Pharmacists want “clear, authoritative guidance” on CBD products
The trade group representing Britain’s high street pharmacies is calling for “clear, authoritative guidance” on CBD products. CBD-containing products have become an increasingly valuable category for pharmacy retailers, but there…
Zeroing in on the plastic-free opportunity
The historic UK spa town of Tunbridge Wells is the venue for one of country’s newest plastic-free retailers – The Zero Waste Company.
Change incorporated: Mintel predicts brave new world of food and drink by 2030
Mintel is predicting a brave new world of food and drink in which consumers increasingly lend their trust to science and tech solutions to health, diet and environment challenges.
Defiant Holland & Barrett tells ASA it has ‘no remit to rule on food claims’
Leading health food retailer Holland & Barrett says the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), the UK’s advertising regulator, has “no remit to rule on food claims”.
Publix opens another GreenWise Market store, targets 12 locations
Publix – the largest employee-owned grocery chain in the United States – has opened another new store under its GreenWise Market sub-brand. The new store in Lexington, South Carolina, is…
Guilt trip: Is certification working?
International best-selling book Is Shame Necessary? asks some awkward questions about certification, and argues that 'market tools to save the world’ are failing to live up to their name.
Bulldog set to be first international Leaping Bunny brand to sell in China
UK-based Bulldog Skincare is set to be the first Leaping Bunny-approved international skincare brand to go on sale in mainland China.
No presumption of safety: FDA issues multiple warning letters to CBD firms
As it fired off warning letters to 15 companies for illegally selling cannabidiol-based products, the US Food and Drug Administration this week said there should be no presumption of safety…
Plastic use up as supermarkets backtrack on pledges to cut back
The amount of plastic produced and used by UK supermarkets rose this year, according to a report published jointly by Greenpeace and the Environmental Investigation Agency.
Sustainable livestock farming ‘essential’ for a healthy planet
Sustainable livestock farming is essential for a healthy planet, the Sustainable Food Trust insisted this week, as a BBC 1 documentary – ‘Meat, A Threat to Our Planet?’ – launched…