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Heather Wainer

Heather Wainer

Heather Wainer is the owner, Publisher and Vice President of Media at WholeFoods Magazine, a family-owned, woman-led publishing and full-service natural products media company. Heather grew up in the natural products industry, watching her father publish WholeFoods Magazine. After college, Heather joined the WholeFoods Magazine team, and in time took over running the company. She has been instrumental in the growth of WholeFoods Magazine, as well as the newly relaunched WholeFoodsMagazine.com, the WholeFoods Source Book directory, In the Know e-newsletters, and The Natural View podcast. In a joint venture with Industry Transparency Center, Heather helps lead the development and execution of the Naturally Informed virtual conference series, now in its third year. She is also on the board of What’s Up with Supps. www.linkedin.com/in/heather-wainer-1227184

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State of the Trade

September 12, 2014
Heather Wainer
This interview first appeared in Marketing Natural Products™, a Digital Publication by The Shelton Group,  Autumn 2014 As manufacturers and suppliers decide where to allocate their advertising budgets, what makes trade advertising a worthwhile spend? Trade advertising is always an excellent investment for new product launches, as retail stores...
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Stories of Hope from Peru

September 20, 2013
Heather Wainer
A child’s smile is one of the most beautiful things on Earth. And that is exactly what we saw as we traveled 13,000 feet up in the Andes of Peru where non-profit organization, Vitamin Angels, was observing distribution of their prenatal and children’s multivitamins. Children in these communities walk at...
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Letter from WholeFoods Publisher

November 19, 2012
Heather Wainer
Growing up in the New York /New Jersey area, as well as the natural products industry, has taught me many things. First, we are tough survivors and will do what it takes to overcome. With that in mind, we were tested again with perhaps one of our biggest challenges last...
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Looking Back to 1984

February 1, 2009
Heather Wainer
Twenty-five years ago, my father acquired WholeFoods Magazine and made the courageous leap to open a company (WFC, Inc.) to publish it. It blows me away to think about all the changes that have ensued since then, not the least of which being technological changes. My dad started publishing...
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