Retail News

The latest news from the leading retailers in the natural and organic products industry.

Ireland’s health store staff recognised with awards

Health Stores Ireland and Health Food Business magazine celebrated the dedicated staff of Ireland’s health stores with their annual Health Store Hero awards. The awards...

Bristol retailer takes lead on gluten-free

Coinciding with a nationwide series of events in May, Bristol independent The Better Food Company has organised a series of tasting sessions, meet-the-producers and...

Quest partners with top business trainer for new retailer initiative

Leading vitamins manufacturer Quest has announced a new development initiative aimed specifically at independent retailers. The company is joining forces with the Business Development Foundation...

New Planet Organic store will be chain’s “most prominent”

Planet Organic will open its seventh London store and undertake a major redevelopment of its Torrington Road branch during what the retailer is calling...

Beanies Wholefoods Co-Op hits the big 30

This year workers co-operative Beanies Wholefoods in Sheffield marks 30 years of trading and the celebrations are set to continue throughout the year.

Ethical supermarket hiSbe closes in on second Brighton store

Brighton-based ethical supermarket hiSbe is close to securing a second store site in the city.

Superdrug adds to vegan beauty offer

High street retailer Superdrug has extended its vegan, cruelty-free B. brand of beauty and grooming products with a range of make-up. The offer includes bronzers,...

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.

The Clean Kilo cleans up

The Clean Kilo: Zero Waste Supermarket in Birmingham has had a successful time of it in recent months, winning Best Deli/Grocer in the Slow Food England Awards as well as 20k in the FedEx Small Business Grant UK 2018 awards.

Daylesford Organic opens Zero Waste Pantry

Daylesford Organic has launched a Zero Waste Pantry in its flagship farm shop in Kingham to curb the use of single-use packaging and reduce food waste.

Teapigs sets up free online training for stockists during lockdown

In light of the current lockdown restrictions, teapigs has decided to present its retailer tea school virtually, via Zoom.

New online store for Archie Browns

Prompted by customer demand – primarily due to the COVID-19 crisis ­– Truro health food store Archie Browns launched its online store at the end of July.

Natural Health is top of the shops

Natural Health’s Welwyn store has won the prestigious WelHat Independent Shop of the Year Award for 2013. The award was created to recognise the important...

Whole Foods: sales soar but losses are up too

Whole Foods Market saw sales from its UK operation soar by 28.6% to £81.5 million in 2013, reports The Guardian But figures just filed with...

Soil Association online training gets thumbs up

The Soil Association’s new online training programme for retailers has got off to a good start, with 90% of those who completed the evaluation...

Independent retailers underusing the internet

Independent retailers are underusing the Internet in their business with wholesalers and suppliers, a new survey has found.

Wild Honey wins Best Independent Retailer

This year’s winner of the Best Independent Retailer at the Natural & Organic Awards Europe 2017 was Wild Honey, which has two stores in Oxford.

Soil Association Organic Collective Christmas Marketplace open for business

Soil Association Certification is supporting organic businesses once again this festive season with the launch of its online Organic Christmas Marketplace.

Oddbox exceeds funding target

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.

Total wipe-out: Holland & Barrett to ban wet wipes

Holland & Barrett has announced it will become the first high street retailer to ban wet wipes across all 800 of its UK and Ireland stores.