Walter Robb, former Co-CEO of Whole Foods, discusses the state of today’s grocery stores in a potentially post-Covid world on the Plantbased Business Hour with Elysabeth Alfano. The two discuss if 1) DTC is here to stay, if 2) grocery stores will reallocate real estate to vegan brands and if 3) the consumer will ever be ready to accept cellular meat. Podcast here.
Love.Life Announces Grand Opening of 100% Plant-Based Restaurant in LA, Today May 5th
Love.Life announces the grand opening of its new restaurant today, May 5 in Culver City, California. Open daily for breakfast, lunch, and dinner service, the 100% plant-based restaurant represents the “first element of the Love.Life experience”, which will entail food, holistic medical care, and wellness therapies. Co-founded in 2020 by John Mackey, Walter Robb, former co-CEO of Whole Foods, and Betsy Foster, a former executive of the grocer, the company acquired the Miami-based restaurant, Love Life Cafe, and also recently announced the acquisition of Plant Based TeleHealth which was rebranded as Love.Life Telehealth. “I have been passionate about healthy eating since the inception of Whole Foods and believe the food we eat is the most powerful choice we can make when it comes to health,” …