here . for other uses see hb . holland & barrett international type subsidiary genre retail founded 1870 headquarters nuneaton united kingdom number of locations burton on trent dublin amsterdam products vitamins minerals ethical beauty enzymes herbal medicinesvegetarian food revenue 640m number of employees 7000 parent nbty website www.hollandandbarrett.com holland & barrett king street hammersmith london holland & barrett is a chain of health food shops with over 1110 stores in the united kingdom republic of ireland netherlands belgium sweden uae china singapore spain malta cyprus and gibraltar georgia india 1 contents 1 history 2 advertising 3 franchising 4 workfare controversy 5 see also 6 references 7 external links history edit holland & barrett was formed in 1870 by alfred slapps barrett and major william holland who bought a grocery store selling groceries and clothing . 2 they developed their business into two shops a grocery store and a clothing store . it is also evident that in 1900 they occupied a store in the high street of epsom . 3 in the 1920s alfred button & sons bought the business and kept the name holland & barrett . 2 holland and barrett has since changed hands a number of times . in 1970 booker mcconnell acquired holland and barrett also acquiring heath & heather stores which they later renamed holland & barrett . lloydspharmacy later purchased holland and barrett in 1992 after which nbty acquired holland & barrett in 1997 . nbty was bought by american private equity firm the carlyle group in 2010 . 2 the brand has become synonymous with the sale of vitamins supplements and homeopathy to the point that pro homeopathy mp david tredinnick has been dubbed the hon. member for holland and barrett . 4 5 advertising edit singer kim wilde featured in holland & barrett tv advertising between 2004 05 . former blue peter presenter gethin jones and actor david jason have also voiced them . a number of holland & barrett s advertisements and point of sale displays have been adjudicated as misleading making unfair comparisons 6 or claims that are unsupported by robust evidence . 7 8 franchising edit the company recently started its international expansion with franchising . the first three franchise stores opened in october 2008 in durban south africa and the company currently has nine franchise stores operating in south africa all by the same franchisee . singapore where the company currently has five franchise stores open and malta with one store were added in 2009 . the plan is to expand the holland & barrett brand globally with bigger country franchise partners and 2010 will see several country additions to the franchise business . workfare controversy edit from february 2012 holland & barrett in the uk were subject to adverse publicity ; boycotts ; and demonstrations at stores due to their use of workfare participants . the company published no corporate response or interaction via social media for several months until on 5 july 2012 holland and barrett announced it was pulling out of the scheme citing the negative publicity . the guardian reported that the company was no longer prepared to face further bad press and in store protests attributing the change of mind to pressure from solidarity federation and boycott workfare holland & barrett will now pay all its workforce and will henceforth only take apprentices paid at the national rate of 2.60 an hour . 9 see also edit list of nbty brands references edit https www.hollandandbarrett.com careers about us a b c bishops stortford and thorley a history and guide epsom rate book 1900 street order tory mp says astrology is good for the health . daily telegraph . july 25 2014 . retrieved july 9 2015 . astrology loving mp david tredinnick convinced practise can reduce strain on nhs . the independent . july 25 2014 . retrieved july 9 2015 . wcrs ad for holland & barrett axed . campaign . august 5 2009 . retrieved july 9 2015 . the continuing saga of holland and barrett . nightingale collaboration . retrieved july 9 2015 . cod liver oil ad was codswallop watchdog tells holland & barrett . the grocer . july 27 2011 . retrieved july 9 2015 . shiv malik 6 july 2012 . holland & barrett pulls out of jobseekers scheme . the guardian . retrieved 16 december 2015 . external links edit official website uae website v t e supermarkets in the united kingdom big four asda morrisons sainsbury s tesco convenience bargain booze best one budgens the co operative food costcutter happy shopper jones convenience stores londis mace mccoll s nisa premier stores spar discount 99p stores aldi b & m home bargains kwik save lidl poundland poundstretcher poundworld quality save frozen specialists farmfoods heron foods iceland fulton s foods online ocado premium marks & spencer waitrose whole foods market regional booths dunnes stores filco planet organic shoprite isle of man category retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title holland % 26 barrett & oldid 743207219 categories health food storescompanies based in warwickshirefood retailers of the united kingdomhidden categories official website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 8 october 2016 at 14 03 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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