London’s biggest independent wonky fruit and veg box scheme Oddbox has smashed its crowdfunding target of £350,000, achieving a total of £520,000 in investment through Seedr.
Oddbox exceeds funding target
August 3, 2018 Continue Reading
Retail News
The latest news from the leading retailers in the natural and organic products industry.
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NewsGoodfayre puts vegan on the map
To meet increasing consumer demand for vegan products, Salisbury-based store Goodfayre has created a map pinpointing local and independent businesses which cater for vegans in the city.
NewsH&B Office 2 Office bike ride raises £56,000
Seven employees of Holland & Barrett (H&B), as well as a number of key suppliers, have managed to cycle nearly 300 miles from Nuneaton to Amsterdam in three days.
NewsBioCare to present ‘new model’ for health at retailer event
Leading healthcare brand BioCare is holding an Adaptive Health event at the Cavendish Conference Centre in London on 4 October.
NewsFire hits Rainbow Wholefoods
In April, Rainbow Wholefoods in Norwich – one of the UK’s longest established wholefood shops – was devastated by fire.
NewsBristol gets a taste of Streets to Kitchen initiative
Clients of St Mungo’s Recovery College, Bristol, have had their first taste of the Streets to Kitchen project designed for those affected by homelessness.
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Goodfayre puts vegan on the map
To meet increasing consumer demand for vegan products, Salisbury-based store Goodfayre has created a map pinpointing local and independent businesses which cater for vegans in the city.
August 3, 2018 Continue Reading
Big win for Southport health store
The Health Store’s annual open day took place this year on 1 July and the lucky winner of its raffle was Anne Menzies of Birkdale Health Store in Southport.
August 1, 2018 Continue Reading
H&B Office 2 Office bike ride raises £56,000
Seven employees of Holland & Barrett (H&B), as well as a number of key suppliers, have managed to cycle nearly 300 miles from Nuneaton to Amsterdam in three days.
July 19, 2018 Continue Reading
Pablo appointed by Holland & Barrett as lead creative agency
Health store chain Holland & Barrett (H&B) has appointed Shoreditch-based agency Pablo as its creative and advertising lead.
July 16, 2018 Continue Reading
BioCare to present ‘new model’ for health at retailer event
Leading healthcare brand BioCare is holding an Adaptive Health event at the Cavendish Conference Centre in London on 4 October.
June 19, 2018 Continue Reading
Fire hits Rainbow Wholefoods
In April, Rainbow Wholefoods in Norwich – one of the UK’s longest established wholefood shops – was devastated by fire.
June 18, 2018 Continue Reading
Bristol gets a taste of Streets to Kitchen initiative
Clients of St Mungo’s Recovery College, Bristol, have had their first taste of the Streets to Kitchen project designed for those affected by homelessness.
June 18, 2018 Continue Reading
Sunrise Organics: from zero to hero
Bournemouth’s Sunrise Organics has created a zero waste area by fundraising through Crowdfunder with its ‘Let’s get Bournemouth from Zero to Hero’ campaign.
June 11, 2018 Continue Reading
Savage Cabbage opens bricks and mortar store
Online CBD store and wellness portal Savage Cabbage has now opened a shop and community hub in Pickering, North Yorkshire, prompted by the rapid success it’s seen since launching in 2016.
June 5, 2018 Continue Reading
Wild Oats wins Silver at bira awards
Wild Oats in Bristol won silver in the Independent Retail Business of the Year award at the British Independent Retailers Association’s (bira) national conference and gala awards in May.
June 5, 2018 Continue Reading
The Natural Store celebrates quarter century
Paul Johnson, proprietor of The Natural Store – which also has branches in Falmouth and St Austell – has celebrated his 25th anniversary in the Helston shop.
May 18, 2018 Continue Reading
Artisan Welsh produce promoted online
Discover Delicious is a new online marketplace created specifically to promote local Welsh ‘artisan, adventurous and alternative’ food and drink, most of which is natural and produced organically on a small-scale.
May 14, 2018 Continue Reading
Health stores are under-utilized resource says Chatterjee
Celebrity doctor and GP Dr Rangan Chatterjee, from the BBC’s Doctor in the House, says he believes health stores are a vital resource in the fight against chronic disease. In an interview at Natural & Organic Products Europe, Viridian founder and MD, Cheryl Thallon, asked Chatterjee his views on how the health food store and […]
May 11, 2018 Continue Reading
Waitrose announces new health initiatives
In a bid to help customers make healthier choices, supermarket giant Waitrose is launching a number of new health initiatives.
April 20, 2018 Continue Reading
Hanover Healthfoods wins retail reward
Hanover Health Foods in Edinburgh has been named Specialist Retailer of the Year at the Scottish Independent Retail Awards 2018.
April 19, 2018 Continue Reading
Morrisons signs up to plastics initiative
UK multiple Morrisons has joined the Global Ghost Gear Initiative (GGGI), a group of organizations committed to reducing the increasing global problem of abandoned, lost and discarded fishing gear (ghost gear), which maims and kills millions of sea creatures each year.
April 19, 2018 Continue Reading
ASA tells Pret not to claim products are ‘natural’
The UK Advertising Standards Association (ASA) has told the food-to-go chain Pret A Manger to stop using “natural” in its advertising, following a complaint by the food and farming charity Sustain.
April 19, 2018 Continue Reading
Midcounties Cooperative adopts Happerley certification
Midcounties Cooperative and Happerley have announced that the latter’s food traceability certification will become mandatory for all food suppliers across the co-op’s Best of our Counties range. The move will make the ingredient supply chains of over 200 ranges of food and drink the co-op retails fully transparent via a QR code, app and certification […]
April 18, 2018 Continue Reading
Unpackaged At… offers sustainable retail solution
Zero waste retailer and solution provider Unpackaged has launched at Welbeck Farm Shop what it says is a unique retail system, which it then plans to roll out across the UK.
April 12, 2018 Continue Reading
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PhD gets active
PhD Nutrition has been chosen to become the official sports nutrition partner of David Lloyd Leisure.
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Get scrubbing with Delhicious
New skincare company Delhicious has launched with a Black Tea Body Scrub, said to be a UK first.
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NHS demands £120K reimbursement from homeopathic group
Following the NHS’ decision to exclude homeopathy from public-funded drugs being upheld by a High Court judge, it is now calling for the homeopathic groups which challenged its decision to pay back all legal costs incurred.
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Letter to the editor
In a letter to the editor, John Brear, national sales director at Bio-Nature, takes a moment to share his thoughts on his friend and colleague Diane Suddell, who passed away on 25 July.
Features
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Igniting a new era of healthy oils
In a category abounding with innovation and choice, it’s the brands combining the obvious health credentials with sustainability and provenance that are top of the healthy oils menu for 2018. Sharna Waid reports (more…)
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Mushroom for improvement?
Although medicinal mushrooms are becoming more widely appreciated, there are some hurdles to get over if they’re to really come into their own says Jane Wolfe (more…)
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Organic September
The UK’s biggest campaign to grow the organic market is almost upon us. Hayley Coristine talks to the experts to unearth helpful hints and learnings when it comes to getting consumers excited about organic, and find out what’s happening this year (more…)
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The rising tide of conscious beauty
In July the Love Natural, Love You show at Olympia, London, saw a panel of experts discuss the significance of conscious beauty from their own perspective and look at how consumers can make changes for the good of their health and the environment.
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As Europe braces itself for a winter flu outbreak, protect yourself with Sambucol and the power of black elderberry.
Experts across Europe have warned the EU to brace itself for a bad flu season this winter. A new vaccine has been produced which is effective in fighting H3N2, the flu strain likely to hit the region this year; however, the vaccine is generally available for free to over 65s, pregnant women, those with an […]
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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 […]
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Setting Industry standards for Golden quality CBD Products
Over the past few years Hemp and its CBD-rich extracts have made a stunning entrance to the nutraceutical business. More and more people are now commenting on the wonderful health benefits of supplementing their diet with natural phytocannabinoids and new CBD oil brands pop-up regularly as a result.
