10 Major Trends From Summer Fancy Food 2022
Following a successful Winter Fancy Food earlier in the year, The Specialty Food Association’s June show, Summer Fancy Food, was back in person for the first time since 2019. A lot of the trends we spotted in February were still apparent, with many new added players. The upstairs was buzzing with international brands that have … Continued
KeHE expands Colorado, California distribution centers
The natural foods distributor will unveil its expansion at the Aurora, Colorado, distribution center, on Aug. 31—six years to the day after the D.C. opened. Supermarket News | Aug 12, 2022 KeHE Distributors is expanding operations and services at distribution centers in Aurora, Colorado, and Chino, California, to support its rapid growth and keep up … Continued
Pitaya Foods partners with UNSTUCK on new product line to aid refugees
UNSTUCK has unveiled its first line of specialty products in partnership with leading CPG brands that use ingredients sourced from suppliers hiring refugees. Gianna Rosenbach | Jun 23, 2022 UNSTUCK and its partnering brands have launched a line of products that support ingredient suppliers hiring refugees. UNSTUCK is a nonprofit organization founded by Chobani … Continued
Whole Foods to shut a half-dozen stores
Closures come as parent Amazon revamps physical-store base As parent company Amazon adjusts its brick-and-mortar retail operations, Whole Foods Market plans to close six stores in four states. Austin, Texas-based Whole Foods on Monday confirmed published reports that stores in Montgomery and Mobile, Ala.; the DePaul section of Chicago; Tarzana, Calif.; and Brookline, Mass., … Continued
Sustainability initiatives a top priority for grocery retailers, wholesalers
From targeting net zero emissions to reducing or eliminating single-use plastics use and creating innovative ways to fight food waste and promoting recycling, grocery retailers and wholesalers are fighting the good fight for the environment while being keenly aware of social issues facing the communities they serve and the workers they employ. Indeed, throughout the … Continued
Here Comes Amazon Whole Foods
A newly revamped store in Washington shows how thoroughly Amazon has woven itself into the grocery shopping experience. “Would you like to sign in with your palm?” Biometric scanning devices at the newly opened Whole Foods Market in the Glover Park neighborhood of Washington. That was the question a cheerful Amazon employee posed … Continued
Whole Foods Market Debuts Just Walk Out Shopping
Washington, D.C., store is 1st of many to get cashierless tech Amazon has finally brought Just Walk Out technology to its Whole Foods Market banner. The company has opened its first Whole Foods Market store — at 2323 Wisconsin Ave. N.W. in Washington, D.C.’s Glover Park neighborhood — with cashierless technology. The 21,500-square-foot store opened on Feb. 23 and … Continued
Top trends to watch for at Natural Products Expo West 2022
Innovation wasn’t stalled by the pandemic and the industry is sticking to fundamental values When the natural products community gathers in Anaheim in March for the first in-person Natural Products Expo West in three years, the first minutes will be a rush of the familiar and the new through post-pandemic eyes. And then the eyes … Continued