Saturday, June 9, 2007

Organic Sales Still Up in US

"U.S. sales of natural and organic products increased 9.7 percent last year across all channels, reaching $56.8 billion in total sales, according to The Natural Foods Merchandiser's 2007 Market Overview.

Natural and organic food sales at natural food stores were up 11.7 percent in 2006 fueled by strong sales in the fresh meat, seafood and beer and wine categories. Produce remains the largest category with sales of $3.3 billion, up 11.5 percent over 2005."


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It's funny because I see so many people buying conventional junk from the supermarket that I almost forgot how popular organics are.