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Brian Mosser Becomes New Owner of Get Healthy
Get Healthy Vitamins and Natural Foods, an independent natural retailer located in Brooksville and Spring Hill, FL, announced Brian Mosser purchased the business from founders Karen Greenway and Laura DeWitt, becoming the new owner. Mosser started working at Get Healthy nearly 20 years ago where he started as a store clerk. Through hard work, passion ...
Natural Grocers Honors Earth Day With Special Promotions
Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage (Lakewood, CO) is celebrating Earth Day with special savings, giveaways, promotions and educational resources. Each year the company showcases environmentally conscious products and hosts a special fundraiser throughout the month of April to bring awareness to the importance of a healthy planet. The month-long Earth Day celebration culminates with three ...
Fresh Thyme Market Unveils Natural Product Advisor Certification for Employees
Fresh Thyme Market (Downers Grove, IL) in partnership with Alive Academy launched a custom accredited retailer education program designed exclusively for its employees. This innovative program offers Fresh Thyme’s Vitamin and Body Care Department an immersive course tailored to the brand’s products and consumer needs. The course will provide team members with foundational knowledge and ...
Positively Natural Independent Expo Offers New Perks for Retailers and Industry Members
As the premier event for West Coast independent natural product retailers and suppliers, the Positively Natural Network (PNN) and the Naturally Independent Expo plans to offer enhanced opportunities for exhibitors, retailers, and industry professionals. In a commitment to supporting independent retailers, the 2025 Naturally Independent Expo, to be held Oct. 17-18 at the Palm Springs ...
Getting Active! State of the Sports Nutrition Market in 2025
Here’s how sports nutrition products are evolving this year. The sports nutrition space is continuing to expand, with the global active nutrition market expected to reach $32.4 billion by 2032, according to WiseGuy Research.1 Sports nutrition consumers are increasingly discerning buyers, seeking out scientifically validated and clean ingredients that they can easily incorporate into their ...
Essential Formulas Celebrates 25-Year Anniversary
In 2025, Texas-based Essential Formulas Inc. (EFI) celebrated its 25th Silver Jubilee anniversary. Its commitment to research, education and innovative product development has been vital to shaping the probiotic market. EFI was established in 2000 as the exclusive U.S. distributor of the award-winning probiotic line from world-renowned Japanese microbiologist Dr. Iichiroh Ohhira (1936-2016). In 2015, ...
In Memoriam: Renee Southard, Owner of Organic Marketplace and Former SENPA President
Renee Carpenter Southard, owner of Organic Marketplace in Gastonia, NC, and former president of SENPA, died on Jan. 17, at age 68. “It is with broken hearts and deep sorrow that we announce the passing of the heart of Organic Marketplace Renee Carpenter Southard. We are understandably reeling as a family at our sudden loss ...
Your Store’s Mission and How to Practice It
Most businesses have a mission statement that, with varying degrees of earnestness, they try to live out in their daily transactions. The degree to which a business sincerely accomplishes that is one test of its true success. A health food store’s mission statement—and living out that mission—gets to the core of why we are involved ...
NOW and INM Announce Protocol for Life Scholarship
NOW Health Group (Bloomingdale, IL) and the Institute for Natural Medicine (INM) announced the Protocol for Life Scholarship, a pioneering initiative named in honor of NOW Founder Elwood Richard. With a six-figure investment spread across five years, the scholarship marks the single largest commitment ever made to advance naturopathic residency programs, NOW said. According to ...
Natural Grocers Partners With Rodale Institute
Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage (Lakewood, CO) announced a new partnership with Rodale Institute (Kutztown, PA), a nonprofit organization dedicated to regenerative organic agriculture. During Organic Month (September), customers will have the opportunity to support the retailer’s goal of raising $100,000 for Rodale Institute with donations at the register and a portion of proceeds from ...
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