organics

Don't expect the recession to make socially conscious shoppers less socially conscious. The good new is that they will continue to be locavores. The bad news for retailers, is that these shoppers - and most shoppers for that matter - will also be penny-pinching, buy store brands instead of designer...

Safeway (NYSE: SWY) is out to prove that the term "private label" is up for a revised, new and improved, economy edition. The chain yesterday announced that it had reached agreements to market its "O" organics and "Eating Right" store brand products at Albertson's, ShopRite and Exito supermarkets...

I once viewed organic produce with budget-conscious skepticism; is it really worth it? Then one day, I started reading books about sustainable food, starting with Barbara Kingsolver's Animal, Vegetable, Mineral and ending with Sally Fallon's Nourishing Traditions. At the beginning of my reading...