Industry
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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Hemp’s US revival: the future is now
Wed, 23/01/19 - 09:10
By Adriana Michael
After 81 years of criminalization, US farmers can finally grow industrial hemp without fear of a DEA raid.
Last year on December 20th President Donald Trump signed the 2018 US Farm Bill, which for the first time differentiates between hemp and marijuana products and remo
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The US legalizes hemp
Fri, 21/12/18 - 12:00
By Adriana Michael
President Donald Trump signed the 2018 Farm Bill on December 20, which includes the legalization of cultivation and sale of industrial hemp, defined as cannabis that contains less than 0.3-percent THC.
Hemp will now be removed from the list of Controlled Substances to b
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Organic food market grows more mainstream
Fri, 14/12/18 - 09:00
By O.W.N News Network
With the North American organic products market worth over USD53 billion in 2017 (USA OTA and Canada OTA sales figures), growth in the global organic products market has continued as North America consolidates its pole position with organic food going "mainstream".
"Cons
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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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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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Plant-Based Foods Gain Global Momentum
Fri, 28/09/18
By O.W.N News Network
Demand for vegan and plant-based foods is now a global phenomenon, with product innovations and distribution driving market growth. Although most new developments are taking place in Europe and the US, Ecovia Intelligence anticipates future growth in Asia and Latin Americ
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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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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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Measuring Sustainability
Wed, 15/11/17 - 08:00
By Adriana Michael
SFTA members such as Nutiva, Wholesum Harvest, and Viva Tierra are making significant progress in sustainable packaging using a high percentage of recycled and recyclable materials. Some are making improvements that allow them to ship more efficiently. The Sustainable Foo
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Platayuc, first to hit cinemas in Germany
Mon, 29/05/17 - 08:00
By Steven Maxwell
Yucca Chips are also gaining more consumer demandEcuadorian organic plantain and yucca specialist Platayuc is taking part in the launch of a major PR and marketing campaign in the EU, aimed at increasing consumer awareness of Ecuadorian export products.
Part of a governm
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Terrafertil acquires Essential Living Foods
Wed, 01/03/17 - 09:00
By Warren Beaumont
Ecuador-based snack food company Terrafertil Nature's Heart, the largest natural food brand in Latin America and fastest growing natural brand in the UK, has added leading US superfood brand Essential Living Foods to its product roster and rapid company geographic expansi
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Organic food in China set for huge growth
Sun, 24/05/15 - 18:12
By Warren Beaumont
China is the world’s largest grocery market with the value of the organic food market estimated at US$7.8 billion to more than US$13 billion, while grocery market growth is expected to rise by 9% in 2014 to over 14% in 2020, according to IGD research.
A market stud
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Summit explores new horizons for eco-labels and sustainability
Wed, 07/01/15 - 15:52
For the fifth consecutive year, the North American edition of the Sustainable Foods Summit will be hosted in San Francisco, while organiser Organic Monitor has announced that it will be followed by a new Natural Cosmetics Masterclass, hosted in San Francisco on 23rd Janua
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Promens packaging company acquired by RPC Group
Wed, 07/01/15 - 14:38
British plastic packaging supplier RPC Group Plc will acquire Iceland-based plastic products maker Promens Group AS for 386 million euros (306.73 million pounds) to strengthen its position in Europe and help satisfy its increasing need for polymer.
The company said it wo
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Global snack food sales reach $374 billion
Thu, 02/10/14 - 08:59
By O.W.N News Network
According to a new Nielsen global report global consumers spent $374 billion (retail sales data adjusted for inflation), on snack foods between 2013 and 2014, a year-over-year increase of 2%.
The fastest-growing snack categories according to Nielsen retail sales informat
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Organic Fairs
Sat, 01/02/14 - 12:00
By Adriana Michael
Organic Trade Fairs Crucial to Sector Growth
By Adriana Michael – as printed in O.W.N. Spring 2004
Trade fairs have been an important aspect in the development of every industry since the Middle Ages and the organic sector is no exception. Exhibitors meet clients a
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Earthbound Farm acquired by WhiteWave Foods
Thu, 12/12/13 - 13:10
U.S. dairy products producer WhiteWave Foods Co announced in December it would buy organic food brand Earthbound Farm from investors including private equity firm Kainos Capital for about $600 million to expand its offerings of organic products.
Earthbound Farm produces
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Quinoa key players confident of Andean supply
Thu, 12/12/13 - 09:41
By Adriana Michael
The United Nations declared 2013 “The International Year of Quinoa” in recognition of the indigenous communities from the Andean highlands, who have domesticized this unique crop with its high nutrient content. But the global quinoa craze started in recent yea
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Machu Picchu Foods introduces Quinoa Krunch
Thu, 29/08/13 - 01:55
By O.W.N News Network
Machu Picchu Foods, Peru’s main chocolate and confectionary producer and leading exporter of organic chocolate, is introducing Quinoa Krunch, an organic wafer stick with quinoa and rice, covered with chocolate and popped amaranth.
This delicious snack adds to Machu
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Lifestyle Organic enters Canada
Mon, 05/11/12 - 03:06
Lifestyles Organics, a brand of Austrian firm MARAP, is now available in Canada via MAV Foods Inc. a food management solutions firm based in Ontario. The line of nutritious ready-to-prepare meals that has won awards in the UK as best organic convenience food products incl
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Prepared foods:a $32 billion opportunity
Mon, 08/10/12 - 09:11
By Warren Beaumont
Food service is a major opportunity for suppliers of organic and sustainable foods, from café chains such as Starbucks and Pret A Manger through to major natural health food stores, supermarket chains, chefs and caterers are cooking up a major point of difference t
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New Food Ingredients Instanbul set for Turkey
Sat, 05/05/12 - 13:25
By Wolfgang Danebaum
Turkey's growing economy and Istanbul's strategic geographical positioning as the only city in the world that bridges two continents, Europe and Asia, together with its deep economic and cultural ties to the Middle East and Northern Africa provides the strategic drive for
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U.S Hispanic consumers pose strong market
Wed, 02/05/12 - 09:18
By O.W.N News Network
Packaged goods marketers in the U.S. who ignore Hispanic consumers will lose access to significant buying power as Hispanics’ per capita income is higher than in any of the four BRIC economies. More than 52 million strong and representing the majority of population
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Slovenia embraces Peruvian superfoods
Wed, 22/02/12 - 17:41
By Adriana Michael
A small country of just two million in the heart of Europe, where the Alps and the Mediterranean meet the Pannonian plains and the Karst caves, Slovenia is becoming an attractive country for organic foods and LOHAS lifestyles. The charming nation attracts business people
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MARAP finds nutrient-rich oasis
Sun, 19/02/12 - 16:00
By Adriana Michael
Imagine a wide, sunny and fertile oasis, 800 metres above sea level, at the foot of the impressive Himalayan mountain range, with a pristine air and water supply.
Now picture a ground full of rich soil, free of man-made chemicals, nurturing 65 types of nuts, fruits and ve
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Trends to watch this year
Tue, 07/02/12 - 19:37
By Adriana Michael, Warren Beaumont
This past year was one of change. In 2011, the global population reached seven billion, food prices continued to climb and a gloomy economy clouded with social and political uncertainty prevailed. Natural disasters like the devastating tsunami in Japan shocked the world a
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Positive signs for UK organic recovery
Tue, 07/06/11 - 10:08
By O.W.N News Network
The UK Soil Association released its Organic Market Report 2011 in early April and revealed that while 2010 was a tough, there are signs that the rate of decline seen over the last two years has slowed. Sales of organic products fell 5.9% to £1.73 billion (pounds) i
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