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...
Reaching out to younger shoppers is key to future of health...
Yeovil-based Ceres Natural & Organic Foods recently celebrated its 35th anniversary with a special open day event.
The event was a great success says Ceres...
H&B to offer click & collect service
Holland & Barrett is revamping its website to enable it to offer a click & collect service, reports The Grocer.
Holland & Barrett’s head of...
Seed & Bean is top choc act Glastonbury 2013
Seed & Bean is top choc act Glastonbury 2013
Seed & Bean will supply the “official chocolate bars of Glastonbury 2013.
Festival goers will be able...
Kinetic prepares to unveil latest launches and developments
As it makes final preparations for this weekend’s Natural & Organic Products Europe show (April 7 & 8, Olympia, London), leading natural products distributor...
Harvest E8 opens in super hip Dalston
There’s a new organic and sustainable food store on the block in super hip Dalston, East London (officially declared the “coolest place in England”...
Is ‘Whole Foods Resort” next on the cards for US retailer?
Whole Foods Market is planning a move into spa resorts, reports USA Today.
Whole Foods co-founder John Mackey told the newspaper that the company had...
Bio-Health celebrates addition of three new THRs
Bio-Health has achieved three more THRs bringing its total to 11.
The new licenses are for a natural herbal laxative Cassilax – a combination of...
Health food chains “among high street’s biggest losers”
New research by Price Waterhouse Coopers (PwC) and the Local Data Company shows that health food chains were among the high street’s biggest losers...
H&B launches £9.99 whey protein
Holland & Barrett has launched a range of smaller size whey protein lines, reports The Grocer.
The retailer told the food industry weekly that the...
Minister to address CHC reception
The public health minister, Anna Soubry MP, will address the annual Consumers for Health Choice Parliamentary Reception later in the year.
The minister’s acceptance of...
Holland & Barrett launches £9 million TV campaign
Holland & Barrett has launched a new £9 million TV advertising campaign.
The TV campaign, which aired with a 30 second launch ad on Thursday...
H&B trials in-store health and beauty consultation area
Holland & Barrett has opened a flagship store on Princes Street in Edinburgh, featuring a brand new consultation area – a first for the...
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...
New Sussex wholefood store fuels food debate
The owners of a new wholefood store in Sussex say they are keen to fuel a local debate about food.
David and Nicola McCarthy –...
Boost sales with free event-led promotion packs
Leading health food wholesaler Tree of Life is helping retailers boost sales at the checkout with a series of eye-catching promotional packs.
Designed to support...
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US trade magazine Natural Food Merchandiser (NFM) has reported on the growing trend for “high-tech thank yous”.
More and more retailers it says are using...
NAHS ramps up new member benefits
The National Association of Health Stores (NAHS) is ramping up its new member benefits, making it more attractive than ever to join the UK...
Sales of meat-free burgers gallop ahead at H&B
There’s neigh doubt that the recent horse meat scandal has boosted the meat-free sector. And according to Holland & Barrett, sales of meat-free burgers...
Xmas sales hold steady despite consumers’ “relaxed Christmas”
Overall, health food retailers say Xmas season sales held steady despite reports that consumers had opted for a more “relaxed Christmas”. If we were...