People We Love: Redwood Hill Yogurt
I first saw Jennifer Lynn Bice at the California State Fair in Sacramento. She was, as you might expect, tending her goats. It was 1991, maybe a year later, perhaps even 1990. I don’t recall if the blue ribbons displayed were from that year or ones gathered from previous competitions. But what I can recall […]
BAM! Emeril Meets Whole Foods Marke
The Discovery Channel’s Planet Green announced that Emeril Lagasse and Whole Foods Market will be teaming up for a new cooking show, called Emeril Green. According to Discovery, the show promises to be “an innovative series that will redefine food shows for the new green culture.” We imagine the unpublished recipe for the show goes […]
TRIPLE Pundit Makes Us Happy
If you’ve finally gotten tired of looking at all those sites that your mother would be ashamed of, or maybe just those more wholesome ones that leave you feeling tired and resigned, check out Triple Pundit, a terrific site where, in their own words, “the economy, environment, and society are inter-dependent. For too long business has […]
People We Love: About Our Authors
Retail, the final frontier. These are the voyages of leaders we love. To boldy go where no man or woman has gone before, ignoring all sane counsel, working long hours for often little profit, making quality goods and not selling out. SO let us explain. At first we were going to call this column our […]
Mackey’s Chat Room Escapades; Much Ado About Nothing
Death to Rahodeb We have a uniquely minority viewpoint in regards to John Mackey’s investor chat room fun. When company is raked over the coals for things like Mackey’s internet interludes, while others are routinely applauded for massive layoffs, perhaps the business media has been duped by too many fancy cocktail parties or lunches to […]
People We Love: Nell Newman
We’ve mentioned here before that we love children, as long as they aren’t our own. Years ago, back in the mid 1980’s, I worked at a natural foods store in Westport, Connecticut—Paul Newman’s hometown. A woman who worked for ‘the family’ would come in, gracious and quiet and also, a bit weary, I thought, of […]
Hain’s Irwin Simon Goes Shopping with a Reporter
As regular readers know, NBN is very aware of Irwin Simon’s ability to acquire companies, run them poorly, and still curry favor with Wall Street. Time and time again Hain’s touch has been leaden, transforming fast-growing brands into slower-growing and declining ones. Yet after reading a profile of Simon and the company in this Sunday’s […]
Pfizer Pushes Lipitor Against Generic With Half Truths Or Maybe Just Lies
As noted in the New York Times, Lipitor, Pfizer Pharmaceutical’s blockbuster drug will soon be pummeled by an increasing number of doctor’s shifting towards the new generic version. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/03/business/03generic.html Wonder if there is a prescription drug to treat indigestion caused by lies from PHIC (Pharamceutical Industrial Complex).
Laloo’s Goat Milk Ice Cream Finalist in Food Network Awards
Laloo’s Runner Up In Food Network Awards NaturalBusinessNews person we love, Laura Howard founder of Laloo’s Goat Milk Ice Cream was one of three finalists in the ice cream category at the Food Network Awards show. Despite Laloo’s loss to Moobella, the gourmet ice cream gourmet vending machine comapany, we’re sure this attention will add even more growth and […]
It’s the Cops. Quick, Hide the Oreos!
Veda City, Iowa Commune-Itarians Ban Non-Organic Foods I’ve heard reports that Vedic City, Iowa, built in 2001, by disciples of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi has banned conventional foods. A blend of 19th century American Utopianism, New Age spiritualism and ancient Indian spirituality, Vedic City residents join together for meditation to create world peace, have created an […]
