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Organics for everyone are organics for no one?
The TV commercials for the new line of organic cereals from Kellogg Company (NYSE:K) bring tears to my eyes. They're shot in a subdued color palette, evocative of the early 20th century, when every mama fed her children healthy, farm-fresh grains at ...
Organics are bad for you -- financially
Investing in organics has been a hot trend in the past few years. Demand for organic products is so high that some companies, like Stonyfield Farms, can't find enough organic milk to deliver on its organic yogurt orders. Organic farmers are doing ...
Watering down the definition of organic
I'm not an expert on organic food, but this seems sort of weak: "The Department of Agriculture, the final arbiter of all things organic, is poised to approve a list of non-organic ingredients that can be used in food stamped with its green-and-white ...
Wal-Mart goes organic
It's not enough for Wal-Mart to dominate grocery aisles, it has to dominate the organic grocery aisles as well. An article from CNNMoney today notes that Wal-Mart has already doubled the amount of organic products on its shelves this year and hopes ...
The Wal-Martization of organics: will they ever be the same?
Organics are in the news. Over the weekend, consumers were paying attention to whether major organic milk producers are really honoring the spirit of organic foods, and last week, media outlets were buzzing about how just about every mainstream ...
Wal-Mart mislabeling organic foods?
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) has been under fire recently for the possible mislabeling of "organic" foods and produce in its stores. To bring you up to speed, the world's largest retailer embarked on bringing higher-end food goods into its stores ...
Oracle needs organic growth to drive stock
If Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL) is going to get investor's attention, it will have to demonstrate some organic growth, and not growth from simply adding on more sales from the recent slew of acquisitions. Oracle reports results following the ...
Organic grocery wars get heated: will Whole Foods fix a broken Wild Oats?
I've been in love with natural foods grocers since I was a little girl, when Fred Meyer opened a little mini-store dedicated to raw peanut butter, tofu, wheat germ and a dozen different kinds of bulk grains. The store had candy bars made out of honey ...
Is Wal-Mart's organic milk "really" organic?
With Wal-Mart Stores, Inc (NYSE: WMT) getting into the organic game recently, I mused a while back that there are larger repercussions for the rather small organic industry compared to the head-lock Wal-Mart could unwittingly put on organic farmers ...
Go organic ... cheap!
I recently wrote a piece about how being more environmentally conscious can be great for your heart and health without hurting your pocketbook. Now SmartMoney's Kelli Grant has some great tips for going organic on a budget. Her five tips include ...
Entrepreneur's Journal: Getting organized for 2008
As you gear up your business for 2008, I'm sure you have lots of good ideas. But there is something that is often ignored – getting organized. And with the explosion of email and digital media, being organized is getting even tougher.
To help ...
Whole Foods vs. Burger King, organic vs. fast food: where's the value?
What was the biggest thing in earnings news yesterday? Well, depending on your investing bias, it was either Burger King (BKC), which reported its first public quarter with a seven cents per share loss; or Whole Foods (WFMI), which is down big after ...
Target in crosshairs of organic milk quandary
Target (NYSE: TGT) has a small thorn in its side due to a store brand it carries on its grocery shelves. Aurora Organic Dairy, which has been under fire this year for labeling milk products as "organic" when the cows providing that milk were treated ...
"Organic panic" at Wal-Mart?
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT) is entering the organic foods marketplace, and it's just getting started. Could this move fall flat on its face for the world's largest retailer? An article over at the Motley Fool hints at this, arguing that the ...
Union organizer to appeal Starbucks firing
On August 7th, Starbucks (SBUX) fired Daniel Gross, a barista and organizer for IWW's Starbucks Workers Union. The Seattle P-I has that story. The firing remains top news at the IWW's Starbucks Union website, where details began appearing as early ...
Reid Hoffman: LinkedIn will go public (at some point)
Retailers can't wait for Black Friday, open Thursday
Tiffany's serves up solid quarterly earnings
