In this issue - Autumn 2022

Post-pandemic retailing

We asked health food retailers Callum Eddie and Matt Ronan how their businesses have changed since the pandemic and how they are dealing with inflation and supply issues

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Maximising your profit potential

Catherine Erdly focuses the minds of small independents

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Building trust within your community

Consumers want to be eco-conscious and they want to help their local community

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Ready for winter?

Sarah Orecchia garners nutritionists’ food and supplement tips to help strengthen natural defences

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Secret Shopper Reports

Continuing the New Natural Business ‘must see’ Secret Shopper exercise in which we find the best online shopping experience among independent retailers. Our number one rule in our eagle-eyed search is that the online shops we visit must be backed by a physical store. The pandemic has changed shopping patterns for many customers so we’ve been focusing on stores that have stepped up and welcome them online...

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The 2022 Health Food Institute Training Awards

We announce the winners of the Health Food Institute’s 2022 Training Awards

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Dear Prime Minister, a word in your ear

So, at the time of writing, we know that either Rishi Sunak or Liz Truss will be out next Prime Minister. Sometime this Autumn the election process will be done and dusted and we’ll have a new PM.

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Before you were famous

Hey there Mr Probiotic, we knew you before you became a global star. In fact, we knew you when you were pre biotic.

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Support, advise, protect

After two years of ‘doing business’ mostly online via Zoom calls and the like, the HFMA’s annual meeting of members was a time to come together to celebrate all that’s good about our industry, a time to learn, laugh and support one another as we all move forwards into the second half of this year and into the next.

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Read articles from the Summer 2022 issue here