This morning, I ran out of my house without eating breakfast. I know, I know. My mother would be terribly upset with me. Thankfully, I work at the Whole Foods Central office, located just above our flagship store in Austin, TX on Lamar Street. Woo, not only did I manage to scrap together a delicious breakfast for under $5 (vegan breakfast tacos and organic OJ!), but since Paige is out, I also got to pick this week’s The Whole Deal™ winner!
This week’s tip comes to us from Jeanne Delagardelle:
Once a week my husband shops at the Whole Foods near our home. He picks up everything we need for the week, and if a staple or non-perishable is on sale he really loads up. And about two or three times per week I walk to the Whole Foods that is about six blocks from my workplace. I pick up anything that he may have forgotten plus I get to take my time in the Whole Body aisles. I get some exercise and I get to do some good old-fashioned browsing. I love that Whole Foods puts out so many testers of the skin care products that they carry.
Great teamwork, Jeanne and yes – we are happy to let our guests test out our products before buying, whether it’s food or body care – all you have to do is ask. Keep those tips comin’!
For some value tips straight from our store, check out this Value Tour video with Jim Palladino of our Austin-Lamar flagship location. Team members give daily value tours to our guests, helping them find the best deals on our products around the store for their various needs – whether it be shopping for one, a family or a party. Check your local store’s online calendar and see when they offer value tours.
The prices mentioned were valid at the Lamar Whole Foods Market® store on 06/19/08. Prices are subject to change beyond that date at this store or at your nearest Whole Foods Market®.
It’s August and it’s hot! I don’t know about you, but the heat definitely inspires me to find cooler things to eat. Anything to keep me out of a hot kitchen. In this podcast, I talk with chef Michele Di Pietro who shares her tips for eating well while beating the heat. Listen in and then share your favorite no-cook recipes.
Many people “go natural” when they have a baby, but what about later on? If raising your kids “green” has proved to be a challenge, tune in for simple ways and reasons to choose natural products. This highly respected eco-entrepreneur talks about makeup, deodorant, toothpaste and supplements from her own mothering experience. Lynda Fassa is the founder of Green Babies, the oldest existing organic cotton clothing company on the planet, and author of Green Babies and Sage Moms.
Break out the pico de gallo and chips! The FDA is advising consumers that raw jalapeño and Serrano peppers grown in the United States ARE NOT connected with the current Salmonella St. Paul outbreak and consumers can eat them without concern of contamination. So we are back in business offering ONLY U.S. grown jalapeño and Serrano peppers. In our prepared foods, we are using U.S. raw jalapeño and Serrano peppers or canned, pickled or cooked varieties, which have been okay all along – only raw peppers were of concern. We remain in contact with our producers and are studying all government updates to stay on top of this issue. Read the rest of this entry »
Watch Secret Ingredient host Mark Law and Denver chef Elise Wiggins of Panzano prepare homemade pesto and pair it with grass-fed beef and a simple arugula salad.
Every week I see dozens of myths and misunderstandings about food and our company come across my desk, confused thoughts ranging from “Everything Whole Foods sells is organic” to “Canola oil is a secret poison” to “Whole Foods Market is owned by Paul Newman.” This is the first in a series of posts aimed at sharing – and clearing up – some of the more popular misunderstandings floating around out there. Through these examples, I’d like to illustrate the lengths we go to “do the homework” about natural foods and to make sure that there’s nothing in our products that you’d be surprised to find there. If you have any particular questions or topics you want to see covered, post a comment down below and let me know what you want to hear about.
Who we are and what we do
Look around near the doors of any one of our stores and you’ll likely find our commitment to “Selling the Highest Quality Natural and Organic Products Available” painted directly on the wall. This promise, the first of our company’s core values, seems simple at first glance, but becomes complicated once you start to consider the words “natural” and “organic” and what they really mean. I’ll save “organic” for another post, but what does “natural” mean, and who decides? Well, we do, and we take the job very seriously.
Hear more about issues surrounding our food supply in this podcast interview from last August with Slow Food founder Carlo Petrini centered around his book, Slow Food Nation: Why Our Food Should be Good, Clean, and Fair.
Today, In addition to our featured customer tip, we wanted to share some links to what other media folks are saying about Whole Foods Market’s pricing. Personally, we really liked this article in the Rocky Mountain News: “Natural Foods Grocer Offers Real Steals to Widen Appeal.” They do a price comparison between us and Sunflower Market, Safeway and King Soopers on items like ground beef, milk, eggs, etc. Guess who won?!
So, have you done any price comparisons yourself? What did you find? Post a comment here and let us know.
And keep posting your savings tips on The Whole Deal™. Tip of the week comes from Mary, who will receive a $25 gift card, and she says:
I love coupons and saving money as well. I feel sad when coupons are expiring without being used. So I started exchanging with friends or at work. We now have a pot where everybody puts unwanted coupons. Once a week (Friday), we open the box and everybody can take what is useful for them. It helps to save by buying only stuff that we need and still get coupons to save. It helps all as everybody has different needs.
On June 25th, we welcomed a new store in Reno, Nevada. There are many green aspects of our new store from skylights to new LED lights in frozen cases. One of the most exciting is a new partnership with Full Circle Compost and Hungry Mother Organics. At Whole Foods Market our sustainability goals include moving to zero waste by keeping organic waste out of landfills. Since the city of Reno doesn’t compost, Full Circle is going to take our food waste and make it into compost for us. Full Circle recycles organic waste into high quality soil amendments and custom soil mixes for the Reno area. Hungry Mother Organics is the nursery part of the business and uses the soil Full Circle produces to grow backyard garden starts and vegetables for local restaurants. My favorite part about Full Circle is that they are located at the Carson City Prison Work Farm. They use inmate labor to run the compost farm and the nursery. The prisoners get fresh air, learn job skills and get to eat all the fresh salad they want!
Mark of Hungry Mother Organics in his green house where compost from the food waste we send becomes part of the soil that grows these lovely tomato plants.
Vegetable scraps we send are placed in the giant worm box and the worms eat it to produce a nutrient rich fertilizer called worm castings.
Our first load of compost being dumped at Full Circle and Adesina sorting through it to see if our Team Members have learned the right things to put in the compost compactor.
When the weather gets hot, I never want to heat up the kitchen by cooking a bunch of stuff. Using quick cooking couscous (really just rehydrating) is always a great solution. In this podcast, nutritionist and recipe developer Alana Sugar shares the scoop on couscous and how we can incorporate it into our menus. Listen in and then share your favorite couscous recipe or dish.
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This morning, I ran out of my house without eating breakfast. I know, I know. My mother would be terribly upset with me. Thankfully, I work at the Whole Foods Central office, located just above our flagship store in Austin, TX on Lamar Street. Woo, not only did I manage to scrap together a delicious breakfast for under $5 (vegan breakfast tacos and organic OJ!), but since Paige is out, I also got to pick this week’s The Whole Deal™ winner!
Every week I see dozens of myths and misunderstandings about food and our company come across my desk, confused thoughts ranging from “Everything Whole Foods sells is organic” to “Canola oil is a secret poison” to “Whole Foods Market is owned by Paul Newman.” This is the first in a series of posts aimed at sharing – and clearing up – some of the more popular misunderstandings floating around out there. Through these examples, I’d like to illustrate the lengths we go to “do the homework” about natural foods and to make sure that there’s nothing in our products that you’d be surprised to find there. If you have any particular questions or topics you want to see covered, post a comment down below and let me know what you want to hear about.
