The US CBD products business needs a sheriff
Our columnist Victor Martino weighs up the uncertainty surrounding CBD products in the US and looks at their prospects for the future after a warning from the regulator, the FDA.
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US meat snacks category deep-dive, part two – a healthy outlook
In part two of this feature, Andy Coyne looks at how Big Food has reacted to disruption in the US beef jerky category and at the prospects for the wider meat snacks market.
Amazon-Whole Foods one year on – what’s changed?
A year since Amazon shook the grocery sector with its acquisition of upmarket US retailer Whole Foods Market, just-food's Stateside columnist Victor Martino weighs up what the deal has meant for the two businesses - and for the wider industry.
Amazon’s Whole Foods Market acquisition cleared by regulator
Online retail giant Amazon's US$13.7bn acquisition of US-based natural and organics retailer Whole Foods Market has been given the all-clear by the country's trade competition regulator.
How could Amazon’s Whole Foods takeover affect suppliers?
It is the deal that has got the industry talking - Amazon's move to buy Whole Foods Market, hailed by some as a "game-changer" for the sector. just-food's US columnist Victor Martino, who six weeks ago floated the idea of Amazon's Jeff Bezos buying Whole Foods, weighs up how the e-commerce giant's move into physical retail and ownership of the US grocer could affect manufacturers.
Amazon’s move for Whole Foods will focus minds
"Every so often an event occurs that shakes the industry to its core. Amazon's acquisition of Whole Foods is one of those." So said one US retail analyst today after the…
The future of Whole Foods, 7-Eleven’s latest US deal could help foodservice offer, M&S eyeing online – retail round-up, April 2017
The performance of (and potential future for) Whole Foods Market hit the retail headlines in April but how should the US natural and organic grocer look to improve? Staying in…
Why supermarket foodservice is becoming strategically important to grocers
David Henkes, advisory group senior principal at US foodservice consultants Technomic, outlines why more US supermarkets are putting greater emphasis on prepared foods, with some providing in-store eating and becoming…
Talking shop September 2015 – Margin management in the spotlight
A consistent challenge facing grocers is maintaining – or strengthening – margins in a frequently hostile retail environment. This must be achieved while also developing the customer proposition and investing…
Divine Chocolate wins US major retailer listings
Fairtrade chocolate company Divine Chocolate has announced listings at a number of US mainstream retailers. Until now, in the US, Divine's chocolates were stocked in Whole Foods Market and World…
US: Online service Instacart enters Los Angeles
US food delivery service Instacart has started doing business in Los Angeles, its seventh city since its launch in San Francisco in 2012. Instacart, which claims to be the only service…
