As fears about glyphosate continue to grow, more brands are seeking to reassure their customers by obtaining glyphosate-free certification.
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As fears about glyphosate continue to grow, more brands are seeking to reassure their customers by obtaining glyphosate-free certification.
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One of my favorite organic snack companies, Gorilly Goods, has been acquired by Evolve Brands LLC. Terms were not disclosed.
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U.S. Right to Know makes the case that Henry Miller’s piece in Newsweek, which slams organic food, has Monsanto’s fingerprints all over it.
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It is being reported by Business Insider that the empty shelves at Whole Foods are kept that way on purpose, all a result of a new ordering system called order-to-shelf (OTS).
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As part of its plan to form a new coalition within the German government, Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union of Germany has agreed to a complete ban of glyphosate, which would be a massive blow to the Monsanto-Bayer merger.
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Organic juice and meal plan company Urban Remedy has closed a $17M round of financing, and Once Upon a Farm’s John Foraker has joined its board of directors.
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By the end of 2018, 200 Kroger stores will have new digital display technology in its aisles, which will give consumers pricing, nutritional and other information.
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This spring, yoga lifestyle brand GAIAM will launch a line of organic supplements and protein powders called Seed-2-Formula.
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Amazon Prime members can now receive free same-day and one-day shipping on Whole Foods products, as well as 2-hour delivery from Prime Now.
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Just as I wrote about in last week’s Organic Insider, The Washington Post takes a look at how gas stations and convenience stores, including 7-Eleven, are moving towards organic and healthier options.
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With more than 1,000 USDA certified organic products, O Organics has generated $1 billion in revenues and expects to introduce another 500 organic products in 2018.
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Organic Valley, Whole Foods, the Organic Trade Association, and numerous other for-profit and non-profit organizations took out a full-page ad in The Washington Post, imploring USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue to restore the organic animal welfare standard.
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With dramatic shifts in the marketplace, Nestle is embracing a disrupt-or-be-disrupted mindset.
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According to Irwin Simon, founder and CEO of Hain Celestial, the company cannot find a buyer because it acquired too many brands.
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It is being reported that Ace Hardware may open store-within-a-store locations at Kroger supermarkets.
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Investment and incubation group Sonoma Brands has raised a $60 million second fund and has stakes in organic tea company Guayaki, organic soup company Zupa Noma, and several others.
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A lawsuit against the retailer claims that it sold organic eggs laid by hens raised in enclosed structures when the package labels said the birds had access to the outdoors.
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At the CODEX meetings in Berlin, Monsanto attempted to convince committee members that genetically-engineered foods should be classified as “biofortified”, which would greatly mislead and confuse consumers.
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Whole Foods has announced that all brands must use a company-appointed firm to oversee all in-store merchandising, thereby giving smaller brands less freedom and making life more difficult for brokers.
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How changes to Amazon’s current grocery business indicate where its future strategy may be heading.
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E-commerce experts share their input on how grocery brands can best represent themselves on Amazon.
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Arjan Stephens, Executive Vice President at Nature’s Path, discusses how and why the company underwent a packaging re-design.
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In just four months, Whole Foods’ 365 Everyday Value private-label brand has racked up $10 million in sales and is experiencing 9% weekly growth.
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Promoting its tea as “all natural”, Bigelow is now facing a class action lawsuit because the product contained cancer-causing glyphosate.
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