Brighton welcomes The Source Bulk Foods
Packaging-free franchise The Source Bulk Foods has opened its first UK store outside London to bring nutritious food to eco-conscious consumers in Brighton.
Organic targets trimmed as M&S “recalibrates” Plan A
Marks & Spencer is scaling back some of its organic produce targets, reports Marketing Week.
The high street retailer says it has been forced to...
Re-imagining NutriCentre
NutriCentre’s new managing director Amee Chande comes to the post with formidable retail credentials. Most recently she was MD at Staples UK, and before...
Face coverings become mandatory in England’s shops
From 24 July it will be mandatory to wear a face mask or covering in shops and supermarkets in England, where social distancing cannot always be maintained.
Portas to push for rates discounts and ‘high street teams’
Mary ‘Queen of Shops’ Portas will present her review ‘The Future of Our High Streets’ to the Government today (December 13)
The retail guru was...
Better Food Company makes it three
This summer, Bristol-based organic food retailer Better Food Company opened its third store – in the historic dock area of the city.
Retailers’ crucial role in supplements campaign
Health food retailers have a crucial role in the new Save Our Supplements (SOS) campaign says leading parliamentary affairs specialist Chris Whitehouse.
Giving this year’s...
Abel & Cole trials innovative refill delivery service
Organic grocery business Abel & Cole has launched a refillables trial which will remove single-use packaging from a variety of products.
Food for Thought gets thumbs up from customers with Kingston business...
Food for Thought has won the Independent Retailer of the Year award in the 2016 Kingston Business Excellence Awards, beating eight other stores.
Jenny Wren’s takes the organic path
Taking advantage of the lack of organic retailers in the area, Wigan-based Jenny Wren’s has transformed itself from a regular grocery store to a...
H&B veteran receives top industry accolade
The HFMA presented Barry Vickers with its top accolade – the Maurice Hanssen Award of Honour – at last week’s Natural & Organic Products...
Northampton retailer harnesses people power in rent protest
Northampton retailer Carol Faulkner has been harnessing people power in a battle to save her store Health Quest whose future, she says, is threatened...
The Haelan Centre hits 40
Amabel Booth talks us through forty years of healthy food and happy customers.
On October 29 the Haelan Centre will celebrate 40 years serving London’s...
Zero waste organic store opens in Totnes
Earlier this year saw the launch of Earth.Love.Food, a 100% organic store in Totnes, Devon, which operates a blanket ‘no packaging’ policy.
Flurry of new products to be launched
Hundreds of new products will be launched at the forthcoming Natural Food Show.
Rainbow returns to restored stables
One of the UK’s longest established wholefood shops, Rainbow Wholefoods in Norwich, has finally returned to its permanent premises of the stables of an old fire station after they were devastated by fire in April 2018.
Revital expands and rebrands
Independent health store chain Revital has opened a new London store and completely overhauled its brand identity.
“We’ve been expanding – over the last three...
Hanover Healthfoods gets fresh new look, expands offer
Edinburgh health store Hanover Healthfoods has a new look and extended offer after being expanding its space this year.
Southport gets bigger and better Nature’s Remedies
Nature’s Remedies in Southport has moved to bigger premises to create a new, spacious environment.
Owner Carol Henshaw had to move when the lease was...
Mainstreaming of organic in US slows growth at Whole Foods
US retail commentators believe the presence of organic and natural brands on mainstream supermarket shelves could be slowing growth at Whole Foods Market.
Whole Foods...