Korea first for Organic Herb Trading Company
The Organic Herb Trading Company (OHTC) has become the first UK Company certified by Australian Certified Organic (ACO) to export organic ingredients into South...
Planet Organic and Riverford break into Top 50 Indies
Planet Organic and Riverford are both 'new entries’ this year in the Grocer magazine’s annual Top 50 Independents rankings.
The Grocer’s top 50 indies rankings...
H&B emerging talent recognized at Retail Week Awards
Emerging retail talent at Holland & Barrett was recognised at the Retail Week Rising Stars Awards last month.
Holland & Barrett to be sold for £1.77 billion
L1 Retail is set to buy Holland & Barrett from The Nature’s Bounty Co. and The Carlyle Group for £1.77 billion.
New MDs for Holland & Barrett
Steve Carson has been appointed to the newly created position of managing director at Holland & Barrett International (H&B) to drive digital transformation.
New Planet Organic owner wants to double store count
Specialist consumer brands investor Inverleith LLP has taken a majority stake in Planet Organic, the London-based health and wellbeing supermarket, food-to-go chain and online...
Mary-Jane’s Coffee opens its first CBD café
The man behind Mary-Jane’s Coffee, Jon Antoniou, has opened the South West’s first CBD cafe in Bristol’s Whiteladies Road in a bid to provide ‘a quality, affordable and great-tasting way to take CBD daily’.
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.
Ad campaign captures essence of independent Irish health stores
Health Stores Ireland is running a TV and radio campaign with the core message ‘health food stores are at the heart of your community’.
Store-within-a-store treatment for Nutri Centre Dudley
Nutri Centre’s latest store opened in Dudley last month and is the first to get a full store-within-a-store treatment.
Nutri Centre’s 13th store is located...
Kinetica secures GNC listing
Ten products from the Kinetica range are now available in 57 GNC stores nationwide after the sports nutrition specialist secured an exclusive deal with...
Whole Foods targets Millennials with new lower-cost chain
Whole Foods Market is planning to launch a chain of new lower-cost, youth-orientated stores, according to US media reports.
CNN, USA Today, and The Wall...
Health Spar: C-store operator partners with Holland & Barrett
Leading convenience store operator Spar is teaming up with Holland & Barrett to offer a range of skincare, vitamin, mineral and food supplements. The...
Better Food appoints new MD
Bristol-based retailer Better Food has appointed Russell Bloomfield as its new managing director.
Lathering up for Organic September
US soap brand Dr Bronner’s has teamed up with Whole Foods Market to begin a nationwide campaign in the UK, which will run throughout Organic September.
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.
Store Brighton brings sustainable shopping to Fiveways
Last weekend a new sustainable shop opened in the Fiveways area of Brighton, to cater for the plastic-free shopping needs of local residents.
Pikt Fresh organic delivery service aims to tackle food waste
SunFresh Produce has announced the launch of Pikt Fresh, what it says offers an ethical choice for direct delivery of organic fresh produce nationwide.
‘Phenomenal rise’ in online grocery, says Mintel
Mintel reports a stark change in grocery shopper behaviour brought on by the COVID-19 crisis, with online grocery sales seeing 'phenomenal growth'.
Fourth London store for The Organic Pharmacy
The first week of December will see the opening of The Organic Pharmacy’s new concept store in Marylebone, London.