Independent health food retailers who attend next month’s Natural Health Trade Summit event in Bristol will be eligible to receive £100 to spend with any exhibitor at the show (with the figure rising to £150 if your store is a Health Stores UK member). 

Over 80 exhibitors – including leading specialist supplement, food and beauty brands, key wholesalers and advocacy groups – will be at the event which takes place on Sunday 27 September at Bristol’s Ashton Gate Stadium. 

The independent retailer focussed event offers attendees a range of benefits: 

• Free three-course healthy buffet lunch and refreshments (worth £45).
• Free refreshments available all day (worth £10).
• Free welcome drinks reception on the Saturday night before the Summit.
• A dedicated networking area away from the round table discussions and main exhibition.

At 11.30-12.15 Dave Christie, founder of Flourish Foundry, will host a workshop a special roundtable on the theme of  ‘Attracting New Customers Without Trying Everything’. In the session, Dave will will strip customer acquisition back to three key areas that every independent health store can work on: Who you really want to attract; how to give them a clear reason to choose your store; and how to build simple, repeatable activity that brings new people through the door without constantly chasing the next idea.

You will leave with three clear things to focus on, practical actions you can take back into your store, and a simpler way of deciding what deserves your time. Because attracting more customers should not mean doing more of everything – it means doing the right things consistently.

Register here to attend the 2026 Bristol NHT Summit