Many moving parts go into the production of a magazine and that is multiplied this month by the 40th Annual WholeFoods Magazine Retailer Survey conducted in conjunction with Readex Research. When accompanied by Retail Insights’ proprietary Retail Universe, it shows that independent organic and health food stores garnered $11.48 billion...
Turning 50 is a milestone birthday and an independent family-owned company that can grow to a half-billion in sales by “doing the right thing” warrants some examination. How the late Elwood Richard founded NOW in 1968 as a house brand for the Fruitful Yield Health Foods stores is a story...
A family-owned business has a 3 in 10 chance of making it past the first generation. As NOW celebrates its 50th year, the milestone can be attributed to the ongoing vision of founder Elwood Richard. He wanted to make natural products affordable to everyone, followed the Golden Rule, and knew...
Stress. Overwork. Too much salt. Sedentary lifestyle. Genetics. Many factors contribute to cardiovascular disease but there are ways to help your customers stave off the effects by using nutritional supplements and practicing better eating habits. Let’s start with high blood pressure, or the more formally known “hypertension.” New guidelines from...
Washington, D.C. — Utah Senator Orrin Hatch, 83, a friend of the natural products industry and the longest serving GOP senator, announced in a video statement that he will not seek re-election in 2018. “It is a huge loss to have him leaving the Senate. He has been a tireless...
Consumers are increasingly disenchanted by “enriched” white breads, made from the low-nutrient starchy part of the inner wheat kernel with nutrients lost in processing added back in to the flour. This accounts for the rapid growth of the whole grain foods market. A new report from research firm Technavio projects...
Are you a resolution-maker? I prefer to call my set of intentions for 2018 a list and at the very top is a reminder to Have Fun with bullet points specifying exactly how I will do that. It’s written by hand because I know the message is reinforced in a...
Portland, OR — In a first for the NBA, Brew Dr. Kombucha has partnered with the Portland Trail Blazers on a limited edition kombucha for the NBA season called Special Edition Rip City Happiness. The kombucha will be served inside the Moda Center and at retailers throughout Oregon and...
San Diego, CA — If any individual has the perspective to talk about the changing landscape of the natural foods industry, it’s John Foraker. A one-time banker who led investors to put growth capital into Annie’s Homegrown in 1999, he became CEO of Annie’s Inc. in 2004 then took the...
After finalizing the $13.7 billion acquisition of Whole Foods Market in record time this summer, Amazon.com is taking the biggest player in the natural channel to places it’s never been. On Amazon time, what would take some companies a year to accomplish happens in a month — or even less.
