Health & Wellness Archives

H-E-B Harper’s Trace Is Latest Houston-Area Store For Grocer

by Shelby Team December 5, 2019December 12, 2024

H-E-B expanded its footprint in the Houston area on Dec. 4 with its 102,000-s.f. Harper’s Trace location at 10200 Highway 242 in Conroe. Jamie Lee, an 18-year H-E-B Partner (employee) who started as a bagger while attending Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, is the store leader. After graduation, she served at several H-E-B stores, […]

Nonfood Items, Health & Wellness, Home Page Slider, New Products, Northeast, Packaging News

Vitafusion Debuts CBD Gummies Featuring Full-Spectrum Hemp Extract

by Shelby Team December 5, 2019June 14, 2024

Gummy vitamin brand Vitafusion has added CBD from full-spectrum hemp extract gummies to its lineup of gummy vitamins. This new product line features CBD from full-spectrum hemp extract and other natural phytocannabinoids. The product line is now available for purchase at vitafusioncbdhemp.com and at select retailers. “As CBD explodes in popularity, the market has become flooded […]

Meat/Seafood/Poultry, Corporate Store News, Health & Wellness, Home Page Slider, National

World Animal Protection Questions What’s In Pork At Walmart Stores

by Erica Sacra December 4, 2019December 5, 2019

On Nov. 25, World Animal Protection, a global animal welfare organization with offices in 14 countries, released US pork and the superbug crisis: how higher welfare farming is better for pigs and people. The new report reveals that bacteria resistant to antibiotics considered highly important or critically important to human health were present in pork products purchased […]

Nielsen Consumer Packaged Goods, breakthrough innovation list, Precima

Center Store, Beverage News, Dairy News, Health & Wellness, Home Page Slider, National, Nonfood Items, Snacks Brands

Nielsen Reveals Its 2019 Breakthrough Innovation List

by Erica Sacra December 4, 2019December 4, 2019

Nielsen Global Connect has released its Top 25 Breakthrough Innovation winners for 2019, recognizing innovation and global success in the consumer packaged goods (CPG) space. Powered by BASES, Nielsen innovation data shows that in 2019, a new product was launched to the U.S. marketplace every two minutes. Building on this, over the last three years, […]

Health & Wellness, Southwest, Suppliers

Dixie Brands, Herbal Enterprises Plan To Launch THC-Infused Brand

by Erica Sacra December 3, 2019December 3, 2019

Dixie Brands Inc., a Denver, Colorado-based cannabis consumer packaged goods (CPG) company, and Herbal Enterprises LLC, an affiliate of the AriZona brand, have entered into a definitive agreement to launch a collection of THC-infused cannabis products. The terms of the agreement, as outlined in the letter of intent announced on Aug. 7, provide the framework for […]

Deli News, Bakery News, Center Store, Dairy News, Frozen Food, Health & Wellness, Home Page Slider, Independent Store News, Meat/Seafood/Poultry, Nonfood Items, Organic Natural, Private Label Brands, Produce News, Southeast

Publix Set To Open New Store In Northport, Alabama

by Erica Sacra November 27, 2019November 27, 2019

Lakeland, Florida-based Publix Super Markets will open a new store Wednesday, Dec. 4, at 7 a.m. at the Shops at Bristol Park in Northport, Alabama. “We look forward to offering the Publix shopping experience to more customers in Northport,” said Brenda Reid, Publix media and community relations manager for the Atlanta division. It will be […]

Midwest, Health & Wellness, Wholesaler/Distributor News

SpartanNash Foundation Donates Equivalent Of 3.5 Million Meals

by Erica Sacra November 26, 2019March 25, 2021

Together with its store guests and company associates, the SpartanNash Foundation scan campaign to provide hunger relief raised $271,150 to support more than 100 local food pantries and food banks in Michigan, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Ohio, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin. In addition to the scan campaign, the SpartanNash Foundation also granted $5,000 to food […]

Health & Wellness, Beverage News, New Products, Northeast, Suppliers

Sh’nnong Beverage Co. Launches Má Functional Iced Teas

by Shelby Team November 26, 2019June 14, 2024

Sh’nnong Beverage Co. is launching new Má Functional Iced Teas with CBD+ natural botanicals with a national rollout to more than 500 locations of The Vitamin Shoppe. Má ready-to-drink teas’ roots date back to 2737 BC when Emperor Shennong of China discovered tea and combined it with organic hemp and botanicals to make his original Má brews. […]