USA: Amazon to acquire Whole Foods Market
US e-commerce giant Amazon has agreed to acquire the retailer Whole Foods Market for $13.7 billion including net debt. The acqusition is the latest in a series of significant moves by Amazon into FMCG retailing, including the opening of its first bricks-and-mortar grocery store in December of last year. According to Food Business News, the […]
USA: Whole Foods Market debuts 365 concept
Whole Foods Market, the US natural grocery retailer, has opened the first of its 365 branded stores in the Silver Lake section of Los Angeles, California, according to a report in Supermarket News. First mooted in May of last year, the Whole Foods Market 365 brand offers “food with good values, at a good value”, according […]
USA: Whole Foods Market expands in haircare
Whole Foods Market, the US retail chain specialized in natural and organic products, has an announced an expansion in the haircare sector with the launch of a line of “plant-based, salon-quality” shampoos, conditioners and styling products. Based around active ingredients such as pea, quinoa and baobab proteins, argan oil and shea butter, the lines features […]
USA: Ito En partners with Whole Foods Market for matcha tea line
Ito En North America, a Brooklyn based company that focuses on green tea beverages, has partnered with Whole Foods Market to launch a line of unsweetened matcha tea in the USA under the Matcha Love brand name. Matcha Love Organic matcha tea is said to be brewed with 100% organic matcha and whole green tea […]
USA: Whole Foods Market to open lower-price sister chain
Whole Foods Market is planning to open a sister-chain of smaller, lower cost stores in the USA in response to increasing competition, according to reports from Dow Jones Business News and CNN. Speaking during a conference call, Whole Foods Market said the new stores would be complementary to its existing brand, targeting a type of […]