Veggie pie-maker Clive’s has announced that after updating one last recipe, its entire offer is now fully plant-based, and that it is also moving premises.
Clive’s completes vegan transition
April 6, 2020 Continue Reading
Food and Drink
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Food and DrinkSoil Association Certification freezes fee increase
Responding the ‘unprecedented pressures’ of COVID-19 on farmers and food suppliers, Soil Association Certification is freezing its annual fee increases.
Food and DrinkGuild of Fine Food: support your indie food stores at this crucial time
The Guild of Fine Food is calling for consumers to get behind their local indies and has added an online resource to its website to assist these retailers
Food and DrinkPiccolo launches temporary online delivery service
Organic baby food brand Piccolo has opened a temporary online store to help parents easily access food and formula amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Food and DrinkDoves Farm revamps range with vibrant new design
Doves Farm has unveiled a striking contemporary new look across it range in what is its first brand refresh for over five years.
Food and DrinkRiverford launches zero packaging veg box – will customers buy it?
Riverford has introduced a zero packaging box in response to customers who want to get rid of packaging altogether (okay, apart from the box).
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Soil Association Certification freezes fee increase
Responding the ‘unprecedented pressures’ of COVID-19 on farmers and food suppliers, Soil Association Certification is freezing its annual fee increases.
March 27, 2020 Continue Reading
Clipper extends decaff line
Natural and organic brand Clipper Teas has expanded its range of decaffeinated teas with three new products including two new Fairtrade and organic options.
March 27, 2020 Continue Reading
Guild of Fine Food: support your indie food stores at this crucial time
The Guild of Fine Food is calling for consumers to get behind their local indies and has added an online resource to its website to assist these retailers
March 26, 2020 Continue Reading
Piccolo launches temporary online delivery service
Organic baby food brand Piccolo has opened a temporary online store to help parents easily access food and formula amid the coronavirus pandemic.
March 25, 2020 Continue Reading
Doves Farm revamps range with vibrant new design
Doves Farm has unveiled a striking contemporary new look across it range in what is its first brand refresh for over five years.
March 25, 2020 Continue Reading
Riverford launches zero packaging veg box – will customers buy it?
Riverford has introduced a zero packaging box in response to customers who want to get rid of packaging altogether (okay, apart from the box).
March 13, 2020 Continue Reading
Clearspring adds to Japanese condiment line
New from natural and organic food brand Clearspring comes a new authentic Japanese condiment and seasoning: Organic Yuzu Ponzu.
March 4, 2020 Continue Reading
Nutty Bruce says ‘gooday’ to UK shelves
Australian-based Soulfresh has introduced what it says is the first activated nut milk range to the UK with a plant-based line from Nutty Bruce.
March 4, 2020 Continue Reading
SFT responds to new Agriculture Bill
In a briefing published on 3 February, the Sustainable Food Trust (SFT) voiced its continued concerns about the Government’s new Agriculture Bill.
February 20, 2020 Continue Reading
Tesco launches Wicked vegan condiment line
Citing rising demand for vegan sauces, Tesco has introduced what it says is the UK’s first plant-based condiment range under its Wicked Kitchen label.
February 3, 2020 Continue Reading
Supermarkets’ big sustainability sweep
The news is awash with supermarkets making sustainability pledges, declaring plans to take environmental issues more seriously.
January 29, 2020 Continue Reading
Healthy food trend predictions for 2020
Lydia Baines, digital and communications manager for ingredient business Puratos UK, sets out six food trend predictions for 2020
January 29, 2020 Continue Reading
V for victory
Jane Wolfe discovers the ‘meat drives strength’ myth is being busted as a rising number of sporting figures are extolling the virtues of a plant-based diet.
January 23, 2020 Continue Reading
Meat-free food sales up 40%, says Mintel
Sales of meat-free foods rose by 40% between 2014-2019, according to Mintel. The research firm reports 23% of all new UK food products in 2019 were vegan.
January 20, 2020 Continue Reading
Tribunal judge rules ethical veganism is ‘philosophical belief’
In a landmark legal case, a tribunal judge has ruled that ethical veganism qualifies as a ‘philosophical belief and must be afforded special protections.
January 17, 2020 Continue Reading
Organic Research Centre appoints new CEO
The Organic Research Centre has announced the appointment of Lucy MacLennan – a scholar of the Nuffield Farming Scholarships Trust – as its new CEO.
January 16, 2020 Continue Reading
One Planet Pizza creates first gluten-free option
Vegan brand One Planet Pizza has cooked up its first 100% gluten-free frozen pizza in the form of the new Gluten Free Three Cheezly Margherita.
January 10, 2020 Continue Reading
‘Clean’, ‘green’, ‘cruelty-free’ … and unhealthy?
‘Clean’, ‘green’, ‘cruelty-free’ meat alternatives are often positioned as more ethically responsible meal options. But are they?
January 8, 2020 Continue Reading
Well wheeled: Planet Organic in hot food delivery first
Planet Organic is partnering with upscale London-based delivery service SUPPER to offer hot food deliveries for the first time. The new service will be offered initially by its two Tottenham Court Road (London) branches, offering a selection of popular food-to-go options and sushi from the live Maido sushi bar in store. Customers can order from breakfast […]
January 7, 2020 Continue Reading
News
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Licorice Healthfoods opens second store
In some positive news to emerge during this difficult time, Irish health retailer Lorin Taylor has opened a second branch of her eponymous shop Licorice Healthfoods (her real first name is Licorice), in Birr, Co Offaly. Taylor, who has worked in health food retail for approximately 15 years, launched her first store in Portumna, Co […]
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News in brief
Salcura has produced a new natural, skin-friendly hand sanitizer, and co-founder Claudia Talsma is also sending batches of Zeoderm to NHS hospitals.
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H&B staff petition for stores to close
A petition has been gatherig support for H&B staff who are calling for the retailer to close, citing inadequate employee protection against COVID-19.
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Beauty Kitchen lends a helping hand to Scottish Government
Beauty Kitchen is officially supplying the Scottish Government with 50,000 units of hand sanitizer for the NHS, social care and other front-line services.
Features
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After the gold rush
CBD is the fastest growing category the natural products sector has ever known. But a new phase is being ushered in, Jim Manson reports.
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Keeping a clear head
The market for low- and no-alcohol drinks is booming thanks to a clear-headed millennial market of discerning soberistas, Claire Lavelle reports.
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Come fly with me …
With mounting appreciation of the negative environmental cost of flying, how can consumers help protect themselves and the planet when taking to the skies?
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The rise of clean and conscious beauty
The Natural Beauty & Spa Show is back at ExCeL London. Do you have the date in your diary? Okay, great. Now let us inspire you with what to expect …
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The Health Store Open Day is back!
The Health Store’s ever popular Open Day makes a welcome return on Sunday 8th September. Paul Rideout, Sales & Marketing Manager at the Health Store, explains “The Open Day is back by popular demand! This will be our 8th Open Day since we launched the event back in 2009 and it is more popular than […]
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Leading the discussion around sustainability in retail
The Sustainability in Retail Forum is the new conference designed to help senior executives within leading retailers from across the Nordic region meet the ever-evolving challenges around sustainability. Taking place 13 November 2019, at MalmöMässan, Sweden, the event is co-located with the award-winning trade exhibitions Nordic Organic Food Fair and Eco Life Scandinavia. Facing the […]
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Garden of Life®
Your body was created to eat, process, and derive its nutrition from food—real, healthy food. Garden of life® are fanatical about food. The core ethos is that they always start with real foods and these (foods) provide the formulas, the power to be at their best. Completely free of any synthetically created, chemical breakthroughs from […]
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Mineral-rich New Zealand volcanic mud delivers instant illumination for your skin
It may seem counter-intuitive to apply mud to your skin in order to cleanse it, but the skin-enhancing benefits of mineral-rich mud have been harnessed for beauty treatments all over the world for centuries. Antipodes® uses white volcanic mud sourced from central New Zealand’s dramatic central plateau in its new Halo Skin-Brightening Facial Mud Mask […]
