Yep, we’re back with more awesome customer tips for saving while shopping at Whole Foods Market. You keep sending them, and we’ll keep picking best of the best tips to feature in our Whole Story blog. Customers with featured tips each receive a $25 gift card. Here are our three faves for this week. Don’t pass up your chance to see your tip here next week! Post it on The Whole Deal™.

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Summer is officially here and, to me, 4th of July celebrations seem like the perfect place to indulge in a bit of frozen fun. In this podcast, recipe developer Cindy Cuomo shares her ideas about frozen treats like innovative ice cream sandwiches, frozen fruit salads and red, white and blue sundaes. Popsicles and sparklers, anyone? Got a favorite 4th of July memory involving cold treats? I remember eating a whole can of black olives while waiting for the hand-cranked ice cream to freeze. A big bowl of ice cream on top of the olives made me sooooo sick! Listen in and share your memories.

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Come with us to Manhattan for a tour of natural hair care with one of the industry’s leading experts. Learn why caring for hair naturally is beneficial and what plant-based ingredients to look for depending on hair type: curly, straight or color-treated. John Masters has been a leader and innovator in the beauty care industry for more than 15 years. He is founder of John Masters Organics personal care products and salon in New York City.

In a wide ranging interview posted to his blog Chews Wise, Samuel Fromartz, author of Organic, Inc: Natural Foods and How They Grew, talked to Whole Foods Market CEO John Mackey about “the Wild Oats deal, rising food prices, the company’s soon-to-be-launched humane meat ratings system, and the prospects for sustainable seafood.” This is a great read for anyone interested in the natural foods industry and Whole Foods Market in particular. Make sure to read both parts of the interview.