives from CRN member companies made the case that DASCA...
Recipe courtesy of Activz Ingredients: 1 tablespoon Activz Spinach Powder 1 teaspoon Activz Mango Powder 1/4 cup purified water Directions: 1. Whisking constantly, add Activz Spinach and Mango Powders to 1/4 cup boiling water until well-combined. 2. Let cool to room temperature before serving. Add more water as...
Recipe courtesy of Activz Ingredients: 1 tablespoon Activz Pumpkin Powder 1 teaspoon Activz Carrot Powder 1/4 cup purified water Directions: 1.Whisking constantly, add Activz Pumpkin and Carrot Powders to 1/4 cup boiling water until well-combined. 2. Let cool to room temperature before serving. Add more water as needed.
