FOR manufacturers, the Web can be a hazardous place. Consumers expect these companies to sell their products directly online, but retailers have other thoughts.
How, then, to satisfy all parties?
You don’t, e-commerce executives and analysts said. Manufacturers have realized that they can sell more aggressively to consumers online, which puts them in stronger financial positions and […]

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Many of the companies we write about routinely give to good causes. Check out what we’ve found recently.
Peace Meditalia’s tapenades are made through cooperation between Palestinian olive growers and Israeli manufacturers. 5% of profits go towards fostering peace in the Middle East. $4/6.35 oz.; peaceworks.com

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KIND Fruit + Nut bars from PeaceWorks Inc. are like chunks of fruit and nuts barely held together by a lightly sweet, slightly sticky syrup. Every bit is identifiable — unlike some bars that look like the ingredients have been put through a blender and reformed. With these bars, it’s all about what they don’t […]

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KIND Fruit + Nut bars come to us from Peaceworks, a not-only-for-profit company that “engages people in opposite sides of regional conflicts in shared ventures to create great consumer products.” (The company donates a portion of profits to groups fostering peace or helping people, such as the tsunami relief fund.) Politics and proselytizing aside, the […]

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Know a foodie who loves all kinds of nuts and is devoted to good health and world peace? Even if you don’t, try to snack responsibly while being kind to your taste buds; Kind Fruit + Nut Bars are chewy and delicious. The hand-shaped bars by Peaceworks (machine-cutting would make too many nut fragments) are […]

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Most of the time, jars of olive spread languish in my fridge for months, forgotten and ignored. Whole black kalamata olives, however, are my superstars. They go into salads, potatoes, pasta. But last week, when I cracked open two jars of Meditalia olive tapenade, it occurred to me that these spreads just might have the […]

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Frances Lefkowitz
Lots of so-called snack bars are really just candy bars in disguise. Packaged in convenient three-inch wrappers and sold near the impulse aisle of the store, they may provide a hit of energy, but they also offer “whacked-out proportions” of sugars, fats, and chemical additives, says American Dietetic Association spokesperson Lisa Dorfman, R.D., author […]

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Many of the companies that we write about routinely give to good causes. Check out what we’ve found recently.
Charitable Causes
Now you can enjoy the foods of Southeast Asia while helping the region rebuild from last year’s devasting tsunami. One hundred percent of Bali Spice’s 2005 profits go to tsunami relief. We like the […]

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Frances Lefkowitz
Lots of so-called snack bars are really just candy bars in disguise. Packaged in convenient three-inch wrappers and sold near the impulse aisle of the store, they may provide a hit of energy, but they also offer "whacked-out proportions" of sugars, fats, and chemical additives, says American Dietetic Association spokesperson Lisa Dorfman, R.D., […]

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By Heidi Vogt, AP Business Writer
Yoel Benesh can’t hire Palestinians anymore. Plenty of other Israeli manufacturers are suffering from the same shortage of cheap labor, but it’s a particularly heartbreaking problem for Benesh, who has committed to using his gourmet food business to bridge the divide between Israelis and Palestinians. "The […]

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