Retail News

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

Amaranth celebrates birthday and retail win

Amaranth recently held a customer party to celebrate its fourth year, during which it won the Natural Beauty Best Independent Retailer Award.

NAHS to announce ‘big changes’ at NHT

Ahead of the Natural Health Trade Summit (NHT) in Manchester on 22 October, the National Association of Health Stores (NAHS) reveals it will be...

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.

Re:Store boosts zero waste vibe in London

London has seen the opening of Re:Store, surprisingly one of only a handful of zero waste stores in the capital.

Riverside Health makes a comeback with new owners

After being damaged in an arson attack, Riverside Health & Natural Healing Centre in Newcastle Emlyn, has been reopened under new management.

New service from City Pantry supports remote workers

With more people working from home, City Pantry has created Pantry Packages – food parcels companies can order to be delivered to their employees’ doors.

Oral care accessibility; Superdrug reduces the price of its own brand...

As the UK faces an ongoing dental crisis over the lack of NHS dentists, Superdrug, the leading accessible health and beauty retailer has announced...

Apples & Bees aims to please

With nearly nine years’ experience in health food retailing, Mihhail Jesmenov decided it was time to take the plunge and open his own store. “I...

Natural products retailers quick to embrace Bristol Pound

Bristol’s natural products retailers have been early adopters of the Bristol Pound, launched in 2012. In just two years, nearly 700 businesses – The Better...

Infinity discovers old treasure

Infinity Foods health store in Brighton recently rediscovered and restored a colourful part of its history – a stained glass light box. Infinity’s Facebook page...

Booths delists Hipp and Heinz to focus on “local and eco”...

North of England supermarket chain Booths is to delist several leading baby food and babycare brands as it focuses on smaller supplies it sees as more local or eco-friendly

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...

Drink Me Chai launches turmeric latte

Drink Me Chai has introduced a Turmeric Latte to its range of chai latte mixes.

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.

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.

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.

Preserve Foods opens third Bristol zero waste store

In July, Bristol saw the opening of a third branch of zero waste store Preserve Foods, this time in the village-like suburb of Westbury-on-Trym.

Alf Dunbar is back for special workshop

Top motivational  speaker and retail guru, Alf Dunbar, made a huge impact at last year’s National Health Store Conference. The good news for retailers who missed...

Top speaker line-up for Solgar Masterclass

Leading international experts in nutritional science and business retail will speak at the 2013 Solgar Masterclass in London next month. Focused on helping retailers keep...

Tree of Life launches online shop on Ocado

Natural health and organic wholesaler Tree of Life has launched its own health food store online at Ocado.com in a move that sees the...