Austin, Texas-based Whole Foods Market’s Trends Council unveiled its top 10 anticipated food trends for 2023 in the retailer’s eighth-annual trends predictions. Each year, the council – a collective of more than 50 Whole Foods Market team members, including local foragers, regional and global buyers and culinary experts – compiles trend predictions based on decades of experience and […]
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Posted inH-E-B, Center Store, Nonfood Items, Southwest
H-E-B Receives AAHP Integrative Medicine Retailer Award
The American Association of Homeopathic Pharmacists has named San Antonio, Texas-based H-E-B as the 2022 recipient of its Integrative Medicine Retailer Award. This honor recognizes a retailer organization or retailer executive that promotes and sells products that encompass a broad range of therapeutic approaches to achieve optimal health and wellness for consumers. Accepting the award on behalf […]
Posted inCorporate Store News, Southwest
Walmart Launches New Content Creator Platform
Bentonville, Arkansas-based Walmart has launched a new platform, Walmart Creator, a one-stop portal for creators to monetize shoppable products from the retailer. Creators who sign up will have access to tens of thousands of products and are given the opportunity to earn revenue while earning commissions on sales they refer with no cap. Users of the […]
Posted inProduce News, Southwest
Eden Green Opens First Phase Of Vertical Farm In Texas
Dallas, Texas-based Eden Green Technology has opened a new two-acre vertical greenhouse in Cleburne, Texas, as well as the onsite expansion of an additional three-acre facility. The new greenhouses are another milestone in Eden Green’s vision to increase local food accessibility, affordability and sustainability. Its vertical-farm-within-a-greenhouse empowers producers, retailers and suppliers to introduce and expand their controlled environment agriculture offerings, including […]
Posted inProduce News, Southwest
Avocados From Mexico Begins Marketing Campaign
Dallas, Texas-based Avocados From Mexico is beginning its national shopper marketing campaign for the Big Game featuring football legend, Deion Sanders and his fiancée, Tracey Edmonds. The celebrity couple partnered with Avocados From Mexico to create their favorite guac recipes and the brand is inviting shoppers to vote for their favorite in the “Tasty Good vs Good Fat […]
Posted inCorporate Store News, Southwest
Natural Grocers Expands House Brand With Coconut Oil
Lakewood, Colorado-based Natural Grocers has added Organic Extra Virgin Unrefined Coconut Oil to its line of Natural Grocers Brand Products, the company’s house brand. Available in three sizes (17.5 ounce, 32 ounce, 48 ounce), this organic staple joins the Natural Grocers Brand Product line, established in 2016, which includes more than 800 products, available at Natural […]
Posted inPackaging News, Amazon Fresh, Snacks Brands, Southwest, Whole Foods
Tajín Holds Contest For Variety Pack Artwork, Names Winner
Houston, Texas-based Tajín International Co. recently concluded the Fan Pack Design Contest in a private ceremony where Cristina López won a grand prize of $10,000, receiving $5,000 and donating $5,000 to the nonprofit organization Amigos de las Americas. Tajín also unveiled the Variety Pack – new packaging with the winning design. In June, Tajín launched a contest to select the new […]
Posted inDairy News, Southwest
Vital Farms Begins ‘Keeping It BS-Free’ Brand Campaign
Austin, Texas-based Vital Farms has announced its new brand campaign titled “Keeping it BS-Free.” This campaign challenges viewers to rethink widespread practices including misleading labels like cage-free, hollow corporate initiatives and poor worker conditions. This is the latest effort to support Vital Farms’ stakeholder community, including its crew members, customers and consumers, suppliers and farmers, stockholders and […]