Customers report ‘deterioration’ in Whole Foods produce and 'depressing' shopping experience
US news website Business Insider says that Whole Foods Market customers have told the site that there has been a significant deterioration in the quality of fresh produce in-store, since…
German retailer Rewe closes specialist organic chain Temma
The German grocery discounter and supermarket retailer Rewe is to close its organic chain Temma, after the the business failed to meet the group’s expectations in certain parts of Germany.…
Lidl Denmark aims for 50% rise in organic sales
Sales of organic food and drink at Lidl Denmark are growing explosively, and the German-headquartered discounter is determined to keep up the pace.
Range matters most for 60% shoppers – and health stores do it best
Range is the main reason for store choice for 60% of European shoppers, according to new research from IRI. The good news for the natural products sector is that specialist…
Amazon offers ‘farm fresh’ tech at Whole Foods Stores
Amazon has begun selling tech products and gifts at selected branches of Whole Foods Stores.
Holland & Barrett snaps up Swedish chain Hälsa för alla in push to build 500-store Nordic portfolio
Holland & Barrett Sweden, part of Holland & Barrett International, Europe’s leading health and wellness retailer owned by international investment business L1 Retail, has acquired Hälsa för alla, the Swedish…
Holland & Barrett snaps up Swedish chain Hälsa för alla in push to build 500-store Nordic portfolio
Holland & Barrett Sweden, part of Holland & Barrett International, Europe’s leading health and wellness retailer owned by international investment business L1 Retail, has acquired Hälsa för alla, the Swedish…
Food fight: Meet the Swedish organic retailer waging war on fake food
Johannes Cullberg is a man on a mission. The Swedish ethical entrepreneur and founder of Stockholm’s iconoclastic organic store Paradiset is waging war on what he calls ‘fake food’ –…
Around the natural and organic world in 80 headlines
Robust organic sector growth and a resurgent traditional medicine movement were two of the standout trends identified by Natural Products Global editor-in-chief Jim Manson in his keynote talk at this…
Hippeas secures $10m investment, expects to triple revenue in 2018
Fast-growing natural snack brand Hippeas has announced a $10 million investment from US venture capital firm CAVU.