So the boy and I went to our favorite new grocery store Trader Joe's last night. I'm sure most of you are familiar with it, but in case you haven't had your own personal TJM (Trader Joe's Moment), allow me to give you the lowdown.
Trader Joe's offers the widest variety of organic, natural and non-processed foods and produce for the absolute lowest prices around. Sure there's Whole Foods and a litany of other local health food shops but they are generally overpriced, even in comparison to your average run-of-the-mill grocery store.
Anyhoo.. in our plight to be conscious consumers and shop at places and for products that are not only good for us but also for the environment, we decided to bring along a couple of our sustainable and reusable recycled plastic totes to carry our groceries home with! Upon seeing our highly eco-LOGICAL effort in bringing our own bags, the uber-friendly staff at the checkout counter entered us in a raffle to win LOADS of free goodies from the store!!
The raffle will be decided on later in the week, but the moral of the story here is that being kind to your environment often has its own secret hidden benefits! Even if your local supermarket doesn't honor you with raffle prizes, try to bring your own bags with you instead of wasting paper and plastic (it takes the Earth 10,000 years to break down a plastic bag, people!!)
If you can get to a Trader Joe's, they do sell their tote bags in-store. You can also get some nifty canvas bags here or plastic bags here.
Added bonus: FREE BAG!
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4 comments:
The Method give away has expired, BUT, most grocery stores carry these now, and they are usually only $1-$2!!!! I have a few and use them for more than just my grocery shopping. They are great to say, carry your contribution of homemade cookies to a party in ;)
Great job on the blog so far!
This isn't related to this particular blog post, but I figured I'd throw this out there for you to contemplate. My company is having a "Go Green, Get Green" contest, where the employees submit "innovative ideas to reduce waste in our offices and/or help raise awareness internally about green issues." There's a $150 prize, so if the winning idea comes from this blog I'd be more than happy to split it with you. Beyond that though, it's in the spirit of what you're doing and figure it'd make for an interesting topic for a future post.
How fantastic!! I'm overjoyed to hear that places of business are really making the effort to reduce their waste and boost their efficiency!! At my previous job, I personally instituted a number of GREEN ideas..
I think I smell a new post topic!! Now if I could only think of a terribly cheesy pun for the headline..
I had a terrible Trader Joe's experience. I found it over crowded, under stocked, and hard to find things. I do like the idea of the store though. I just can't believe I wanted graham crackers and they tried selling me lemon poppy wafers.
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