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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Sarah Butler

Riverford sales rise 6% as UK organics market enjoys biggest boom in two decades

A Riverford fruit and veg box on a doorstep.
Rapid market growth comes amid ‘increased concerns about where you can go to get food you can trust’, says Riverford CEO. Photograph: Riverford

Consumers searching for healthy food from trusted sources have fuelled the UK organic market’s biggest boom in two decades, according to vegetable box seller Riverford.

The delivery business, which sells meat, cheese, cookbooks and recipe boxes alongside vegetables, recorded a 6% increase in sales to £117m in the year to May 2025, as the UK organic food and drink market grew by almost 9% in that year, according to new figures from the Soil Association. The strong growth, significantly outpacing the wider food market, helped the employee-owned business give a £1.1m bonus to workers.

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