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2026 Natural Choice Awards

The results of the annual WholeFoods Magazine Natural Choice Awards are in!

March 27, 2026

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Now, the results of the annual WholeFoods Magazine Natural Choice Awards are in!

Legal Tips

How to Value Retail Health-Food Store Businesses

Understanding valuation helps with negotiations, financing, strategic planning, and exit planning and succession.

March 27, 2026

Scott C. Tips

There will come a day when you need to know the value of your natural-products business. Here's help.

Independent Retailers Sound Off

The state of independent natural retail, in their own words.

February 22, 2026

Maggie Jaqua, Content Director

Independent natural products retailers reflect on the state of business.

Consumer Education & Interaction: Strategies for Greater Success

Brian Mosser, Owner of Get Healthy / SENPA Emerging Leaders Chair, talks with industry experts to share the know-how that can make the winning difference.

February 21, 2026

Brian Mosser, Owner of Get Healthy / SENPA Emerging Leaders Chair

Natural product retailers are leaning into education and community to compete with online giants.

The United States of Health

Building Bridges to Opportunity

February 1, 2026

Karen Howard, CEO and Executive Director of Organic & Natural Health Association

The interconnection of our issues in the natural products industry, whether you are a retailer, consumer, supplement manufacturer, or a farmer, requires conversation.

Tip of the Month

Labor Scheduling

The general manager of a 20,000-square-foot natural foods store has found labor scheduling success.

January 16, 2026

Jay Jacobowitz, President & Founder, Retail Insights

Find out how department-based labor scheduling can bring stability, control labor costs, and improve life-work balance.

2025 Retailer of the Year: Kimberton Whole Foods

How sharing the wealth has led to abundance for the Kimberton Whole Foods community and beyond.

August 28, 2025

Maggie Jaqua, Content Director

From modest farm stand to a string of Kimberton Whole Foods locations, check out what makes WholeFoods Magazine's 2025 Retailer of the Year shine.

Carrying on a Legacy: The Next Chapter for Get Healthy

Get Healthy Brooksville and Get Healthy Spring Hill owners Laura DeWitt and Karen Greenway have passed the torch to longtime employee Brian Mosser.

July 17, 2025

Holliday Woodard

Brian Mosser, who purchased Get Healthy from owners Laura DeWitt and Karen Greenway, says his passion for the health industry stems from witnessing how the work reshapes customers' lives.

6th Annual SOHO Healthfest a Success

With great interest in its events, SENPA is adding more shows to best serve independent retailers.

May 16, 2025

Richard Ortega, Associate Editor, WholeFoods Magazine

This year's SOHO Healthfest in Dallas featured a State of Industry networking event and the announcement of an upcoming show in New Jersey to serve more independent natural products retailers.