May 29, 2008 — Carlson Laboratories announced this year’s winners of our annual Heart Month End-Cap Contest. All entries were judged for creativity, effort, beauty, and educational information.
First-place winners, who received $1000 in Carlson products, included:
• Larabee Herbs & Health Center, Elmwood Park, Ill.;
• Lynn Natural Health Food Center, Chickaska, Okla.;
Second-place winners received $500.00 in Carlson products. They were: • Foods for Living, Defiance, Ohio;• Nature’s Way Nutrition, Mountain Home, Ark.;
• Whole Foods, Coral Gables, Fla.
Third-place winners received $250 in Carlson products. They included: • Basic Bulk & Natural Foods, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada;• Dr. Thayer’s Nutrition Center, Lafayette, Ind.;• Family Farm Health Food Store, Tomball, Texas;• Healthy Exposure Nutrition, Brighton, Mich.;• Mother Earth Nutrition, Ft. Meyers, Fla.;• Nutrition S’Mart, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.;• Our Daily Bread, Bryan, Ohio;• Pass Health Foods, Palos Heights, Ill.;• Peachtree Natural Foods #6, Columbus, Ga.• Sunshine Special Foods, Seminole, Fla.;• Vitamins & Such, Kingwood, Texas;• Whole Foods, Seattle, Wash.;• Whole Foods of Lawton, Lawton, Okla.;
• Montana Natural, Santa Monica, Calif.
Fourteen establishments received honorable mention awards of $100 in products.
Source: Carlson Laboratories, www.carlsonlabs.com