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Legislation Introduced in Senate to Expand HSA & FSA for Nutritional Supplements
New legislation introduced last week in the U.S. Senate by Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) would expand health savings accounts (HSA), health reimbursement arrangements and flexible spending accounts (FSA) to cover dietary supplements. “The COVID-19 pandemic has taught us that we need to be giving people more avenues and opportunities to save money in preventative health ...
Online Grocery Sales Flourish for Retailers
In second quarter earnings, both Sprouts Farmers Market and Amazon saw positive results, with online sales serving as a huge contributing factor—during the current COVID-19 pandemic. According to Supermarket News, e-commerce sales increases and more effective promotions pushed Sprouts Farmers Market’s income up 91 percent from a year ago to $67 million, in the second ...
UNFI Announces Labor Agreement with Teamsters Local 414
On Aug. 3, Food wholesalers United Natural Foods, Inc. (UNFI) issued the following statement regarding the long-term labor agreement that it reached with Teamsters Local 414 in Fort Wayne, IN. “We’re very pleased that Teamsters Local 414 has ratified a new long-term labor agreement for our distribution center in Fort Wayne, IN. UNFI’s four-year contract ...
Zinc in Modern Times
Zinc is a chemical element that’s been identified since the 18th century—it has made quite an impact over the years, including in the natural products industry for its plethora of benefits. “Zinc is functionally involved in hundreds of enzymatic functions in the body and considered an essential mineral that is second only to iron in ...
2020 Retail Heroes
Honoring essential workers of the coronavirus in the natural products industry. On March 16, 2020, The Natural Products Association (NPA) called for health food stores selling nutritional supplements to remain open during the U.S. government’s response to the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19. The association noted that health food stores offer a wide range of essential ...
COVID-19 and the Natural Industry … Continued
For July’s COVID-19 and the Natural Products Industry feature article, Vitamin Retailer spoke with Len Monheit, CEO, Trust Transparency Center, Spring TX, and asked him the following question: VR: Looking at product on shelf, what percent of the supply chain for dietary supplements was interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, and how are both the supply ...
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