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Wellness

The latest learnings, solutions, trends and initiatives unfolding with retail dieticians, in-store pharmacies, whole health, natural and organic, sustainability and transparency.

Wellness

What's the Second Brain and How Can It Be an Opportunity for Grocers?

 By Phil Lempert on Feb. 19, 2021

The Lempert Report: Promote foods that are already on shelves that are good for the gut.

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Kroger Health to Provide Smartphone-Enabled COVID-19 Antigen Tests

 By WGB Staff on Feb. 16, 2021

The healthcare division of Kroger is expanding its portfolio of testing solutions by partnering with Gauss on the rapid at-home test.

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Retail Dietitian’s Virtual Experience Returns

By WGB Staff on Feb. 08, 2021

With the theme, Pave the Way: A New Era of Retail Dietetics, the 2021 RDBA Virtual Experience will take place May 4-6.

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Hemp Industry Poised for Growth

By WGB Staff on Feb. 08, 2021

A new report predicts the hemp industry will increase threefold in the next five years, from $1.9 billion in 2020 to $6.9 billion in 2025, according to Nielsen Global Direct data.

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COVID-19 May Change the Future of Food

By Phil Lempert on Feb. 04, 2021

The Lempert Report: What happens when we shift our eating habits from enjoyment and pleasure to basically eating for sustenance alone?

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How Meijer Met the Home Fitness Demand

By Kristina Hurtig on Jan. 27, 2021

To bolster supply and address the 300% increase in demand it saw across its stores for fitness equipment, the Midwest retailer embarked on a local partnership to manufacture hand weights for its Meijer Active brand.

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What Walmart Will and Won't Do to Encourage COVID-19 Vaccinations

By Christine LaFave Grace on Jan. 25, 2021

The retailer said it's ready to support mass distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, including in rural and underserved areas where it already is a go-to.

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Hy-Vee’s New Virtual Dietitian Platform to Assist With Health, Wellness Needs

By Kristina Hurtig on Jan. 05, 2021

Called Healthie, the new service from the Midwest retailer offers free store tours, dietitian discovery sessions and monthly virtual classes. Other programs also available for a fee.

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Cornell Takes On Food, COVID-19

By Phil Lempert on Dec. 17, 2020

The Lempert Report: The Institute for Food Safety at Cornell University has a new mentorship project designed to help food businesses and consumers struggling with the effects of COVID-19 in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Kenya, Nepal and Senegal.

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Lab-Grown Meat Wins First Approval for Sale

By Christine LaFave Grace on Dec. 10, 2020

Singapore designates Eat Just's cultured chicken as safe for human consumption.

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