Whole Foods Market

From Whole Foods leadership shifts to the newest in snack investments, here are the most-read stories on Project NOSH in 2016.

While the winter holidays are usually a cheery time for retailers, a spate of publicized woes might be giving natural grocery chain Whole Foods Market the grumps.

After a year spent in development and design, Los Angeles-based Cabo Chips is launching a line of fresh tortillas and a rebrand of its line of chips. It’s a move that the brand hopes will help it capitalize on the rising popularity of Hispanic foods with American consumers.

In this issue of NOSH Voices, Zachary DeAngelo, an entrepreneur, investor and advisor to CPG brands, looks at the potential impacts of Whole Foods’ transition to centralized buying.

Natural products retailer Whole Foods Market has reached into the ranks of mainstream consumer, drug, and coffee in adding three key hires to its executive team.

Errol Schweizer continues to fill out his post-Whole Foods resume, joining another pair of former executives with the chain to work with natural products veteran Eric Schnell’s new consulting conclave, Beyond Brands. The consulting group will also add brothers Chad Sarno and Derek Sarno, who held lead roles on the culinary side of the retailer (Chad as Healthy Eating Coordinator and Derek as Senior Global Executive Chef).

Thirteen years ago Sarah Michelle Gellar was attacking supernatural villains as the star of the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Now, with no less enthusiasm, she and her business partners Galit Laibow and Gia Russo are facing a new set of adversaries: Duncan Hines and Betty Crocker. The three entrepreneurs, who are longtime friends, are taking Foodstirs, their baking mix and kit brand, into retail.

February saw the departure of two key grocery executives for natural products retailer Whole Foods Market.

It’s been a busy week for Whole Foods, as the natural products retailer juggled fourth quarter earnings announcements, several interviews with its CEO and news about its new millennial-focused “365 by Whole Foods Market” stores.