Retail sales within the U.S. consumer packaged goods health-and-wellness industry reached almost $125 billion in 2009, representing an overall growth of 5 percent over the previous year, according to the Natural Marketing Institute.
Recent research on digital shopper marketing from iVillage and SheSpeaks has found that 77 percent of women are more likely to look for a product in a store after reading a review about it on a community forum or message board.
For those who want to enjoy Jamba Juice smoothies anytime, Jamba Juice Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of Emeryville, Calif.-based Jamba, Inc., has teamed up with Phoenix-based Inventure Foods, Inc. to create the home version.
Today, over 100,000 older adults will engage in activities to improve their health as part of the 2010 National Senior Health & Fitness Day (NSHFD), a nationwide health and fitness event sponsored in part this year by fruit-based nutrition beverage brand BeneVia.
So far, Duane Reade in New York appears to be the most developed of the drug chains in fresh/prepared foods. Recently, the retailer offered Progressive Grocer’s sister publication, Convenience Store News, an exclusive peek into its fresh food strategy.
Private label grocery items have become increasingly popular across many product categories, and the trend isn’t likely to diminish in the future, according to Bill Pecoriello, president of Stamford, Conn.-based Consumer Edge Research.
Frugalicious, a Web site that helps consumers save money, yesterday began offering its money-saving grocery-shopping resources, known as “The Weekly Tools,” free to Southern Californians.
Everybody, everywhere likes a good value, which is why store brands outperformed national brands in the United States on an average unit sales growth basis and has posted gradual gains over time in this country as well as in many European countries.
