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Health and Wellness Archive

Sprouts Revamps Website With Added Features 

PHOENIX — Sprouts Farmers Market here has launched a new website it said will help improve the shopping experience and the overall health and wellness of its shoppers....

Topco’s ONQI System Gets New Name Before Launch 

SKOKIE, Ill. — The Overall Nutritional Quality Index (ONQI), a nutritional scoring system developed as a joint venture of Topco Associates and Griffin Hospital, will debut in three major U.S. grocery chains this September as the NuVal Nutritional Scoring System....

UFCW Joins Coalition for Affordable Health Care 

WASHINGTON — The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union here said yesterday it will mobilize its 1.3 million members to support Health Care for America Now, a coalition of labor, medical and business organizations that announced a national campaign yesterday for affordable quality health care for all Americans. ...

Survey: Potential for Marketing Healthy Brands Is Untapped 

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — A recent survey conducted by Pulse Health & Wellness Initiatives confirms food manufacturers are not meeting the needs of health care professionals in communicating the health benefits of their brands. ...

Health and Wellness CPG Industry Exceeded $100 Billion Last Year 

HARLEYSVILLE, Pa. — Retail sales of health and wellness consumer packaged goods reached $102.8 billion in the U.S. last year, representing growth of 15% over the previous year, according to the Natural Marketing Institute here. ...

WH Sourcebook: Changing With the Times 

THIS YEAR'S WH SOURCEBOOK IS ALL-NATURAL, filled with honest ingredients and is good for you and your business. Working in this industry, we couldn't...

Rite Aid Settles Expired Formula Suit in N.J., Faces Legal Action in N.Y. 

NEWARK, N.J. — Rite Aid Corp., Rite Aid of New Jersey and Eckerd Corp. have agreed to a $650,000 settlement to resolve a lawsuit alleging the chain sold expired and incorrectly priced infant formula, baby food, non-prescription drugs and other products in its New Jersey locations in 2006. ...

Consumers Stick With Healthy Foods 

DALLAS — Consumers have increased their spending on healthy foods in the past several months despite price inflation, according to a study released here yesterday at the inaugural Healthy Foods International Exposition and Conference....

Topco Gears Up for Nutrition-Label Rollout 

DALLAS — Five hundred retail members of buying cooperative Topco Associates will implement a test of a new nutrition rating system in September, with a full-scale rollout to the cooperative’s 5,000 members scheduled for next spring, a former executive vice president of Topco said here this week at the inaugural Healthy Foods International Exposition and Conference....

Integrated Approach Can Drive Natural and Organic Sales 

DALLAS — The natural and organic markets are mature enough to warrant an integrated merchandising approach, Denis Ring, president and founder of Bode International, told retailer attendees here yesterday at the Healthy Foods International Exposition and Conference....

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