Business not as usual: Britain’s natural products trade in the lockdown
The lockdown has dramatically changed the retail landscape and placed Britain's natural products retailers on the front line of a national effort to keep the country nourished, healthy and protected…
Switch to home delivery helps Spanish organic businesses thrive in Covid crisis
Local and organic food sales have tripled in parts of Spain during the Covid-19 crisis, reports the Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia.
Vitality CBD supports COVID-19 retail front-line with PPE equipment
Vitality CBD, a leading name on the UK CBD scene, has joined the front-line fight against the coronavirus outbreak by producing PPE equipment for pharmacists and indie retailers.
Holland & Barrett pulls plug on Swedish operation, closes all 21 stores
Holland & Barrett Sweden AB, the UK-based health food retailer’s Swedish operation, has closed all its 22 stores after the business was placed in administration in late March.
BREAKING: Natural & Organic Products Europe 2020 cancelled
Natural & Organic Products Europe 2020 has been cancelled following an announcement that the exhibition venue, ExCeL London, is to be converted into a temporary NHS-operated hospital.
Irish heath stores designated “essential retail” status in new Covid-19 guidance
Health food retailers in Ireland this week learned they had been designated “essential retail” status by the Irish Government, meaning they can continue to stay open during the unfolding Covid-19…
Support your indie food stores at this crucial time, Guild of Fine Food urges shoppers
The Guild of Fine Food is calling for consumers to get behind their local independents and has added an online resource to its existing website, to assist these retailers and…
Health food stores to stay open during COVID-19 crisis, Number 10 confirms
Health food stores and natural food stores will be permitted to stay open during the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis, under strict new controls on retail businesses announced today by the UK…
Whole Foods announces store changes to help manage evolving COVID-19 situation
US-based natural foods giant Whole Foods Market this week introduced a series of actions to help it manage the evolving COVID-19 situation.
‘Dear Minister, it is essential that health stores remain open’
The Health Food Manufacturers Association (HFMA) has told the UK’s Public Health Minister, Jo Churchill, that it is “essential that health food stores can remain open” during the COVID-19 crisis.