A health food shop that has been serving Sandbach customers for more than 30 years has new owners who plan to help customers improve their health by offering on site testing. 

Demeter Health Food and Nutrition, in Welles Street, has been taken over by Healthy Stuff Group, an East Midland's based business that operates a highly successful worldwide health testing service for people looking for insights on their health, including food allergies and intolerances. 

It is the second high street store take over by the group which recently announced it purchase of a health food shop in Knaresborough, near Harrogate. 

Now its array of self-administered tests will be available to buy in store to complement the existing range of health supplements and well-being products which are already available to buy. 

Demeter Health Food and Nutrition, in Welles Street, has been taken over by Healthy Stuff Group. (Photo: Nub News)

Staff at the branch, who have all been retained, will also receive training to help customers take the tests in an on-site consulting room, which will be created later this year. 

Jason Wootton said: "We are absolutely delighted to be working with the team at Demeter Health Food and Nutrition which has been supporting the people of Sandbach with their health and well-being for decades. 

"We intend to support the company's existing offering completely, but believe we can enhance the customer experience through our testing so they can gain valuable insights into which products will help them improve their health. 

"Our tests, which are clinically proven and identical to those used by medical professionals, are in heavy demand, but we want to go one better and help the NHS by inviting people into our new store to take a test as part of a wrap-around service involving face-to-face consultation and access to health and well-being products. 

The shop will stock the same extensive range of products as before. (Photo: Nub News)

"We are thoroughly enjoying working alongside the staff at the store and we are learning more every day about this exciting market, which will be used to expand the group and develop further offerings to our current clients and partners." 

The company is making the move into bricks and mortar after doubling in size over the last year, thanks to a huge increase in demand for its industry-leading hair and finger-prick blood sample tests from people taking investigations into their medical symptoms into their own hands. 

The change in behaviour has been prompted by delays in seeing their GPs and people's awareness of the ease and convenience of home testing following the widespread use of lateral flow tests during COVID. 

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