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Expo East 2017 Nexty Award Winners Announced

The NEXTY awards have gained notoriety in the natural products industry and become one of the premier recognitions of the companies and products that help shape the future of natural and healthy living. NEXTY winners are determined in a two-round judging process that is completed in the Boulder-based New Hope Network office in the weeks … Continued

Natural Products Expo East 2017

Boulder, CO (September 18, 2017) – The 32nd Annual Natural Products Expo East, held September 13-16, hosted more than 1,500 brands including 451 first-time exhibitors and more than 29,000 community members. Both large and small brands continue to launch innovative products that further missions centered on health, wellness, community building and sustainability. Natural Products Expo … Continued

Amazon to buy Whole Foods for $13.7B

Jon Springer | Jun 16, 2017 Amazon said Friday that it has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase Whole Foods Market for $13.7 billion in cash in a deal that connects the leading internet retailer with the innovative but struggling natural foods pioneer. The deal will pay shareholders $42 per share of Whole Foods — a … Continued

Boulder-based Lucky’s Market To Open at 38th and Wadsworth in Wheat Ridge

Boulder-based natural foods grocer Lucky’s Market plans to open a store next year in Wheat Ridge — its fourth Colorado location — breathing life into a long-vacant 14-acre car lot. The grocer is the first business to sign a contract with the redevelopment project The Corners at Wheat Ridge, which aims to open phase one in the spring … Continued

Tom Thumb Opens New Flagship Store in Fort Worth Texas

This is not your mother’s Tom Thumb. The grocery store held its grand opening Wednesday inside the Left Bank development on West Seventh Street. It’s Tom Thumb’s first “urban store” in Fort Worth, featuring a wine bar, expanded organic section and patio among other features. The 53,000-square-foot store also offers made-to-order items like pizza (with … Continued

Whole Foods Market 365 Store Opens In Cedar Park, TX

  AUSTIN, Texas (April 17, 2017) – 365 by Whole Foods Market’s first Texas location will open at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, April 26, in Cedar Park, following a bread-breaking ceremony with company officials and the community. Opening day will feature live music by Austin favorite Shinyribs and five percent of the day’s net sales will benefit … Continued

Natural Products Expo West & Engredea Celebrates Largest Event Yet

BOULDER, Colo., March 13, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — The 37th annual Natural Products Expo West & Engredea, the world’s largest natural, organic and healthy products event, experienced another record-setting year playing host to more than 80,000 attendees including industry pioneers and a new generation of innovators shaping the future of healthy products. The show, produced by … Continued

Fancy Food Show – San Francisco – January, 2017

Some 33,000 industry professionals and tastemakers poured into San Francisco this week for the annual Winter Fancy Food Show, the largest trade show devoted to specialty foods and beverages on the West Coast. For anyone who’s braved the crowds at the Consumer Electronics Show, the rough equivalent for the technology industry, you can probably imagine the … Continued

Whole Foods to move regional headquarters to Denver from Boulder

The Denver Post By ALICIA WALLACE | awallace@denverpost.com and EMILIE RUSCH | erusch@denverpost.com PUBLISHED: June 28, 2016 at 9:06 am | UPDATED: November 11, 2016 at 3:41 pm Whole Foods Market is moving its Rocky Mountain regional headquarters to the Mile High City, and the train to the plane was a big selling point. By early next … Continued