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Holland & Barrett Holland & Barrett is to acquire Julian Graves, the chain of 345 health food stores, for undisclosed terms. 18-Sep-2008 Holland & Barrett is planning to expand its chain of 500 health food stores to 600 over the next three years, and is seeking sites with trading space of up to 1,200 sq ft. 20-Aug-2007 Holland & Barrett is planning to open 25 new health food stores over the next 12 months, to add to the existing 500. 23-Oct-2006 Holland & Barrett is planning to expand its chain of 500 health food shops to 650 over the next three years. 10-Jul-2006 Holland & Barrett is planning to expand its chain of 472 health food shops to at least 550, while its recently-acquired GNC chain will increase from 50 to 150 by 2007. 23-Jun-2003 Holland & Barrett has acquired Health & Diet Group from Royal Numico of the Netherlands for £7.5m, gaining 49 GNC health food stores in the UK. 17-Mar-2003 Holland & Barrett has launched a £11m takeover bid for De Tuinen, the Dutch chain of 40 stores, as part of a strategy to expand its health foods business into continental Europe. 23-Dec-2002 Holland & Barrett is planning to redesign its 440 health food stores, depending on the success of a trial in a single store. 03-Sep-2001 Holland & Barrett has acquired Natures Way, the Irish health food retailer with 12 stores, for undisclosed terms. 18-Jun-2001 Holland & Barrett is to open three health food stores in Northern Ireland, having secured sites in Coleraine, Newtownards and Lisburn. 05-Mar-2001 Holland & Barrett is to open two new health food stores in Rochdale and Aberdeen. 03-Apr-2000 Holland & Barrett has opened a new health food store in Burton-on-Trent, and a distribution centre that will employ 300 is being built at the nearby Centrum 100 Business Park. 29-Mar-1999 Holland & Barrett is to set up a new health foods distribution centre at the Centrum 100 Business Park near Burton-on-Trent. 20-Feb-1999 Holland & Barrett is planning to open a further 30 health food stores throughout the country. 19-Sep-1998 Holland & Barrett, the health food retailer, is planning to build a £9m distribution centre in Atherstone. 27-Aug-1998 NBTY, the US vitamin retailer, has bought the Holland & Barrett chain of over 400 health food stores from Gehe for £100m, and is expected to focus the group on own-label products. 09-Aug-1997 Gehe of Germany is planning to sell three of the businesses gained from the acquisition of Lloyds Chemists - Holland & Barrett health food shops, National Veterinary Supplies and Martindales. 02-Apr-1997 Lloyds Chemists aims to open 50 Holland & Barrett stores per year over the next three years. 11-Oct-1995 More from the Retailing sector Related pages: Nevisport Faith Shoes Moss Bros Thresher Group Azendi Holland & Barrett website: www.hollandandbarrett.com The information on this page comes from the UK Activity Report. Click here for further details Copyright UK Business Park 1995-2008