Retail natural and organic foods supplier Fresh Harvest Products, Inc., New York City, said it agreed to purchase an unnamed organic and natural frozen food business in Washington.
Frozen organic food processors Helen's Kitchen, Irvine, Calif., and The Organic Bistro, Scottsdale, Ariz., said they merged to form Food Collective Inc.
"All of the meat. None of the mystery." That's how organic and natural foods processor Applegate Farms, Bridgewater, N.J., talks about its offerings, including a new line of gluten-free chicken nuggets.
Facing recessionary pressure and prospects of more frugal consumer spending, Whole Foods Market Inc. has decided to reemphasize the healthy eating element of its proposition.
Smoked salmon and frozen yogurt were two of the four new products honored at the first All Things Organic New Product Competition, held during the recent All Things Organic Conference & Trade Show.
Although they're tightening their spending due to economic concerns, nearly three-quarters (73 percent) of U.S. families are purchasing organic products -- at least occasionally -- for health reasons.
The Natural Marketing Institute (NMI), Harleyville, Pa., said U.S. health and wellness retail product sales reached more than $112 billion in 2008, a 9 percent increase compared to 2007.
Organic and natural deli meat processor Applegate Farms, Bridgewater, N.J., said it hired 25-year-plus industry veteran Eric Miller as vice president of sales.
By now you've probably heard about Michael Pollan's book, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto,
published this January. In it, Pollan addresses a question that any
American consumer might ask when faced with so much variety on
supermarket shelves, "What should I eat?"