The Cornucopia Institute sent a formal request to antitrust regulators asking them to scrutinize the sale of Hain Celestial’s organic/natural poultry division, claiming that, depending on who acquires it, the effect could harm competition in the already highly concentrated organic poultry sector.
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Arguably the most creative marketer in the organic industry, Organic Valley is repurposing influencer videos to promote its ghee.
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Organically Grown Co., the largest organic produce distributor in the Northwest, has sold itself to a sustainability trust, with profits going to its farmers and workers.
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Next week at Whole Foods, Prime Members will receive $10 in free money (store credit) when they spend $10, a free box of Cheerios when they buy one, and many other discounts during the 36-hour Prime Day, beginning on July 16th.
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In a very important ruling, a judge decided that 400 lawsuits which claim that glyphosate – the primary ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup – caused cancer can now go to trial.
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Nature’s Path Foods, North America’s largest organic breakfast company and one of the most respected brands in the industry, announced its resignation from the Organic Trade Association (OTA). The company cited concern that the OTA is pushing a non-organic agenda, which threatens the future of organic.
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Amazon’s acquisition of Whole Foods has forced brands to reassess how their products are merchandised online.
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It has been reported that Danone will divest organic produce company Earthbound Farm, with a rumored price tag of $500M.
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Tea Drops, which makes bagless, organic tea drops that disintegrate in your cup, has just closed on a $1.9M round of financing.
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As some employees threaten to unionize amid an uncomfortable streamlining of operations, some brands are seeing an uptick in sales after Amazon’s purchase of the company last year.
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Whenever someone dares to question the safety of the Impossible Burger, even when it is Bloomberg or The New York Times, the company’s PR representative unleashes her ‘anti-science’ rant.
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PCC Community Markets, the country’s largest natural foods cooperative, currently uses about 5 million plastic containers in its deli department annually and intends to replace these with biodegradable alternatives by 2022.
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In what would have been absolutely unthinkable just a few years ago, the Grocery Manufacturers Association, a trade group that spent tens of millions of dollars fighting GMO-labeling, has now come out and said it supports full labeling of all GMO oils and sugars.
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Since Amazon acquired Whole Foods, microtrips, visits lasting less than five minutes, are up nearly 9%. This also sheds light on the company’s retail strategy – focusing on convenience.
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Very cool to see that Runa, an organic beverage company started in 2009 by two fellow Brown University alums, Tyler Gage and Dan MacCombie, has been purchased by All Market.
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At the recent NOSH Live 2018, Jeremiah McElwee, SVP of merchandising and product development at Thrive Market, talked about how his company works with brands to help them flourish.
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Co-Founder and CEO John Foraker recently spoke at FamilyFarmed’s Good Food Financing & Innovation Conference in Chicago and said that his company aims to be a leading kids nutrition brand from baby all the way to age 12.
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Danone Manifesto Ventures is planning to have invested in 20-25 food startups by 2020, with a focus on healthy drinks, snacks, baby food and alternative protein sources.
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Kroger has partnered with the UK’s Ocado, who has mastered automated fresh food delivery and is beating Amazon in this category.
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Amid rumored clashes with Amazon executives, Whole Foods Co-Founder and CEO John Mackey says that he is “not afraid to get fired”, which may indicate that the end of his reign is getting close.
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Barely alive, David Johnson is the first of 800 victims to sue Monsanto for causing him cancer.
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Out of its nearly 7,000 private brand products, Amazon’s food and beverage items account for less than 2%.
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Sprouts’ CEO Amin Maredia said that his company’s Instacart partnership has scaled quickly and that 70% of its sales are coming from shoppers in a seven-minute drive or less from its stores.
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With the goal of reducing food waste and helping farmers, avocados using an organic coating from Apeel Sciences are now being sold at Costco.
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