Best Independent Health Store

Unicorn - Manchester  

This is the pride of Manchester, a completely vegan superstore with a great approach to retail in what is becoming an increasingly difficult market in which to survive. Everything in this shop is vegan, making Unicorn almost unique amongst health stores in the UK. See www.unicorn-grocery.co.uk

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Wild Oats - Bristol  

Trailblazers in the Natural Products market, with cutting edge selection of (almost entirely) vegan products. In fact, you can shop on line for over 5,000 of them by clicking here www.woats.co.uk . Lovely selection of staff help keep this shop at the top of the list for many in Bristol.

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Infinity - Brighton            

Original Brighton health store and still at the forefront of vegan supplies for the place with the biggest veggie/vegan population in the UK, with namesake Infinity Distributors supplying much of the range to this lush shop in the Laines area. See www.infinityfoods.co.uk

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Pulse - Swindon    

Long established and excellent choice of vegan supplies from proper job crew in the heart of Swindon, providing the sort of local service and knowledge of their product range that supermarket managers can only dream of. See www.swindon-pulse.co.uk

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Harvest - Bath/Bristol  

Walcot street in Bath is home to the outstanding Harvest natural foods, which also has a store in Bristol on the Gloucester Road. Beautiful shops, beautiful people and beautiful products keep them both flourishing, backed up by Essential Traders in Bristol, one of the UK's biggest distributors of vegan products. See www.harvest-bath.coop

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Ceres - Yeovil  

Great team, representing the best of the original Natural Products trade in the UK, an industry still dominated by Co-ops, ethical traders and superbly innovative products - especially in the vegan department. Loads of choice, excellent prices, and it's stores like these across the country that deserve your choice of spend! See www.ceresfoods.co.uk

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Out of This World - Leeds     

Winning formula that includes outlets in Newcastle, this shop has excellent an range of vegan products in a city with a thriving vegan/veggie population including fantastic local group and a regular magazine, as well as a vegan event in May 2006 in the centre of town. See www.ootw.co.uk/m4newsleeds