Organic grocery retailer Natural Grocers has added Natural Grocers Brand Organic Tortillas to its private-label brand. Made in New Mexico using traditional techniques, the four additions to the company’s house brand are certified organic, non-GMO, kosher and made without hydrogenated fats, flour-bleaching agents or chemical dough conditioners. Customers can choose from a range of sizes, from […]
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Organic Trade Association Recognizes Straus For Life’s Work
The Organic Trade Association has honored Albert Straus, founder of Straus Family Creamery and a second-generation organic dairy farmer, with its Organic Lifetime Achievement Award. A pioneer in organic dairy and sustainable agriculture, Straus has led efforts to advance carbon-neutral dairy farming models that are shaping the future of organic food and farming. Straus has […]
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KeHE Wraps Up 2025 Holiday Show
KeHE Distributors recently wrapped its 2025 Holiday Show in Chicago and virtually in the KeHE CONNECT platform, drawing nearly 5,000 in-person attendees and spotlighting key industry trends, exclusive show-only deals and merchandising strategies to prepare for the upcoming holiday season. “The Holiday Show is more than a preview of what’s to come, it’s a strategic opportunity […]
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Whole Foods Market To Open Midtown Miami Store June 26
Whole Foods Market will open a new 53,400-square-foot store June 26 at 2910 Biscayne Boulevard in Midtown Miami. The location will offer more than 500 products from some 130 Florida suppliers, curated with the help of Dustin Kennedy, forager for local and emerging brands at Whole Foods Market. The store’s décor reflects the vibrancy of […]
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Whole Foods Market Opens New Store In Las Vegas
Whole Foods Market opened a new 46,500-square-foot store May 15 at 2475 S. Town Center Drive in the Summerlin community of Las Vegas that replaces the Fort Apache store at 8855 W. Charleston Blvd. The new location’s product assortment features more than 100 items from Nevada, each meeting Whole Foods Market’s quality standards. “I started […]
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Beyond Organic: CEO On Redefining Health, Industry Honesty
Karen Howard has served as CEO and executive director of Organic & Natural Health Association in Washington, D.C., since its inception in 2014. She has championed causes such as defining the term “natural,” promoting quality manufacturing, ensuring traceable sourcing, advancing regenerative farming, advocating for sustainable practices, addressing nutrient deficiencies and propelling vitamin D research and […]
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White Leaf Provisions To Branch Out From Biodynamic Baby Food Roots
White Leaf Provisions, a Mount Pleasant, South Carolina-based company specializing in biodynamic food products, primarily for babies, has big plans for 2020, including introduction of new products and wider distribution. The company, founded in 2016 by Keith Rowe and his wife, Megan, is a small, family-run business that focuses on pure foods. The company’s niche […]
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Else Nutrition Offers Clean-Ingredient, Plant-Based Toddler Formulas
Else Nutrition, a developer and marketer of clean-ingredients, plant-based nutrition products, is launching its first commercial product this spring in the U.S.—a next-generation, 100 percent plant-based, organic toddler formula made with a proprietary formulation of almonds, buckwheat and tapioca. The globally-patented formula contains zero dairy or soy and is free of gluten, hormones, antibiotics, palm […]
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Goldthread Plant-Based Tonics Expands Nationwide In Target Stores
Goldthread Plant-Based Tonics, founded by clinical herbalist and LAC William Siff, has expanded nationwide via distribution in 970 Target stores. The launch features six SKUs: Turmeric Radiance, Green Minerals, Hawaiian Ginger, Mint Condition, Lavender Bliss and Honey Rose. The beverages are now available and retail for $3.49 each. Turmeric Radiance is a tonic based on Ayurvedic […]
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Sprouts Farmers Market to Open Mesquite, Texas, Store March 4
Sprouts Farmers Market will open in Mesquite, Texas, at 1220 North Town East Boulevard on Wednesday, March 4. To celebrate the new store, Sprouts is giving away a classic beach cruiser to inspire one fan to get outside and enjoy a healthy lifestyle. Customers can enter to win through March 3 by visiting clicking here. […]
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Back To The Roots Is Redefining Gardening Category
Oakland, California-based Back to the Roots, an organic gardening company and pioneer in small-space, indoor gardening, has launched a new small-space, organic craft gardening category in big-box retailers nationwide. Back to the Roots will kick off 2020 launching in more than 2,300 Walmart stores across the country and accelerating its growth as the gardening brand […]
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One Banana Certifies Organic Production With Fair Trade Standard
One Banana has certified its farm in Peru under the Fair Trade international standard, joining its sustainable family-owned farms that are all certified to the highest third-party standards. According to One Banana Co. President Robert Adams, this new certification benefits “all those involved in the supply chain, from producers to final consumers.” By certifying its […]
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Sprouts Farmers Market To Open Cave Creek, AZ, Store Feb. 19
Sprouts Farmers Market will open in Cave Creek, Arizona, at 5355 East Carefree Highway on Wednesday, Feb. 19. More than 100 new team members will be led by Store Manager Tom Critz, who has been with Sprouts in various leadership positions since 2011 and most recently managed the store at Scottsdale and Pinnacle Peak Roads. “Tom […]
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White Leaf Provisions Offers Baby Food Free Of Glyphosate Residue
White Leaf Provisions, based in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, has become the first shelf-stable Glyphosate Residue Free certified baby food line in the United States. Glyphosate is the world’s most-used weed killer (herbicide). In 2015, the World Health Organization’s cancer body IARC determined that glyphosate is probably carcinogenic to humans. A very well-publicized testing report by […]
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Serenity Kids Launches First Baby Food Made With GAP-Certified Meat
Austin, Texas-based Serenity Kids launched its latest baby food blend, Pasture-Raised Turkey, the first baby food that is Global Animal Partnership (GAP) animal welfare certified, available online and at Hy-Vee, Lucky’s and Harmon’s by the end of the month. “When you see the GAP Animal Welfare Certified label, you know that in addition to animal […]
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Tolerant Set To Showcase Organic Single-Ingredient Pastas At FNCE
Chicago, Illinois-based Tolerant, maker of organic single-ingredient pastas, will exhibit all seven of its dry pasta cuts at the 2019 Food and Nutrition Conference & Expo (FNCE) Oct. 26th- 29th, 2019, at booth 659. All of Tolerant’s plant-based legume pastas are vegan, kosher, certified organic, high in protein and fiber, grain free, gluten free and […]
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Albertsons Changes Frozen Lineup, Launches Plant-Based Private Label
Seizing on consumer demand in frozen meals, Albertsons Cos. has revamped its lineup of Own Brands entrees with 55 new items, from organic plant-based meals for the “flexitarian” to protein power bowls. “We’re in a new age for frozen meals,” says Chad Coester, SVP of Albertsons Cos. Own Brands. “Shoppers deserve premium meals that deliver […]
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Vera Roasting Grows Line Of Resveratrol-, CBD-Infused Coffees
Dover, New Hampshire-based Vera Roasting Co., makers of the only CBD coffee infused with the antioxidant resveratrol, is expanding its line of CBD-infused coffees with the release of a new higher-dosage organic Wellness Blend Coffee containing 300mg of CBD in a 12-oz. bag. “We are excited to expand our CBD-infused product lines to include a […]
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New Packaging Designed To Give Beetnik Foods Stronger Shelf Presence
Beetnik Foods, an Austin, Texas-based organic food brand specializing in organic, gluten-free, humanely raised, grass fed beef and chicken entrées, has launched a brand new packaging design aiming to showcase the product in a more eye-catching format and more accurately convey its benefits. Certified USDA Organic and gluten free, Beetnik’s meals will retain the same clean […]
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Sprouts To Open West Hollywood, California, Store July 31
Sprouts Farmers Market will open in West Hollywood, California, on Wednesday, July 31. A ribbon-cutting ceremony at the new 25,000-s.f. West Hollywood location at 8550 Santa Monica Boulevard is scheduled before doors open at 7 a.m. The public is invited. The first 200 shoppers will receive 20 percent off their initial total purchase and muffin and […]