Note: As of June this year, the market research firm SPINS has adjusted their original estimate of 2010 U.S. retail sales of hemp products from natural and
conventional food retailers to $ 40.5 million.
Market research obtained by the Hemp Industries Association (HIA), collected by the market research firm SPINS, was obtained from natural and
conventional food retailers, excluding Whole Foods Market and certain other establishments, who do not provide sales data — and thus underestimates actual sales by a factor of at least three.
Not exact matches
When you remove the
retail markup, which ranges from 25 to 50 percent to cover the costs of running a brick - and - mortar store, you put a product that you find at a health
food store at or below what you'd pay for the equivalent product at a
conventional retail store.
Dr Andrew Monk from Australian Organic says there are many reasons why there is a difference between organic and
conventional prices and like many
food supply chains just a fraction of the
retail price is passed onto farmers.
However, as the organic
food market has grown strongly in recent years, sales have also moved into the mainstream
retail trade and the
conventional food industry is also becoming increasingly involved.
However, following reports that 13 Member States were unlikely to be compliant with the EU directive by 1 January 2012, meaning an estimated 50 million hens would still be housed in battery cages, Defra announced that many
retailers and major
food suppliers were putting in place «stringent traceability tests» to guarantee they will not supply eggs produced from illegal
conventional cages or use them as ingredients in their own brand products.
Since many customers buy strictly flaked
foods,
retailers need to convince these
conventional shoppers that numerous fish species accept
food more aggressively if it is offered in a form more appropriate for their feeding techniques.