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  • Sam’s Club Offering New Fair Trade Certified Coffee From Brazil

    A new Fair Trade Certified coffee from Brazil has arrived in over 600 Sam’s Club stores across the United States. Sold under Member’s Mark brand, the coffee is available in two varieties.

  • Rising Sales in Emerging Economies Reflect Growing Optimism About Recovery

    The notion that the global economy may be on the verge of recovery has not yet translated into improved consumer spending or confidence, although consumers in the emerging countries -- Brazil, India and China -- seem to be more optimistic than others and are loosening their purse strings ever so slightly, according to the new edition of the Nielsen Economic Current.

  • NPD: 64 Percent of Students Will Buy School Lunches

    While students will soon don their backpacks, a majority will forgo a lunch box this year, according to new findings from The NPD Group.

  • Wine & Wellness

    Biodynamic viticulturist Nicholas Joly of Coulee de la Serrant in the French Loire Valley has been a pioneer in this method of wine production since the early 1970s.

  • Westborn Market Turns Unused Uniforms Into Totes

    In a bid to become more sustainable and socially responsible, Michigan grocer Westborn Market is giving shoppers a 10-cent-per-bag discount for each recycled shopping bag they use instead of conventional paper and plastic bags.

  • The Role of Retail in Revolutionizing Health Care, Part IV

    In this fourth of a six-part series, Dave Nazaruk, senior vice president, retail business development for StayWell/MediMedia USA, the world’s leading provider of patient education and consumer health information, continues his exploration of the role of retail in revolutionizing health care and the economy.

  • Consumers Embrace Sustainability in Wellness Goals

    The food and beverage market is central to consumer perceptions of sustainability, according to a new cooperative report from Packaged Facts and The Hartman Group. The two groups unveiled the first market study published in the four-part series this week: Consumers and Sustainability: Food and Beverage.

  • Editor’s Note: Salty Research

    I was pleased to read recent research from Mintel showing we’re making some headway as consumers in the intake of sodium.
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