Vote With Your Pocketbook: Great Finds at the Grocery Store

 

We really do vote with our pocketbooks! The money we spend for an item will bring changes in the grocery store. I am noticing this as I shop, and it encourages me to spend a little more for an item I want to keep in the store.

Here are some great finds:

Stores:

Aldies has organic lettuce and spinach! (Hopefully, your local Aldies does too.) I love Aldies for their low prices, so I was thrilled when I saw organic options. Right now, I don't have any lettuce or spinach in my garden. (I killed the lettuce in my cold-frame.) They also had fair trade dark chocolate, organic chicken broth, organic diced tomatoes, and organic bananas. The cashier said, "If you want the organic things to stay, people need to buy them." 

 

Weis Markets is getting a larger organic section. They also have great Feta and Parmesan cheese in blocks, without added ingredients. This is one of my latest changes.  It takes a little more work and money, but is worth every penny. Feta cheese with black olives on a salad is delicious.

Miller's Country Store in Hanover, PA is a wonderful store for flours, grains, beans, honey, coconut oil, yeast, and nuts. They have great prices. They are moving closer to Hanover, so it may be worth the trip for some of you.

Brands:

Heinz ketchup now has organic ketchup and Simply Heinz which does not have high fructose corn syrup.

Wasa crackers and Triscuit original only have a few good ingredients. (Most crackers have all kinds of crazy ingredients)

Mainly, as Michael Pollan says in his book In Defense of Food, go for the potatoes, vegetables and fruit, which will not be advertised with big signs claiming low fat or low sugar. Yet, these are the best finds in the market. Remember, vote with your pocketbook.

Do you know of some healthy finds at your grocery store?