Warren Beaumont
Loblaws reports third quarter sales reports
Mon, 18/11/19
By Warren Beaumont
Canada’s leading food and health and beauty retailer Loblaw Companies Limited (Loblaw) announced its unaudited financial results for the third quarter ended October 5, 2019, with Loblaw same-store retail sales flat at 0.1 percent growth compared to 3Q 2018 and front
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A look at the organic retail scene in France
Fri, 20/09/19 - 02:30
By Warren Beaumont
The French organic market is showing strong growth. It reached 9.7 billion euros in 2018, 15.7 percent higher compared to 2017. After Germany, France is the second-largest consumer of organic products in Europe. The influence of the Bio label has reached record levels. Fr
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Study calls for more nuts & seeds in global diet
Fri, 24/05/19 - 12:30
By Warren Beaumont
In 2017, more deaths were caused by diets containing too low amounts of foods such as whole grains, fruit, nuts, and seeds, than by diets with high levels of sugar, trans fats and red and processed meats. People in almost every region of the world could benefit from rebal
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Plant-based foods rising, but not all healthier
Fri, 24/05/19 - 11:50
By Warren Beaumont
Vegan, vegetarian, and plant-based foods are a rapidly growing retail market. The number of people who consume plant-based and flexitarian diets (adding some dairy, fish, and meat) was reported in 2019 as 65 percent to 90 percent up in several countries (to 12 percent in
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Cannabis market heat ups in North America
Thu, 13/12/18 - 10:00
By Warren Beaumont
Canada, the USA and Australia are seeing a major increase in new product launches and acquisitions in hemp food and medical marijuana in 2018, with the market heating up after Canada became the largest country with a legal, recreational marijuana marketplace on October 17
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Six Questions for KRAV
Wed, 12/12/18 - 17:00
By Warren Beaumont
Swedish organic and sustainability label KRAV's role includes developing organic standards and promoting the KRAV label. It has 7,000 certified companies and approximately 9,000 products. Organic & Wellness News' Warren Beaumont spoke with KRAV's Anita Falkenek about
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Naturally Good, Sydney moves to June
Fri, 30/11/18 - 11:20
By Warren Beaumont
In 2019 the Naturally Good Expo will move to 2-3 June and expects to welcome over 450 well established and emerging businesses. This year the event was held at the ICC Sydney, Darling Harbour on 29-30 April 2018 and received over 360 exhibitors, including international ex
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Whole Foods slows for Amazon
Fri, 09/11/18 - 09:15
By Warren Beaumont
Despite Amazon reporting its second straight quarter of record profitability late October, its robust revenue growth is cooling due to more competition for Amazon Web Services, while its slower-growing Whole Foods Market business faces stiffer competition from the likes o
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Most plastic food packaging is unrecyclable
Tue, 02/10/18 - 11:00
By Warren Beaumont
On July 24, 2018, non-governmental organization ClientEarth published a report called Risk unwrapped: Plastic pollution as a material business risk and said that companies face serious material business risks for their involvement in creating plastic waste.
And the UK Lo
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Peru expands presence at organic food fairs
Mon, 03/09/18 - 08:00
By Warren Beaumont
Peru and its export agency MINCETUR, the Ministerio de Comercio Exterior y Turismo is expanding the promotion of Peruvian foods with more trade shows and missions such as at the recent Natural & Organic Products Asia Hong Kong show and the Natural Products Scandinavia
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Australian organics posts solid growth
Mon, 07/05/18 - 09:00
By Warren Beaumont
New findings released on April 30 at Naturally Good Expo in Sydney by leading organic industry group Australian Organic show an uptake in household spending allocated to organic produce and goods. According to the annual Australian Organic Market Report, 40 percent of org
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Bigger Whole Foods to boost Amazon
Thu, 19/04/18 - 09:04
By Warren Beaumont
Amazon.com is looking to expand its Whole Foods Market (WFM) brick-and-mortar retail network with bigger stores to bolster the online shopping business just seven months after it acquired Whole Foods in late August 2017 for US$13.7 billion. And WFM regional marketing staf
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The organic sector keeps growing
Wed, 28/02/18 - 07:00
By Warren Beaumont
Major organic markets globally have continued to post double-digit or high single-digit sales growth in 2016-17, with France's organic market growing 22 percent, Switzerland having the highest per capita spending (274 Euros) and Denmark the highest organic market share at
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Natexpo's organic success goes to Lyon
Fri, 26/01/18 - 08:05
By Warren Beaumont
If one word could sum up NATEXPO, it would be “successful” with nine out of ten visitors saying the exhibition is the essential must-attend event in France for France's EUR7 billion organic sector, according to a visitor survey. Now that the show has become a
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NOW Foods 50 years a health food icon
Wed, 24/01/18 - 09:15
By Warren Beaumont
One of the first manufacturers of natural health supplements in the US is NOW Foods, a family-owned firm founded in 1968 and based in DuPage County west of Chicago. This company has grown to produce a vast range of high quality organic and health foods, dietary supplement
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A step closer to zero waste
Wed, 15/11/17 - 07:30
By Warren Beaumont
Numi launched completely compostable tea bag wraps
Going 'Beyond Organic' and providing truly sustainable, recyclable, biodegradable and compostable packaging with low environmental impact is becoming an important achievement for companies selling certified organic food
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Bitters in Bloom, herbs growing in health market
Fri, 10/11/17 - 08:00
By Warren Beaumont
Dandelion herbal teas and coffee substitutes are one of the bitter herbs in demand in the specialist channel.A recent SPINS research Trend Watch looked at some emerging but lesser-known botanical herbs and highlighted Dandelion, Wormwood, Ginger, Reishi and Turmeric and o
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France cuts subsidy for organic farmers
Wed, 01/11/17 - 20:44
By Warren Beaumont
French president Emmanuel Macron's ambitions to shake up the food sector and ensure producers are price setters rather than price takers, addressing the imbalance of power in the food sector that would return more money to farmers, are at odds with French government plans
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Loblaw cuts 500 jobs as big grocers go digital
Wed, 18/10/17 - 10:00
By Warren Beaumont
Loblaw's MarketCanada's largest grocery chain Loblaw Companies Ltd is cutting about 500 jobs across the company, and plans to reinvest the savings into digital and e-commerce services, the company said on October 16 as Loblaw, competitor Metro and US chain Ahold step up t
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Swedish agency maps hazardous chemicals
Tue, 03/10/17 - 10:30
By Warren Beaumont
The Swedish Chemicals Agency will map hazardous substances in rubber, silicone, paper and board; targeting chemicals of concern not yet regulated in the EU.
In an article published on September 19, 2017, regulatory news provider Chemical Watch reported that the Swedish C
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Natexpo 2017 reflects healthy French market
Fri, 01/09/17 - 19:35
By Warren Beaumont
Industry confidence in the French organic and natural products market is highly positive approaching the 2017 edition of Natexpo, the French bi-annual international trade show for organic products, helped by a record-breaking 800 plus exhibitors taking space (580 in 2015)
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Organic retail boom in France
Fri, 01/09/17 - 19:30
By Warren Beaumont
Organic consumption in France has shown robust growth over the last decade with sales by specialist bio stores, hypermarkets and supermarkets, and the food service showing exceptional double-digit growth since 2014. The French market is outperforming Europe's number one o
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