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Tilray's Manitoba Harvest Expands Whole Foods Market Distribution
Tuesday, April 4, 2023 - 7:42am | 424Manitoba Harvest, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tilray Brands, Inc. (NASDAQ: TLRY) (TSX:TLRY), debuts the brand’s first Regenerative Organic Certified (ROC) Hemp Hearts exclusively at select Whole Foods Market stores across the United States beginning in April 2023. Following the exclusivity...
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Amazon Launches New Line Of High-Tech Grocery Stores, Starting With Los Angeles
Thursday, August 27, 2020 - 4:52am | 528Amazon.com, Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN) announced Thursday it is launching a new grocery store chain, in addition to the Whole Foods stores it already operates. What Happened: Located in the Woodland Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles, the first Amazon Fresh grocery store will begin operating this...
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Today's Pickup: Amazon, Walmart, Instacart Workers To Hold May Day Walkout
Friday, May 1, 2020 - 12:57pm | 715Good day, Workers from Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), Instacart, Whole Foods and Shipt are planning to walk off the job today in a May Day rally that caps a month of protests by warehouse workers and delivery drivers over working conditions during the coronavirus pandemic. In a press release,...
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Checking In On Instacart, The Uber For Groceries
Tuesday, December 12, 2017 - 2:46pm | 474In the last two weeks, Instacart has expanded its reach through deals with Kroger Co (NYSE: KR), SUPERVALU INC. (NYSE: SVU) and Albertsons. The proliferating partnerships may herald a simple expansion of Instacart’s grocery delivery service, or they may represent an effort to buffer business...
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Principle-Driven Small Giants Profit Without Compromising Integrity
Wednesday, October 4, 2017 - 8:06am | 936At the ninth-grade lunch bell, Rob Dube darted past the cafeteria to the locker he shared with Joel Perlman. Clients had already begun to line the hall as Dube retrieved his stash of Blow Pops, bought from Perlman’s uncle for a nickel a piece, and turned a 20-cent profit. That was just the...
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Hacked Foods: Payment Card Security Breach Reported At Whole Foods Market
Thursday, September 28, 2017 - 6:02pm | 298There's a war going on in retail that no store is safe from. Amazon.com, Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN)'s newly acquired Whole Foods Market just became the latest victim of the cybercrime offensive that's also hit shops like Target Corp (NYSE: TGT) and Home Depot Inc (NYSE: HD) recently. Whole...
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Amazon's Emphasis Of Market Share Over Profits Could Keep Whole Food's Prices Low
Monday, September 4, 2017 - 1:12pm | 568With the Amazon.com, Inc. (NYSE: AMZN)'s Whole Foods Market acquisition finally here, the notoriously expensive grocery store is seeing some much needed price cuts, as much as a 43 percent price reduction on certain products. Whole Foods now presents a unique opportunity to disrupt retail...
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Of The Potential Paths Forward For Whole Foods, A Takeout Seems Most Likely
Monday, May 8, 2017 - 2:53pm | 339Amid Whole Foods Market, Inc. (NASDAQ: WFM) recent notable struggles, M&A speculation continues to swirl ahead of the company’s first-quarter report set for Wednesday. Analysts at Oppenheimer believe comps will once again fall short of Wall Street forecasts and will be watching updated...
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Barron's: The Disappearing IPO Market
Monday, June 6, 2016 - 6:26am | 678The cover story in this weekend's Barron's takes a look at what this year's lull in initial public offerings may portend. The issue also includes a special report on the top women financial advisors in America and the hurdles they face. Another special report includes an upset...
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Barron's Picks And Pans: Whole Foods, Oaktree Capital, Cabela's And More
Saturday, June 4, 2016 - 3:23pm | 634Featured stories this weekend in Barron's ponder the prospects for a pair of specialty retailers. The prospects for an alternative asset manager and for a textbook publisher are also examined. Other articles discuss the lull in IPOs this year, the most respected companies, the best...
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Jim Cramer Says 'You Want To Own' Whole Foods
Wednesday, June 1, 2016 - 11:51am | 391Analysts at Credit Suisse upgraded of Whole Foods Market, Inc. (NASDAQ: WFM) to Outperform from Neutral with a price target boosted to $40 from a previous $30. Analyst Edward Kelly argued Whole Foods' stock represents a "unique opportunity" to won a specialty food retailer at the...
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CVS And Whole Foods To Set The Stage For Retail Earnings?
Sunday, May 1, 2016 - 11:31am | 630Upcoming earnings highlights include reports from two leading specialty retailers. Wall Street analysts are looking for earnings growth from only one of them. The retail earnings parade kicks off in earnest the following week. The parade of earnings reports from the big retailers doesn...
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Cramer: Heinz-Kraft Deal 'A Brilliant Move By All Involved'
Wednesday, March 25, 2015 - 2:24pm | 378Kraft Foods Group Inc (NASDAQ: KRFT) announced on Wednesday that it will be merging with 3G Capital-owned H. J. Heinz Company, following which Kraft shares skyrocketed at day's opening and is currently trading more than 40 percent above previous close. CNBC's Jim Cramer discussed...
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Longbow Resumes Coverage On Specialty Food Names, Organic Grocers
Monday, November 24, 2014 - 11:39am | 274Analysts at Longbow resumed coverage on the Specialty Food, Grocery and Supplement Retailer space on Monday following suspension of the group in early November. The analysts favor Hain Celestial Group Inc (NASDAQ: HAIN) as shares are Buy rated with a $131 price target. The analysts are...
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Wedbush: Whole Foods Market Showed Better-Than-Expected Margins
Thursday, November 6, 2014 - 12:11pm | 215Kurt Frederick of Wedbush reiterated on Thursday a Neutral rating and $40 price target on Whole Foods Market, Inc. (NYSE: WFM) following the company's fourth-quarter results that were released after Wednesday's trading session. Whole Foods margin contract of 30 basis points to 35.4 percent was...