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Section 13 or 15(d) of the&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>

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Exchange Act of 1934</B></FONT></P>

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    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="width: 38%; font-size: 10pt; padding-left: 0.12in">&nbsp;&nbsp;Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):</TD>
    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="width: 62%; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;&nbsp;August 28, 2012</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; width: 100%">Vitacost.com, Inc.</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; width: 100%">Delaware</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 48%; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center"><B>001-34468</B></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; width: 4%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 48%; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">37-1333024</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">(Commission File Number)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">(IRS Employer Identification No.)</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 65%; font-weight: bold; text-align: center"><B>5400 Broken Sound Blvd. - NW, Suite 500</B></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 10%; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 25%; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">Boca Raton, Florida</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">33487-3521</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(Zip Code)</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 100%; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">(561) 982-4180</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(Registrant&rsquo;s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)</TD></TR>
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Since Last Report)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">On August 28, 2012,
Vitacost.com, Inc., a Delaware corporation (&ldquo;Vitacost&rdquo;), entered into an arrangement to exit its manufacturing operations
and lease its manufacturing facilities to a third-party provider. In connection with the divestiture of its manufacturing operations,
Vitacost entered into a Manufacturing Agreement, Facility Lease Agreement, Equipment Rental Agreement and Services Agreement with
a third-party provider (the &ldquo;Agreements&rdquo;).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the Agreements,
Vitacost will lease 25,000 square feet of its facility in Lexington, North Carolina and certain manufacturing equipment to Nutra-Pharma
Manufacturing Corp. for a period of 60 months. Also pursuant to the Agreements, Nature&rsquo;s Value, Inc. will manufacture certain
products for Vitacost, and Vitacost will provide services to Nutra-Pharma Manufacturing Corp.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">This summary of the
Agreements is qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of the Agreements, which are filed with this Current Report on
Form 8-K as Exhibits 10.1, 10.2, 10.3 and 10.4.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The Company issued
a press release regarding the divestiture of its manufacturing operations, a copy of which is attached to this Current Report on
Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1.</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.75in; text-align: center">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B><I>(d)</I></B></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><B><I>Exhibits.</I></B></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 12%; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid">Exhibit No.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 86%; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid">Description</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>10.1</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Manufacturing Agreement between Vitacost.com, Inc. and Nature&rsquo;s Value Inc., dated August 28, 2012.</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>10.2</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Facilities Lease Agreement among Vitacost.com, Inc., Nutra-Pharma Manufacturing Corp. and Nature&rsquo;s Value, Inc., dated August 28, 2012.</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>10.3</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Equipment Rental Agreement among Vitacost.com, Inc., Nutra-Pharma Manufacturing Corp. and Nature&rsquo;s Value, Inc., dated August 28, 2012.</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>10.4</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Services Agreement among Vitacost.com, Inc. and Nutra-Pharma Manufacturing Corp., dated August 28, 2012.</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>99.1</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Press Release of the Company, dated August 28, 2012.</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>SIGNATURES</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
duly authorized.</P>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">VITACOST.COM, INC.</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 50%">Date:&nbsp; August 28, 2012</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 5%">By:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 45%; font-style: italic; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Mary L. Marbach</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Name:</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Mary L. Marbach</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Title:</TD>
    <TD>General Counsel and Corporate Secretary</TD></TR>
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INDEX</U></B></FONT></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 12%; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid">Exhibit No.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 86%; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid">Description</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>10.1</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Manufacturing Agreement between Vitacost.com, Inc. and Nature&rsquo;s Value Inc., dated August 28, 2012.</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>10.2</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Facilities Lease Agreement among Vitacost.com, Inc., Nutra-Pharma Manufacturing Corp. and Nature&rsquo;s Value, Inc., dated August 28, 2012.</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>10.3</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Equipment Rental Agreement among Vitacost.com, Inc., Nutra-Pharma Manufacturing Corp. and Nature&rsquo;s Value, Inc., dated August&nbsp;28, 2012.</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>10.4</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Services Agreement among Vitacost.com, Inc. and Nutra-Pharma Manufacturing Corp., dated August 28, 2012.</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>99.1</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Press Release of the Company, dated August 28, 2012.</TD></TR>
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UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
DC 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT Pursuant
to
Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities
Exchange Act of 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):
August 28, 2012
Vitacost.com, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
001-34468
37-1333024
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
5400 Broken Sound Blvd. - NW, Suite 500
Boca Raton, Florida
33487-3521
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
(561) 982-4180
(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed
Since Last Report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended
to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (
see
General Instruction
A.2. below):
¨
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the
Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
¨
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the
Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
¨
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
¨
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item 1.01.
Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On August 28, 2012,
Vitacost.com, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Vitacost"), entered into an arrangement to exit its manufacturing operations
and lease its manufacturing facilities to a third-party provider. In connection with the divestiture of its manufacturing operations,
Vitacost entered into a Manufacturing Agreement, Facility Lease Agreement, Equipment Rental Agreement and Services Agreement with
a third-party provider (the "Agreements").
Pursuant to the Agreements,
Vitacost will lease 25,000 square feet of its facility in Lexington, North Carolina and certain manufacturing equipment to Nutra-Pharma
Manufacturing Corp. for a period of 60 months. Also pursuant to the Agreements, Nature's Value, Inc. will manufacture certain
products for Vitacost, and Vitacost will provide services to Nutra-Pharma Manufacturing Corp.
This summary of the
Agreements is qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of the Agreements, which are filed with this Current Report on
Form 8-K as Exhibits 10.1, 10.2, 10.3 and 10.4.
The Company issued
a press release regarding the divestiture of its manufacturing operations, a copy of which is attached to this Current Report on
Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1.
Item 9.01.
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)
Exhibits.
Exhibit No.
Description
10.1
Manufacturing Agreement between Vitacost.com, Inc. and Nature's Value Inc., dated August 28, 2012.
10.2
Facilities Lease Agreement among Vitacost.com, Inc., Nutra-Pharma Manufacturing Corp. and Nature's Value, Inc., dated August 28, 2012.
10.3
Equipment Rental Agreement among Vitacost.com, Inc., Nutra-Pharma Manufacturing Corp. and Nature's Value, Inc., dated August 28, 2012.
10.4
Services Agreement among Vitacost.com, Inc. and Nutra-Pharma Manufacturing Corp., dated August 28, 2012.
99.1
Press Release of the Company, dated August 28, 2012.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
duly authorized.
VITACOST.COM, INC.
Date:  August 28, 2012
By:
/s/ Mary L. Marbach
Name:
Mary L. Marbach
Title:
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
EXHIBIT
INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description
10.1
Manufacturing Agreement between Vitacost.com, Inc. and Nature's Value Inc., dated August 28, 2012.
10.2
Facilities Lease Agreement among Vitacost.com, Inc., Nutra-Pharma Manufacturing Corp. and Nature's Value, Inc., dated August 28, 2012.
10.3
Equipment Rental Agreement among Vitacost.com, Inc., Nutra-Pharma Manufacturing Corp. and Nature's Value, Inc., dated August 28, 2012.
10.4
Services Agreement among Vitacost.com, Inc. and Nutra-Pharma Manufacturing Corp., dated August 28, 2012.
99.1
Press Release of the Company, dated August 28, 2012.
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