Articles by Angela Sabarese
Natural Grocers Honors Earth Day
Throughout April, Natural Grocers, will be honoring Earth Day with discounts and in-store programming to promote environmentally conscious products and sustainable practices. The company’s 2023 Earth Day celebration will culminate with three days of special Earth Day deals, freebies and sweepstakes, April 22-24. Raquel Isely, vice president of marketing for Natural Grocers, stated, “Though Earth Day ...
St. Paul Legacy Business Mastel’s Health Foods to Live on Through New Owners
Mastel’s Health Foods (St. Paul, MN), an independently owned health food store that won Vitamin Retailer‘s 2021 Retailer of the Year award, has announced that it will now be owned and operated by two of its current employees. After years of dedicated service to the store, general manager Lauren Gaffney and marketing manager Alina Hornfeldt ...
Natural Grocers Debuts Free Personalized Shopping Experience with Nutritional Health Coach
Natural Grocers has announced its Personalized Shopping Experience at select stores. This free service provided by Natural Grocers is designed with the customer in mind. The Nutritional Health Coach (NHC) will customers them as they shop, offering expert product knowledge and recommending products to support their personal goals, the company stated. During a free one-on-one Personalized ...
Clorox Attempting to Sell Vitamins, Minerals and Supplements Business
Bleach maker Clorox Co. has been seeking to divest its vitamins, minerals and supplements (VMS) business after efforts to scale it led to major losses, according to four people familiar with the situation. The VMS business represents just 3 percent of Clorox’s total net sales, yet in 2021 it forced it to take a $267 ...
NOW Reveals Testing Results of Bromelain Supplements Purchased on Amazon
NOW continued its award-winning industry self-policing program of testing unfamiliar brands found on Amazon, this time on Bromelain, according to the company. The testing revealed some of the most abysmal results since the program began six years ago, the company stated. Although NOW has shared this information widely, with the goal of addressing bad quality ...
GoodSAM Honored for Sustainability, Environment and Climate Business Strategy
GoodSAM Foods (Darien, CT) has announced that it has been named Bronze winner in Sustainability, Environment, & Climate business strategy for product, innovation, or services in the 2nd annual Anthem Awards. Anthem Winners are selected by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. GoodSAM initially set out to create strategic partnerships with suppliers and ...
Sky Organics Announces 2023 Rebrand
Sky Organics has debuted its comprehensive rebrand, encompassing redesigned packaging with an elevated and sustainable new look, an updated website with a fresh, improved customer shopping experience, a creative social media campaign and a suite of new product offerings. Sky Organics is a family-founded company, dedicated to showing consumers that living a natural, sustainable lifestyle ...
FDA Launches New Directory of Ingredients Used in Products Marketed as Dietary Supplements
On March 6, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) began unveiling its new Dietary Supplement Ingredient Directory, a webpage where the public can look up ingredients used in products marketed as dietary supplements and quickly find what the FDA has said about that ingredient and whether the agency has taken any action with regard ...
Natural Grocers Kicks off 5th Annual Beat the Time Change Blues Event
Natural Grocers wanted to help make the time change adjustment a bit more enjoyable with its fifth annual Beat the Time Change Blues event, March 11 – 14, 2023. The event is intentionally slated to run before and after the actual time change to soften the blow of “losing an hour.” Customers will enjoy savings, free samples ...
FDA’s $7.2 Billion Proposal to Biden Administration Includes Modernization of DSHEA
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released its list of $7.2 billion FY 2024 Legislative Proposals, which includes modernizing the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA). “Since the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA) was enacted almost 30 years ago, the dietary supplement market in the U.S. has grown ...
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