Bakers See Promise After Passage Of Senate Vote On GMO Labeling

The American Bakers Association (ABA) applauds the Senate for taking the important first step toward a national GMO Labeling standard.

Natural Grocers Launches good4u Nutrition Challenge Sweepstakes

July 1, 2016 Natural Grocers

Natural Grocers is making healthy food fun again with a month-long celebration of nutrition education that rewards shoppers for taking nutrition education classes, trying new fruits and veggies, and exploring new recipes. The good4u Nutrition Challenge starts on June 24 and will give out an estimated 17,000 prizes, including gift cards and groceries valued at over $100,000.

Walmart Is Offering A Free Trial For Its Amazon Prime ‘Killer’

July 1, 2016 Phil Wahba, Fortune

Walmart is sweetening the deal for the shoppers it wants to win over from Amazon.com by offering a free one-month trial of “ShippingPass,” its answer to its online rival’s wildly successful Prime subscription plan.

Amazon Quietly Starts Selling Private-Label Perishable Food Products

July 1, 2016 Shawn Knight, TechSpot

Amazon is now in the business of selling its own perishables, having quietly introduced its first private-label food products over the past few days.

Thrive Market, An Online Grocer, Raises $111M

Investors are betting that a start-up aiming to become the online equivalent of Costco for healthy foods can grow and blossom.
The company, Thrive Market, said on Monday that it had raised $111 million in a new round of financing, led by the investment firm Invus. Other existing investors, including Greycroft Partners, E-Ventures and Cross Culture Ventures, also took part.