Welltodo Today: Competitive Fitness Boom, Is The UK Food & Drink Industry In Trouble? Retail Trends

Today’s key global wellness news articles from around the world, impacting the industry and influencing the business of wellness.

Is This Workout For Your Feelings What American Women Need Right Now?

“This is a meditation, just with your body,” begins fitness instructor Taryn Toomey in her deep, gravelly voice, reminiscent of Kathleen Turner. “Feel what your mind is trying to tell you.” I am in The Class, billed as a “cathartic mind-body experience” by founder Toomey, who is leading the session in her Tribeca studio.

‘It’s like walking through fire’ – the rise of competitive fitness

You probably didn’t notice but at the end of this summer, on the sandy beach of Bantham, near Kingsbridge in South Devon, 960 men and women gathered for a gruesome battle. For an entire weekend, this stretch of English coastline saw teams of furious men and women dashing across hilly trails, hoisting atlas stones and lugging a 240kg sandworm, in both blistering heat and torrential rain.

Food and drink industry facing ‘time bomb’ on labour

UK food & drink suppliers are ill prepared for Brexit, with productivity and investment already in decline, the 2017 OC&C/Grocer Top 150 shows. The annual study of the largest 150 UK food & drink suppliers lays bare the labour challenge facing the industry as capital expenditure and productivity dropped even before the effects of the national living wage and tightening EU labour supply fully hit home.

ClassPass has a new major gym partnership-here’s what you need to know

ClassPassers, listen up: Your exercise routine just got a lot more versatile. The class-booking app has partnered with Blink Fitness to offer a co-membership for folks who want access their fave boutique hot spots and the gym without having to sign up for multiple services.

With Apple Watch Data Plans, Wireless Carriers Opt For Profits Over Innovation

When Apple announced the LTE-equipped Apple Watch Series 3 during its press event last week, the company didn’t mention an extra bit of sticker shock: Beyond the $399 device price, cellular connectivity will cost $10 per month on U.S. carriers. (If your plan isn’t unlimited, data will come out of the same allotment as your phone.)

Arla announces launch of organic branded milk in the Middle East – FoodBev Media

Arla has launched its first branded organic milk product in the Middle East, forming an important part of its growth strategy in the region. The Danish company wants to become the number one organic dairy brand in the Middle East and North Africa by 2020, with further plans to expand into Saudi Arabia and Kuwait next year.