Month: January 2019

Has Amazon Really Changed Whole Foods’ Image?

January 30, 2019 Rich Duprey, The Motley Fool

Amazon.com won’t be opening any more Whole Foods 365 discount stores. The grocery store chain’s CEO, John Mackey, said the price gap between the value chain and the full-price Whole Foods Market stores has narrowed enough since Amazon bought the company that there is no longer a need for two separate chains. …

Earth Fare Celebrates 50th Store Opening

January 30, 2019 Earth Fare

Earth Fare, the authentic natural and organic food grocery store celebrated a company milestone with the opening of its 50th location on January 23. Earth Fare Steele Creek is the North Carolina chain’s seventh store in the greater Charlotte market; its first store opened in Asheville in 1975. …

The National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard – Top Takeaways for Food Retailers

January 30, 2019 Food Marketing Institute

FMI has worked alongside our member companies and our coalition partners throughout the legislative and regulatory process to help establish a national standard for bioengineered (BE) food. On Friday, December 21, 2018, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) released its National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard (BE Rule) final rule just before the start of the partial government shutdown. …

FireFly Farms’ American Original Cheese, MountainTop, Wins at Prestigious 2019 Good Food Awards

January 30, 2019 FireFly Farms

FireFy Farms, producer of handmade cheese from Mountain Maryland, proudly announces that one of its first-produced soft-ripened goat’s milk cheeses, MountainTop, is a 2019 Good Foods Awards winner. The 2019 awards were announced at the Good Food Awards ceremony held in San Francisco, California on January 11, 2019. …

Mrs. Grissom’s Salads Issues a Voluntary Recall

January 30, 2019 FDA

Mrs. Grissom’s Salads is voluntarily recalling a single days production of Mrs. Grissom’s SELECT Old Fashioned Pimento Cheese because of a labeling issue. Product produced on December 13, 2018 may have been packaged incorrectly, with the correct Pimento Cheese label on top lid, but a Chicken salad label on the container. …