BEYOND SCENT APPEAL
The green revolution appears to be exerting its influence on candle sales. While paraffin candles are expected to remain the category staple, supermarkets
DELI Applegate Farms
Over the course of 20 years, Applegate Farms has gone from supplying a handful of small natural food stores to selling its deli products to conventional
HEINEN'S NEW RECIPE
These days, it's almost routine for supermarkets to offer consumers healthy food options under one program or another. Heinen's Fine Foods took a different
WEBSITE Harris Teeter
Without setting foot in the store, Harris Teeter shoppers can learn how to keep their kids fit and trim, how to adopt an anti-inflammatory diet and what
CONSUMER ADVOCACY Consumers Union
It's hard to be a consumer. Even the smart ones can have trouble making sense of product claims and labels. As an objective source of information and
STEPPING UP
Participants in the Step Up to Fight Diabetes promotion are in for a workout. Unlike other fund-raising walks, volunteers on Oct. 20 will be expected
MEAT Bell & Evans
Antibiotic free is the buzzword for a lot of poultry producers venturing into the natural chicken market. But the term is almost old hat at Bell & Evans,
Better Labels
Never before have consumers had so many icons, symbols and logos devoted to improving their eating habits. Sensible Solutions, low-fat, SmartSpot, gluten-free,
INDEPENDENT OPERATOR Earth Fare
When Dinner for the Earth, the precursor to Earth Fare, opened in 1975, it was a novelty in Asheville, N.C., which had never seen a natural food store
HEALTH HUB
From Sniffles and Coughs to sneezes and colds, everyone eventually finds their miserable way to the supermarket pharmacy. Year after year, mainstream
DAIRY Horizon Organic
Horizon Organic has become the company that small-farm advocates and organic supporters tend to point to when they want to cite an example of how the
FORM AND FUNCTION
Packaging plays a number of roles in satisfying the appetites of consumers, retailers and food marketers for convenience, efficiency and product visibility.
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