Bristol’s Better Food Company hosts organic ‘mini festival’
Award-winning Bristol retailer Better Food Company is to host a series of events this September in the absence of the annual Organic Food Festival...
Rachel’s facebook page under siege over Nestlé link
Rachel’s Organic’s facebook page has been hit by a barrage of criticism after the organic yoghurt brand was added to the Boycott Nestlé Campaign.
Rachel’s...
FSA reissues clay detox warning
The Food Standards Agency is re-issuing a warning about the dangers of ingesting clay-based detox drinks and supplements.
The advice is being reissued after high...
Retailers head to camexpo for autumn product releases
In just over a couple of months time hundreds of retailers will be heading for Britain’s leading natural health show, camexpo.
The two-day event (Earls...
H&B withdraws unlicensed herbal remedy
A herbal remedy sold by Holland & Barrett is the latest to be taken off shelves following action by the Medicines and Healthcare products...
H&B withdraws unlicensed herbal remedy
A herbal remedy sold by Holland & Barrett is the latest to be taken off shelves following action by the Medicines and Healthcare products...
HFMA guidance aims to “demystify” claims regulation
The Health Food Manufacturers Association (HFMA) is to publish guidance aimed at “demystifying” the EU Nutrition and Health Claims Regulation (NHCR).
With less than six...
Brits count the nutritional costs of ‘beige diet’
The monotony of eating the same range of foods is taking its toll on the UK’s nutritional intake, according to new research.
The research shows...
Whole Foods gets taste for smaller store format
Whole Foods Market recorded a14% rise in sales ($2.7 billion) for the three months to 1 July.
The US natural food chain opened a record...
What’s your Olympics story?
How have the 2012 Olympics Games touched your business? Did the Olympic torch (or Brad, Cav or Lizzie!) pass your store? Have you created...
Children’s Food Campaign condemns ‘obesity games’
The Children’s Food Campaign today launches a report calling for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to re-examine its sponsorship deals and take a tougher...
Give small shops tools to connect to ‘digital high street’
Retail systems specialist SellerDeck says that the Government-backed Portas Pilots initiative fails to acknowledge the opportunity of the “digital high street”.
CEO, Ben Dyer, comments:...
“We’re smelling a bit smoky – but open for business”
“We're smelling a bit smoky – but determined to be open for business tormorrow”. That was message that John McKee, manager of Edinburgh-based retailer...
Scientists demolish GM industry safety claims
A major report from a team of genetic scientists at London’s King College has concluded that GM crop technology is “fundamentally unsound” and poses...
Report predicts modest growth for organic sector
A major new report on the UK organic sector shows that organic food and drink sales continued to fall in 2011. But it predicts...
Evidence for sports products “doesn’t stack up” – BBC/BMJ
A joint investigation into sports products by BBC Panorama and the British Medical Journal has found “a striking lack of evidence” that they work.
A...
US labelling scheme helps battle ‘naturalwashing’
The ‘Natural Seal’ initiative in the US is gathering momentum, reports NewHope360.com.
The scheme was launched four years ago by the Natural Products Association in...
Consumers want retailers to keep non-GM policies – Which?
The consumer group Which? says that the majority of consumers want retailers to have non-GM policies.
Writing in The Grocer the consumer group’s chief policy...
Research confirms supplements’ ‘supersafe’ status
The Alliance for Natural Health International (ANH-Intl) has released figures showing that food supplements are the safest substances regularly consumed by UK citizens.
Both food...
Brands to take legal action over ‘parasitic copying’
Leading brands are set to take legal action against supermarket own-label copycat lines, reports The Grocer.
Recently, the British Brands Group (BBG) commissioned a survey...