The Skinny on Evolution Juices

Send to KindleTweet I’m going to tell you a story about how a woman just spent $13 at Starbucks. It’s not hard. I was sucked in by the new offering of juices from Evolution Fresh, their new subsidiary, thanks to the $30 million acquisition in November 2011. I must confess I knew this wouldn’t hold [...]

Whole Foods Preps Boston Expansion

Send to KindleTweet Publicly-traded alternative grocery giant Whole Foods Market recently revealed that they have landed an agreement to buy six leases from Massachusetts-based family-owned grocery chain Johnnie’s Foodmaster. The deal is expected to close November 30, 2012, but all Johnnie’s Foodmaster location will close before the agreement is final. The six leases Whole Foods will acquire [...]

Dunkin’ Moves To Capture Bigger Breakfast Crowd

Send to KindleTweet It used to be that the household brands were fighting for our coffee dollars. Now they want us to buy breakfast too. The now publicly-traded Mass.-based Dunkin’ Donuts recently made two new moves to lure increasingly health-conscious consumers: 1) a change to the eggs they use and 2) a new addition to [...]

Greek FroYo & Frozen Kefir: Fad or Fab?

Send to KindleTweet Vermont-based activist food company Ben & Jerry’s has revealed a new line of frozen yogurt products based on Greek yogurt. The line up includes four flavors that will come in pint and snack-size containers. The product is said to have more protein and fewer calories than the standard B&J product. According to [...]

Aussie Researchers See Hope in Goji

Send to KindleTweet The Goji berry trend might be more than a trend. Faculty of Pharmacy researchers in Australia conducted in vitro tests to evaluate the potential of Tibetan goji berry on diabetics with vision problems. According to AFN, University of Sydney Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry Basil Roufogalis found that the taurine that’s innate in [...]

Juicing Without A Juicer

Send to KindleTweet I toyed with the idea of buying a juicer, but even just spending $100 on a juicer is expensive because then you need to buy greens and veggies weekly. Instead, I’ve settled on eating kale and lettuce, and juicing the rest. Getting the consistency one might get from a juice bar is [...]

Trend Spotting: The Baby Subscription Biz

Send to KindleTweet My knee-jerk reaction was not nice when I heard Jessica Alba is now a member of the online subscription business sector. But then after some research, I realized that 1) she not alone and 2) there might be a reason why young C-list Hollywood actresses are starting fashion and beauty-related businesses. Jezebel [...]

Links of the Week: Designer Condoms, Diets, & Beverage Trends

Send to KindleTweet Everyone is up in arms about the Vogue article by a Manhattan mom that put her daughter on a diet after their pediatrician diagnosed her daughter as obese. I know growing up my mom was very careful talking about food because she didn’t want to do anything that might result in an [...]

Food Distribution Giant Reveals Nutrition Trends

Send to KindleTweet One of the biggest distributors of organic and natural foods, UNFI or United Natural Foods Inc., released its 3rd quarter roundup of trends, both existing and upcoming. The video below is geared at those that manage or own health food stores. Among the products hot listed are “super seeds,” non-dairy spreads and [...]

Harvard Researchers Study Can-BPA Consumption Link

Send to KindleTweet Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health released findings that consumption of canned suit led to higher levels of BPA in urine, according to a Nov. 22 news release. Scientists conducted a study with 75 volunteers and gave subjects soup from a can. After eating one 12-ounce serving of vegetarian canned [...]

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