Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage is opening its second Oklahoma City-area store, at 7001 North May Avenue, on Tuesday. It’ll be the fifth store in the Sooner State for Colorado-based Natural Grocers, according to the company’s website. “Natural Grocers is proud to open an additional Oklahoma City store, providing quality organic and natural foods, products, […]
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BrandStorm Launching New Natierra Superfoods Brand
BrandStorm Inc. is unveiling a new umbrella brand for its lines of superfoods, gourmet salts and on-the-go snacks. Inspired by CEO Thierry Olliver’s decade of world travels, Natierra not only harmonizes Himalania and Nature’s All Foods product lines, it fuses the spirit of adventure and the celebration of health and community to bring conscious consumers […]
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Mrs. Green’s Hosts ‘Shop Free For A Year Sweepstakes’
Mrs. Green’s Natural Market has rolled out its first Shop Free for a Year Sweepstakes. Mrs. Green’s will provide one shopper $90 a week for the entire year—a gift card worth a total of $4,680. The contest is designed to encourage consumers to purchase organic groceries and healthy lifestyle products at any Mrs. Green’s location. […]
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The Fresh Market Plans Fifth Store In New York
The Fresh Market said this week that it plans to open its fifth store in New York next year. The North Carolina-based specialty grocer has signed a lease for the new location at 126 East Main Street at the Branch Plaza shopping center in Smithtown. Additional details were unavailable at the time of this report. […]
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Mrs. Green’s Offers English As A Second Language Classes For Employees
Mrs. Green’s Natural Market is offering English as a Second Language (ESL) courses for associates across Westchester County as part of a larger investment in the company’s workforce. Irvington, New York-based Mrs. Green’s launched the ESL classes at six stores in Westchester after several requests from employees. One of the chain’s associates personally designed the […]
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Dave’s Killer Bread Line Earns Non-GMO Project Verification
Dave’s Killer Bread (DKB) has achieved Non-GMO Project verification for all its 13 varieties of organic breads. DKB uses no artificial ingredients, preservatives or high fructose corn syrup. The Oregon-based company is the No.1-selling organic bread maker in the U.S. Packaging on all products, including DKB’s popular 21 Whole Grains and Seeds, Blues Bread and […]
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General Mills To Acquire Annie’s For $820M
General Mills has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Annie’s, a leading U.S. producer of branded organic and natural food products with net sales of $204 million in its latest fiscal year, completed March 2014. The transaction is valued at approximately $820 million. Annie’s will join General Mills’ U.S. natural and organic products portfolio, […]
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Reed’s New Product Marries Coffee And Kombucha
Reed’s Inc. is adding an organic coffee kombucha to its line of Reed’s Culture Club Kombucha. The new Coffee Kombucha will be showcased at the upcoming Natural Products Expo in Baltimore, Sept. 18-20, and will be introduced to store shelves across the country this fall. “The kombucha culture is traditionally grown in a tea base. […]
Posted in, Southeast, Store News
The Fresh Market To Open Memphis Store On Wednesday
The Fresh Market will expand its presence in Tennessee on Wednesday with a new store in Memphis, marking the company’s eighth store in the state. At its newest location at 2145 Union Ave., in the Midtown area of Memphis, the North Carolina-based specialty grocer says its full-service philosophy will incorporate unparalleled product selection and expert […]
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Gov. Walker Attends UNFI Groundbreaking For Second Wisconsin DC
Gov. Scott Walker attended the June 20 groundbreaking of United Natural Foods Inc.’s (UNFI) new distribution center in Pierce County, Wis., a $37 million project expected to create about 300 jobs. The 300,000-s.f. facility located in Prescott, about 30 miles southeast of the Twin Cities, will be the company’s second facility in Wisconsin. Construction is […]
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Little Me Tea Receives Non-GMO Project Verification
Big Time Tea has received Non-GMO Project verification for Little Me Tea, the company’s first-to-market, no-sugar-added, certified organic tea and juice boxes. Little Me Tea has never used GMO ingredients in its products, and this third-party verification allows consumers to shop with confidence and retailers to trust that they are carrying a quality product with […]
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Report: GMO Labeling—Confusion At The Shelf
The battle over genetically modified food continues to rage, focused mostly on whether companies should label products that contain GMOs. As The Hartman Group reports, Whole Foods created a sense of urgency about the topic when it decided it would ensure that all GMO products in its stores would be labeled by 2018 to enhance […]
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Fresh Thyme Opening Deerfield, Ill., Store On June 25
Fresh Thyme Farmers Market, a new specialty grocer featuring healthy and organic value-priced offerings, will open its second store Wednesday, June 25, in Deerfield, Ill. The opening follows the company’s debut last month when it opened in Mount Prospect, Ill. The Deerfield Chamber of Commerce and Mayor Harriet Rosenthal will be on site next month […]
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Earth Fare Signs Lease For Atlanta Store
Earth Fare, the North Carolina-based organic and natural foods grocer, has signed a lease for a 24,782-s.f. store as part of the second phase of Emory Point in Atlanta. “We’re very excited about Earth Fare anchoring the second phase of Emory Point,” said Larry Gellerstedt, president and CEO of Cousins Properties, which, along with Gables […]
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Whole Foods Opening Frisco, Colo., Store Next Week
Whole Foods Market will open its Frisco, Colo., store at 10 a.m. Tuesday, April 29, following a bread-breaking ceremony, remarks from company and local officials as well as a donation to High Country Conservation Center. The 32,000-s.f. store will feature fresh, local and organic produce, local meats from ranches throughout Colorado, a sandwich station, hot […]
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Natural Grocers Opening Second Utah Store Today
Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage is opening its second Utah location today, at 1075 North Main St., Suite 110, in Logan. “We are thrilled to expand our nutrition expertise and delicious food options to Logan,” said Kemper Isely, co-president of Colorado-based Natural Grocers. “We look forward to engaging with the local community about healthy living.” […]
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Annie’s Completes Acquisition Of Snack Manufacturing Plant In Joplin, Mo.
Annie’s, a leading natural and organic food company, has completed the acquisition of Safeway’s snack manufacturing plant in Joplin, Mo., which has been Annie’s primary manufacturer of cookie and cracker products since the inception of its snacks business in 2002. Annie’s Baking, a subsidiary of Annie’s, acquired the plant for $6.0 million, plus the actual […]
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Mrs. Green’s Natural Market Plans To Open 22 Stores By Year’s End
Mrs. Green’s Natural Market has big expansion plans for 2014. The company plans to open 22 new locations this year across the Northeast and Midwest U.S. and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Alberta. Spring grand openings will include West Windsor, N.J., on March 28 and New Canaan, Conn., on April 11. Mrs. Green’s plans […]
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Whole Foods Inks Leases For Stores In Georgia, Alabama
Whole Foods Market has signed leases for stores in Kennesaw, Ga., and Huntsville, Ala. Both stores are expected to open in 2016. The Kennesaw store will be located in a mixed-use development at the corner of Barrett Parkway and U.S. 41/Cobb Parkway. The newest store in Georgia for the natural and organic foods supermarket will […]
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Mrs. Green’s Opens First Virginia Store Today
Mrs. Green’s Natural Market is opening its first Virginia store today at 12995 Fair Lakes Shopping Center in Fairfax. The new store boasts 100 percent organic produce, a fresh bakery and gourmet coffee bar, all-natural vitamins and supplements as well as prepared meals, among other features. Mrs. Green’s says it is a neighborhood store, passionately […]