I've been researching the natural & organic personal care market for the last 3 weeks. It's amazing how little information there is out there - even more surprising how some writers and market research firms completely miss the mark. This is...
I find the development of the Chinese economy fascinating. The BBC reports today that the Chinese governement has issued price controls on consumer goods to curb inflation. Apparently, the hundreds of millions of low-income Chinese families spend...
Last spring, I attended the Investors' Circle conference in San Francisco. It was an inspiring event, to say the least...and one that I felt the nutrition industry was under represented at. ...
Like protein, flax is an ingredient with few faults. Suprisingly nutritious and inexpensive for manufacturers, flax is becoming a hot ingredient in many mass-market foods including spreads, tortillas, breads, cereals and many more. InsideBayArea...
Not too healthy in my opinion. A quick search on the new Healthy Dining Findersite of the Boulder, CO area returned Domino's Pizza, Old Chicago, Burger King, Carl's Jr. and Hooters. Perhaps the water they serve is the "healthy" option. ...
What's the saying - no good deed goes unpunished? It's easy to forget that wisdom when you're trying to save the world. Case in point - the local food movement. Popularized by Berkeley professor Michal Polland and a few other passionate and...
I do my best to keep an eye on the popular press. I read Time, The Economist & BusinessWeek every week...as well as reading about 10 enewsletters on a daily basis. ...
The editorial team of Nutrition Business Journal is working around the clock to finish up the October Consumer Research issue of NBJ. While scanning al the consumer study headlines coming out these days, this one caught my attention. Apparently...