Retail News

Hanover Health Foods in Edinburgh has been named Specialist Retailer of the Year at the Scottish Independent Retail Awards 2018.

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 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.

Midcounties Cooperative and Happerley have announced that the latter's food traceability certification will become mandatory for all food suppliers across the co-op's Best of...

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.

Chester Health Store has scooped the title of Best Health Store in the Better Retailing Magazine Awards, run in collaboration with the Health Food Institute.

Following his purchase of Sweet Joe Pye in Lymington in the second half of last year, retailer Sanjay Patel has acquired his third health shop, Temple Health Foods, situated in the Temple Fortune area of northwest London.

Holland & Barrett announced today that it is to remove all krill oil products from sale in its UK and Irish stores.

Not for the first time, the distinction between Fairtrade and ‘fairly traded’ has led to consumer confusion surrounding ethical designation, with Sainsbury’s the latest company getting into hot water over labelling, resulting in an advertising ban.

To celebrate two decades in the business, Natural Health in Hertford held a 20th Anniversary Health Festival on 25 February, an event that drew an impressive 800 visitors to the Hertford Theatre.

A new app called FoodAdvisr has been launched to help consumers manage food intolerances whilst shopping, cooking and eating out.

Oliver’s Wholefoods Store in Kew has been bought by the owners of Food For Thought.

Ceres Natural Foods in Yeovil celebrated its landmark 40th anniversary this month with a series of instore events.

Holland & Barrett (H&B) chief executive Peter Aldis visited the Rainbows Hospice for Children and Young People in Leicestershire earlier this month to donate £100,000.

In response to the burgeoning interest in plant-based living, Planet Organic has launched Vegan Shop – a specialist area of its e-commerce site that is designed to make it easier for customers to shop its vegan ranges.

Honey Bee A&C, a new health and nutrition shop, has been opened in Bishop Auckland by locals Caroline Walker and Ashley White.

Thyme Marketing has launched a new B2B website designed to give retailers 24/7 access to all current Thyme promotions and enabling them to place ‘top-up’ transfer orders through their chosen wholesaler.

January saw the launch of the Zero Waste Club, a new plastic-free online grocery portal founded by 20-year-old Pawan Saunya and his business partner Rishi Gupta.

Steve Carson has been appointed to the newly created position of managing director at Holland & Barrett International (H&B) to drive digital transformation.

The recent partnership between the National Association of Health Stores (NAHS) and the British Independent Retailers Association (BIRA) will be further strengthened with an exclusive at Natural & Organic Products Europe (NPE), when the two organizations will launch a new retailer initiative called Shop Talk.