Barbara’s Bakery In Wedding Talks with Tony The Tiger, Captain Crunch
Weetabix Close to Dealing Off American Cousin According to a report in the Times of London online edition, Weetabix is reportedly days away from signing a deal to sell leading natural cereal maker and a private label portion of it’s business in an effort to focus on it’s Weetabix and Alpen and Ready Brek lines. […]
All Things Organic Tells Penton: Back Off Big Boys
In an email sent to Organic Trade Association members today, the Association clarified any confusion due to by marketing efforts by Natural Products Expo communications. The diplomatically worded email stated: “On Thursday, June 23, 2005 you may have received an email correspondence from the Natural Products Expo East organizers, which included some misleading information regarding […]
Wild About Wild Oats? Ailing Retailer Extends Reach the Wrong Way
In an effort to increase sagging profits, Wild Oats announced its intention to become a strong national brand with distribution in major retail grocery chains through the nation. While touted as an innovative approach, might this just be the desperate moves of a company that realizes Whole Foods has won the war and it is […]
NBN’s Rumor Mill All Wrong—It’s Back to Baltimore
A recent report in this very humble publication stated that the Penton Poobahs were planning to move the annual East Coast Confab (also known as Natural Products Expo East) to Chattanooga or Atlanta. Well, turns out were as wrong as those who thought George W. Bush might turn out to be not so horrible. The […]
Two Investment Bankers Went Shopping for Flaxseed Oil
Is Wall Street Worried About Whole Foods? Recent volatility and downgrades WFM’s stock may not have tarnished it’s platinum sheen but NBN wonders if the presence of two new New York City stores, may have members of the Wall Street elite wondering, “is the magic really all there?” In other words are more Investment Muckety […]
Bronner Boxes Bureaucrats over Rule Reversal
Battle Over Organic Non Food Labels Heads To Court The Organic Consumer Association and Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps issued a lawsuit attempting to win an injunction against the USDA’s recent attempts to ban disallows any labeling or marketing of products that are certified to comply with the NOP (National Organic Program) standards. When the rules […]
Trader Joe’s—They’ll Takes Manhattan? Union Square Store to Open Near WFM
Trader Joe’s announced plans for it’s first store on the isle of Manhattan. The 15,000 sf store is reported to be on the ground floor of an NYU Dormitory. No word on whether the store plans on selling term papers or Cliff Notes. Look for more two stop shoppers, waltzing between WFM and TJ’s while […]
Egg Agribusiness Gets Aggro Over Oats Cage Free Policy
Is Corporate America Really That Pathetic? Okay so maybe corporate America isn’t ill willed and pathetically whiny, but lately I’ve been wondering about big agribusiness. Remember when the beef lobby for talking common sense health about eating red meat sued Oprah? Ever buy fresh chicken that is as frozen as the Ben & Jerry’s chunky […]