Articles by Nicholas Saraceno
NOW Partners With Celebrity Health Coach Kelly LeVeque
Elimination or fad diets may be all the rage with summer just a few weeks away. But according to Kelly LeVeque, Hollywood’s go-to health coach and author of Body Love (2017), it’s time to ditch the food drama for real results, and that means getting in tune with our bodies to understand the fuel it ...
Wholesome Donates $10,000 to Feeding Texas for Ongoing Hurricane Harvey Relief
With the devastating hurricane tragedies this past year hitting close to home, Texas-based Wholesome wanted to continue to give back in any way it could, according to the company. Wholesome decided to involve its customers in the process, too. So, it committed donations to Feeding Texas for every customer that visited its booth at Natural ...
Natural Grocers Customers Pledge to Protect the Ladybug This Earth Day
Throughout the month of April, and in celebration of Earth Day on April 22, Colorado-based Natural Grocers will invite the community to pledge to protect one of nature’s beneficial insects—the ladybug. Shoppers will vow to never use chemicals that harm ladybugs or other beneficial insects and pledge to support 100 percent organic produce. Customers will ...
Fresh Thyme Offers Home Delivery via Instacart
Illinois-based Fresh Thyme Farmers Market, a Midwest specialty grocer focused on healthy organic products and groceries, announced that their delivery service, Fresh Thyme Delivers, is available in the majority of its Midwest markets thanks to a partnership with Instacart, the technology-driven on-demand grocery delivery service. The service allows Fresh Thyme shoppers to order through FreshThymeDelivers.com, ...
GNC Announces Plans to Expand into Australia
Pennsylvania-based General Nutrition Corporation (GNC) announced plans to establish and develop a presence in the Australian market. Under a master franchise agreement, GNC will partner with Rapid Nutrition (Australia) to market, sell and distribute GNC products through retail outlet expansion, e-commerce and other potential distribution channels throughout Australia. In addition, Rapid Nutrition will be able ...
Vitamin Angels Outperforms Nearly 9,000 Charities Evaluated by Charity Navigator
California-based Vitamin Angels, a global aid charity that provides nutritional support to women and children in need, was once again recognized by Charity Navigator for excellence in administrative and financial transparency. Only 4 percent of charities evaluated have received as many consecutive 4-star ratings from Charity Navigator. “This esteemed designation from Charity Navigator indicates that ...
Organic & Natural Submits Petition to FDA for Vitamin D, Preterm Birth Health Claim
Organic & Natural Health Association submitted a petition to the FDA (Food and Drug Administration), requesting that the agency permit dietary supplements containing vitamin D to make a health claim concerning the association between vitamin D and a decreased risk of preterm births. The nutrition trade organization has asked the FDA to acknowledge numerous studies ...
PCC Will Put Grocery in Heart of Seattle’s Downtown
According to The Seattle Times, Washington-based PCC Community Markets, the regional chain of cooperatively owned organic-food stores, is joining the ranks of downtown grocers in a big way with a new location in the under-construction Rainier Square tower. As in urban centers around the country, downtown Seattle’s residential population is growing, with developers building apartments ...
Clorox Announces Agreement to Acquire Nutranext
California-based The Clorox Company announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Nutranext, a health and wellness company based in Sunrise, FL, which manufactures and markets dietary supplement brands in the retail and e-commerce channels, as well as in its direct-to-consumer business. Nutranext’s products include multivitamins under the Rainbow Light brand, the No. 2 ...
Carrington Farms Acquires Organic Whey Protein Brand
The Carrington Tea Co. LLC DBA Carrington Farms (New Jersey) announced it has acquired tera’swhey in Wisconsin. Founded in 2009 and made from grass fed dairy cows in Wisconsin, tera’s is the first and most complete line of USDA Certified Organic whey proteins in the U.S. – tera’swhey has sustained substantial year-over-year growth in the ...
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