Back to Better: January opening for HISBE’s Covid-delayed second store
Brighton (UK)-based ‘rebel supermarket’ HISBE says it will now open its second store early next year.
Beauty in bulk: Qualivrac’s liquid dispenser system takes silver
French bulk liquid dispenser specialist Qualivrac has taken sliver prize in the Services and Equipment category at this year’s Natexpo Awards.
Inside Story: Independent food retail during Covid
In lockdown small, independent food stores no longer seemed like ‘nice little examples of how different food shopping could be’, but a vital community asset of which there simply wasn’t…
Planet Organic shutters two ANI stores as part of integration strategy
Following its buyout of the organic and natural food chain As Nature Intended (ANI) in March 2020, Planet Organic has announced the closure of two out of the seven ANI…
Instore farming: Swegreen and ICA partner on ‘hyperlocal’ veg scheme
Stockholm-based ‘urban farming’ start-up Swegreen has signed an agreement with Swedish supermarket chain ICA Focus to grow and harvest vegetables at its Gothenburg store.
‘Ghost restaurants’ likely to be continuing legacy of Covid pandemic
New research from Mintel predicts that the ‘off-premises’ food service model will continue to play an important role in the future.
Accessibility is key to our zero-waste ethic, Preserve Foods founder says as third store opens
Bristol,UK-based zero waste retailer Preserve Foods has opened a third store in the city (this time in Westbury-on-Trym), its founder Tiriel Lovejoy tells Jane Wolfe.
Why mask-wearing could be making people shop more healthily
As mask-wearing becomes an increasingly ‘normalised’ feature of shopping trips, is the act of wearing a face covering having an effect on our purchasing decisions?
INTERSPAR sets the pace in Austria for organic refill options
INTERSPAR is the first major food retailer in Austria to offer filling stations for unpackaged and loose organic food products, such as cereals, nuts, and pulses as well as pasta,…
Holland & Barrett’s new format Chelmsford store combines latest retail ideas – and a host of Covid safety measures
Ahead of reopening to the public today, Holland & Barrett (H&B) CEO Tony Buffin took Rosie Greenaway on a whistle-stop virtual tour of the retailer’s newly-refurbished Chelmsford store.