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Fox News
12-07-2025
- Business
- Fox News
Not Only Surviving, But Thriving: How Nick Green Is Getting Affordable, Healthy Food to Americans
Americans have faced a frustrating reality: processed 'junk' food is often far cheaper than fresh fruits and vegetables. For many families, especially those on a tight budget, shopping for organic or non-GMO options just isn't feasible. But what if there was a way to access healthy, affordable groceries online — without breaking the bank? Enter Thrive Market. Thrive Market co-founder Nick Green shares how growing up with a health-conscious mother planted his passion for wellness and ultimately inspired him to launch a mission-driven grocery service backed by names like Tony Robbins, Jillian Michaels, and Deepak Chopra. He also discusses the journey of falling in love with entrepreneurship, which all started with him tutoring people for the SATs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit
Business Wire
10-06-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
Thrive Market Named to CNBC Disruptor 50 List
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Thrive Market, the online membership that makes healthy living easy, has once again been named to the 2025 CNBC Disruptor 50 list. The annual list celebrates private companies chasing some of the market's biggest opportunities and bringing innovation and progress to major industries. Since its founding in 2014, Thrive Market has become a touchstone example of a mission-driven company at scale. In 2024, the mission-driven company generated more than $700M in sales, delivering the highest quality, healthy food and sustainable products at affordable prices. This marks the second consecutive year Thrive Market has been recognized on the CNBC Disruptor 50 list. In August 2024, the company extended its industry-leading quality standards, restricting more than 1,000 ingredients and continuing to take a stand against GMOs, artificial dyes and sweeteners, hormone-disrupting chemicals and more. Today, members can shop more than 6,000 items across pantry, home, and personal care, including more than 650 exclusive Thrive Market-branded products. 'We're incredibly proud to be recognized again on CNBC's Disruptor 50 list after a milestone year—launching our retail media network offering, bringing frozen fulfillment in-house, and scaling our AI-assisted shopping experience—all in service of making healthy and sustainable living easier and more accessible for everyone,' said Nick Green, Thrive Market Co-Founder and CEO. In the year ahead, Thrive Market will continue to feed the engine of member value with deeper investments in AI-powered features like recurring orders and personalized cart building, while reinforcing its position as the go-to destination for innovative, health-forward products—advancing its mission to make healthy and sustainable living easy and accessible for everyone. For more information about Thrive Market, please visit and for the complete list of 2025 CNBC Disruptor 50 companies, visit /disruptors. About Thrive Market Thrive Market, Inc. was founded in 2014 with a mission to make healthy and sustainable living easy and accessible for everyone. As an online, membership-based market (with more than 1.6M members), Thrive Market delivers the highest quality, healthy, and sustainable products at member-only prices. At the same time, every annual membership sponsors a free membership for a student, teacher, veteran, nurse, first responder, or a family in need. Thrive Market carries a hyper-curated catalog of organic and non-GMO products and offers 90+ filters and values, allowing you to shop by diet and lifestyle. The brand's social impact arm, Thrive Gives, has raised more than $18M since its inception to fund food access and environmental sustainability causes. Thrive Market has been carbon neutral since 2014; in 2020, it became the largest online grocer in the U.S. to be a Certified B Corporation; and in 2023, it converted to a Public Benefit Corporation. In 2024, it became the first online-only retailer to accept SNAP EBT. Thrive Market is committed to becoming the world's first climate-positive grocer. Visit or follow @ThriveMarket to learn more.
CNBC
10-06-2025
- Business
- CNBC
12. Thrive Market
Founders: Nick Green (CEO), Sasha Siddhartha, Gunnar Lovelace, Kate MullingLaunched: 2014Headquarters: Los AngelesFunding: $300 millionValuation: N/AKey Technologies: N/AIndustry: Food, logisticsPrevious appearances on Disruptor 50 list: 1 (No. 20 in 2024) In a decade, Thrive Market has grown from a niche health food startup to a major online grocery player. The company now has more than 1.6 million paid members across the continental U.S. It's made further moves over the past year to expand operations and strengthen its position. Thrive opened a dedicated frozen foods facility in Sparks, Nevada, in October. By bringing logistics in-house, the company said it improved shipping speeds by 20% and cut refund rates by 10%. More than one million frozen units have shipped from the facility to date. Frozen goods, once a small part of the business, now span 350 SKUs and are growing at a double-digit rate annually. Through its expansion, the company has stayed close to its mission of healthy and sustainable living. Thrive introduced new product standards in 2024, excluding more than 1,000 ingredients, including GMOs, synthetic sweeteners, and artificial flavors. The company earned Climate Neutral Certification in March, a sustainability milestone that the company earned by investing in ways to avoid, remove, and reduce carbon emissions from making or delivering products and services. Thrive operates on a membership model, charging $5 to $12 a month for access to natural and organic products at discounted prices. About 50% of members live in areas without easy access to health food retailers, and over 40% have household incomes under $100,000, reflecting a broad, middle-class customer base. Thrive became the first online-only grocer approved to accept SNAP EBT benefits nationwide in February 2024. The company has also continued to make key investments in technology. It introduced AI-enabled carts last year, which make purchase suggestions based on a quiz. Thrive partnered with Instacart's Carrot Ads in October to roll out a retail media network. The solution will allow brands to run campaigns inside Thrive Market's website and app. In the first two months after rollout, the network offering saw 150% growth. Online grocery remains a fast-moving, crowded space. Retail giants like Walmart and Amazon are scaling up their online grocery offerings as are niche competitors, such as Misfits Market and Grove Collaborative. Thrive's future will depend on retaining subscribers, maintaining convenience, and preserving its identity as a mission-driven brand.
Daily Mail
05-06-2025
- Business
- Daily Mail
'Health halo' foods eaten by millions found to contain toxic lead linked to autism, cancer
Officials are sounding the alarm over an ingredient in hundreds of health foods over fears that it may increase the risk of autism and cancer. Cassava flour, made by grating and drying the fibrous cassava root, is used as a substitute for wheat and other flours in gluten-free and paleo-friendly chips, cookies and other snacks. However, the watchdog Consumer Reports has found these foods contain concerning levels of the toxic metal lead, which gets into the products in cassava. Health officials at the organization recently tested 27 popular cassava-made food items and found that nearly all of them had dangerous levels of lead. James Rogers, Head of Food Testing said in a statement: 'With the exception of some spices, we've never seen lead levels this high as we found in these cassava products.' Previous studies have linked lead exposure in children to learning disabilities, along with damage to the kidneys, reproductive, cardiovascular and digestive systems and autism spectrum disorder. Frequent exposure in adults is also linked to immune system suppression, increased risk of cancer, reproductive issues and kidney damage. Thrive Market has pulled and is investigating its cassava chips on the back of the findings. MadeGood has stopped using the flour in its crackers and Lesser Evil has begun phasing it completely out of its product line. However, brands such as Bob's Red Mill and Pamela's noted that their cassava products already carry California 's Proposition 65 warning labels - alerting buyers to potential lead content. Due to the products' widespread sale, the agency has asked consumers to reduce their number of servings of cassava products per week. Additionally, they found that that seven cassava products currently on the market had such high levels of lead that they advise avoiding those products entirely. These include Bob's Red Mill Cassava Flour, Otto's Naturals Organic Multi-Purpose Cassava Flour, Quay Naturals Premium Cassava Flour, 365 Whole Foods Market Sea Salt Cassava Tostones Cassava Chips, Jovial Organic Grain Free Cassava Spaghetti, Terrasoul Superfoods Cassava Flour and Thrive Market's Cassava Chips with Sea Salt. Several studies have found that cassava can be a significant source of lead exposure through food in people who eat it frequently. A 2015 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health study found that cassava grown in one region of Ghana was high enough in lead to raise the risk of health problems among people who ate it regularly. Moreover, a 2013 Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health study also found that lead levels in blood in people living in the Amazon were nearly four times higher than acceptable levels in the US. In the US, the Food and Drug Administration has determined that there is no safe level of lead exposure in adults or children. While lead exposure can be toxic for everyone, children younger than six years of age are at greatest risk for problems from it as their bodies absorb lead more easily - leading to lead poisoning. Lead poisoning occurs when minuscule amounts of the metal builds up in the body, often over months or years. Although lead-based paint in older buildings are most likely to cause poisoning, lead contaminated food, water and air can also affect children. Many children with lead poisoning have no symptoms but even low levels of the metal in their blood can lead to learning and behavior problems, such as trouble paying attention. Over time, these difficulties can push them towards the autism spectrum - as evidenced by numerous studies. Apart from this, lead exposure in adults can also lead to high blood pressure, kidney damage, increase the risk of cancer, reduce fertility and neurological issues. Numerous studies have shown that lead exposure either through paint, dust or food can increase risk of lung, kidney and brain cancer in those exposed - particularly workers.
Yahoo
19-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
AE Global and rePurpose Global Launch Plastic Negative and Plastic Neutral Packaging Certification Badges
New Packaging Badges Make it Easier Than Ever for Consumers to Support Brands Taking Action for a More Sustainable Supply Chain MIAMI, May 19, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AE Global, a leader in sustainable packaging solutions, is empowering consumers with new verified plastic-negative and plastic-neutral certifications for product packaging. The environmental impact verification is conducted in partnership with the world's leading Plastic Action Platform, rePurpose Global. Through the partnership, participating brands can now display official on-pack icons clearly signaling plastic recovery impact, whether collecting the same amount of plastic used to make the packaging (plastic neutral) or twice the amount (plastic negative). These badges differentiate products on retail shelves and e-commerce platforms as making a tangible impact in sustainability efforts. Consumer sentiment backs the move: a nationwide study from rePurpose Global found that 95% of consumers indicated a willingness to pay more for products that fund plastic recovery. Among "conscious consumers" (those whose buying behavior suggests they prioritize impact in purchasing decisions), willingness to pay rises even further. The icons are supported by rePurpose Global's industry-leading verification system, which includes traceable data, impact reporting and regular third-party audits. Brands already displaying rePurpose Global Plastic Neutral certifications include Thrive Market, Saie Beauty, Beatbox Beverages, Megafood, Murphy's Naturals and PAX Labs, among many others. "When brands show they're taking responsibility for their plastic footprint, it drives real-world impact and consumer trust," said Mike Forenza, Managing Partner at AE Global. "Through these on-pack icons with rePurpose Global, we're making it easy for brands to integrate plastic recovery into their packaging strategy while delivering verified sustainability that stands up to scrutiny." The new certifications build on AE Global and rePurpose Global's partnership, providing companies with a seamless way to fund verified plastic recovery, eliminating friction while helping brands meet sustainability goals and consumer expectations. In 2024 alone, AE Global and rePurpose Global worked together to collect 380,000 pounds of ocean-bound plastic waste. "Positive environmental impact and operational efficiency aren't at odds. They can be built directly into a brand's supply chain," said Svanika Balasubramanian, CEO and Co-Founder of rePurpose Global. "Sustainability isn't just good for the planet, it's a competitive advantage, and these packaging certifications set a new standard for how packaging and purpose can align." To learn more about how brands and consumers can drive plastic recovery and sustainability, visit About AE Global AE Global (AEG) is a market leader in packaging solutions, offering a full range of packaging products and services via its in-house innovation lab, robust distribution footprint, and vertically integrated manufacturing facilities. With a commitment to innovation, quality, and customer satisfaction, AEG prides itself on being one of the few independent packaging companies placing a heavy emphasis on sustainability and the communities it serves. Through its sustainability program named "Talk Trash," AEG and participating brands are funding waste collection in areas with inadequate waste management infrastructure. As of Dec. 31, 2024, through rePurpose Global's efforts, AE Global has removed more than 380,000 pounds of ocean-bound plastic from the environment, equivalent to over 9.6 million 16oz water bottles. About rePurpose Global rePurpose Global is the world's leading Plastic Action Platform, bringing together brands, consumers, innovators and policymakers to collectively combat the plastic waste crisis. Through its pioneering solutions across the circular economy value chain, the organization has helped more than 500 companies measure, reduce and take action on their plastic footprints while driving systems change on a global scale. View source version on Contacts Media Contact Leland RadovanovicSenior Account ExecutiveGrasslands: A Journalism-Minded Agencyleland@
