HAMILTON, Ontario, Nov. 25, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Goodness Me! is offering a new look amid the street closure that has impacted over 50 storefronts during the 7-month long construction. As CHCH News has mentioned in their article about local businesses surviving the construction, it seems that most customers wanted to avoid the mess, confusion, and frustration that Locke St. was providing. Now that Locke St. is open to the public once again, businesses like Goodness Me! are hoping to remind customers what unique qualities they bring to the trendy street. 

During the summer, Goodness Me! closed its doors for one week to re-vamp their Locke St. location that they have called home for over 15 years. With the renovation, Goodness Me! now offers a fully customizable salad bar with fresh ingredients and made in-house salad dressings. They are also offering options for soups, sandwiches, and wraps. The vision for the Goodness Me! renovation was to become a pop-in shop where you could grab everything you need in one trip. Grabbing lunch, picking up grocery items for dinner, re-stocking your supplements, trying a new personal care item, and taking coffee to go is now a reality for customers at Goodness Me! on Locke St. 

Along with offering new lunch items, more fresh produce, local meat and dairy options, and bulk foods – Goodness Me! has brought in bright and welcoming artwork by local artist Lester Coloma. Lester’s art may look familiar to a Hamiltonian because he has a wide range of beautiful murals across the city of Hamilton. Some examples of Lester’s work include the inside of The Mule restaurant located on King William St., the exterior of Cake & Loaf Bakery on Durand St., and the Corktown exterior mural that is over 130ft long! 

This collaboration with Lester Coloma was important to Goodness Me! - Since the very beginnings, Goodness Me! has been dedicated to partnering with local communities, may that be local farmers, local businesses, or local artists that share similar values. You can see the newly renovated Goodness Me! and everything it has to offer on November 30, 2019, during the official grand re-opening of Locke St. presented by the Locke St. BIA. Come on by and grab a free hot chocolate between 11 AM-4 PM, check out the hundreds of products that will be on sale in-store and visit other stores along the strip to see what they have going on!

For more information about Goodness Me! Natural Food Market visit: goodnessme.ca

MONTREAL, Nov. 20, 2019 /CNW Telbec/ - As the bold Quebec-based company GURU celebrates its 20th anniversary, a trailblazing pioneer in the organic energy drinks industry, it is proud to expand its innovative product line with the launch of GURU MATCHA, currently available Quebec.

GURU has a mission to clean up the seemingly toxic energy drink industry by providing consumers with beverages that are sourced from organic plants and low in calories. This year, GURU has created a new energy drink that both tastes great and is effective.

INSPIRED BY THE ORIENT

With a PhD in pharmacology, Luc Martin Privat, Vice-President of Research, Development & Innovation, and brewmaster at GURU, has mastered the art of blending botanicals. Looking to the traditions of the Far East for renewed inspiration, he crafted the new GURU Matcha based Japanese tea ceremonies, Buddhist culture, the energizing benefits of matcha tea, ginseng and monk fruit juice.

ORGANIC INGREDIENTS

Matcha not only has the advantage of being naturally rich in caffeine, which promotes a boost in energy, but also in antioxidants. The organic matcha tea used in GURU Matcha comes directly from a Japanese agricultural producer and is categorized as "ceremonial" grade, that is, it bears the highest official quality designation in Japan.

The following Asian ingredients are added to the organic Japanese matcha:

• Organic Panax Ginseng;
• Concentrated monks fruit juice;
• Organic Green tea

THE HEALTHIEST ENERGY DRINK AVAILABLE

Carl Goyette, President and CEO of GURU, said that "twenty years ago, we were the forerunners in the natural and organic energy drinks industry. Today, we are transforming our industry which tends to use long lists of chemical ingredients. We are delighted to see the current trend among consumers to choose healthy, plant-based products."

GURU Organic Energy Drink has added a new flavour to its lineup, GURU Matcha. GURU Matcha is available today in Quebec. It contains 140 mg of caffeine (equivalent to one cup of coffee) and only 25 calories per 355 ml cans.

Click here to see how the new GURU Matcha looks.

OTTAWA, October 29, 2019 – Egg Farmers of Canada is partnering with Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL) to launch the Egg Quality Assurance™ (EQA™) certification mark on select egg cartons in CO-OP® Food Stores in Western Canada this month. The EQA™ certification mark quickly showcases to customers that their eggs are produced locally by Canadian farmers upholding world leading animal welfare and food safety standards.

“We know Co-op customers care where their food comes from and how it’s produced,” said Ron Healey, Vice-President of Ag and Consumer Business at FCL. “We’re working with Egg Farmers of Canada and using the EQA™ certification mark to assure our customers that Canadian eggs can be trusted for being a high-quality product with consideration for animal welfare.”

VANCOUVER, Oct. 31, 2019 /CNW/ - Else Nutrition Holdings Inc. ("Else Nutrition" or the "Company"), (TSX-V: BABY, OTC: BABYF), a company focused on developing and marketing a real alternative to dairy-based baby nutrition, is pleased to make the following announcement regarding its commitment to developing the next generation of clean label baby nutrition products.

Highlight

• Company's infant and baby toddler formulas are comprised of just 3 main ingredients made using clean, chemical-free process, by using 2 whole plants in their natural form.

Unlike many baby formulas, Else Nutrition's all-natural, 100% plant-based formula is being produced using a clean production process, transforming two whole plants, without chemically-breaking them up into derivatives, nor using chemical extraction of oils. Namely, the formula is devoid of highly-processed ingredients, purified oil blends, chemical protein isolates or hydrolysates. Additionally, the production process occurs without the addition of free amino acids, and no use of corn syrup solids.  The formula contains only 3 main ingredients (superfoods almonds and buckwheat, as well as tapioca) which comprise 97% of the formula.

"Our science-backed process is significantly different in that we utilize the whole almond and buckwheat plant, and through all-natural processes create an infant formula that imitates breast milk nutritional  composition values, and meets the strict WHO guidelines," stated Hamutal Yitzhak, Else Nutrition Co-Founder and CEO.

She added, "We've closely listened to parents and caregivers, and understand their deep-rooted need for nutritious and responsible, clean ingredient panel solutions for infants. We are committed to developing clean label baby and toddler nutrition, made with the cleanest process. We therefore take great care to use as few ingredients as possible, and ones that are nutritious and wholesome for children."

Else Nutrition's sustainable 100% plant-based, all-natural and organic baby formula is free of hormones, antibiotics, hexane, gluten, GMO, and solvents. The company will be launching its toddler formula & nutritional drink in North American market in Q2-2020, with plans to launch the infant formula in the coming years.