In this issue – Summer 2025

Small team, big success!

Highly Commended in our 2024 Online Store Awards, Louise Brindle and her daughter Suzy Shinner are showing what a small team can pull off in a big way. We fired some questions across to the Good Health Boutique, Retford, pair...

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The Open Sesame story

The best things in life often start small before blossoming into their full potential. Alistair Forrest interviewed Leroy Smith about his mother’s mission in the West of Ireland.

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Irish shopper survey delivers comprehensive market intelligence

Health Stores Ireland reached out with its first-ever consumer survey, partnering with its store network and Rude Health magazine to seek vital insights and emerging trends from shoppers.

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Organic September's gut message

Organic September 2025 arrives at a buoyant time for the organic movement – 13 consecutive years of growth with sales reaching £3.7bn in 2024, double what they were just 10 years ago.

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Secret Shopper Reports

In Round Two of our 2025 Secret Shopper Awards, first impressions score highly but in the end the deal can’t be closed due that bane of online stores – a payment problem and an abandoned cart.

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Health Food Institute: Why staff training is vital

The owners of most health food stores recognise the need to invest in some form of structured training for their staff, not least to satisfy the legal requirements of selling natural health products, and to demonstrate a degree of due diligence in respect of health and safety at work or food safety legislation.

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Health Stores UK: Strength in sharing

Why our independent channel has never mattered more

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Health Stores Ireland: Opportunity knocks

I’ve had an unusually high number of cold calls to the office from people considering opening a health food store.

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Health Food Manufacturers' Association: Past, present & future

Celebrating the recent 60th anniversary of the HFMA became the perfect reminder of just what a special industry we have.

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Read articles from the Spring 2025 issue here.