Come Shop With Me at Whole Foods (+ Share Your Natural & Organic Shopping Tips)
Several weeks ago, I had the opportunity to visit a Whole Foods and film a short video with the TODAY.com crew. Check out the video below to see how I snagged some fantastic deals on natural and organic products and then be sure to check out all the great natural and organic product coupons listed below.
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Natural and Organic Product Coupons
$0.55/1 any size or variety Nature’s Greens
Horizon Organic coupons (log in or register)
$1/1 any box Cascadian Farm cereal coupon – use zip 62946
$1.50/2 Organic Valley Milks, 64oz or Larger
$1/1 Dozen or 2 6-pk Orgnaic Valley Eggs
$1.50/2 Organic Valley Butters, 1lb or 8oz
$0.75/1 Earthbound Farm Organic product (log in/register)
$1/1 MorningStar Farms Veggie Foods product
$1.50/2 any Organic Mary’s Gone Crackers Products
$1/3 Good ‘n Natural bars
$0.65/1 bottle of C&H Organic Agave Nectar
$1/1 Udi’s Gluten-Free buns
$0.50 off Vidalia onions (5lb minimum loose or bagged)
+ More coupons found here!
Do you have any great tips for eating healthy on a budget and/or for shopping for natural and organic products? If so, please share them with us in the comments below. Thanks!
awesome video Collin!
Collin, you’re such a natural behind the camera! Thanks for the great tips on shopping at Whole Foods.
love it. you should be on tv.
Agreed! She is a natural plus the camera loves her! 🙂
Love the video. I always check out the sale items at Whole Foods – and try to pair it with a coupon when I can. I have also found that besides for good deals on bulk items you can often find a good deal on their store brand – 365. At the customer service counter (where they keep the sale flyer and extra coupons) I usually ask what items are the best deal for the week and have found the customer service ladies to be quite friendly to point me in the right direction! 🙂
Besides for Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s offers good prices on organic and natural products and although many of their items are their own brand, they will accept coupons on branded items.
I love Whole Foods by us. My family loves the boneless organic turkey breast. When it goes on sale, I purchase 2 or 3 extra ones for weeks later to enjoy. Also, our WF lets me combine their WF coupon with manufacturer coupon. I also try to purchase veggies and fruits that are on sale that week; stocking up for us to enjoy.
I live in a rural area where my only options are WM or Hy-Vee 45min away. However in the summer & fall the farmer’s market is amazing. This week I got beets for 0.40/lb, quarts of jam for $2, green onions 0.25 a bunch etc. I’ve learned how to freeze, dehydrate, & can for other seasons. The best part of the market is the people, they will tell you how to grow stuff & cook their items.
Wow those are great finds. Our market contains higher priced items so i usually stay away from them.
Hi just wanted to let you know you can put your green onions with roots in a glass of water on the window and they will grow for almost a month,so no need to purchase them often
That is so cool!!! Never heard of that.
wanted to hear how much you saved. 🙂
We don’t have a whole foods or anything like that nearby, however we do participate weekly in a coop type thing that provides us with a basket of veggies and a basket of fruit. It is wonderful. It’s called bountiful baskets (bountifulbaskets.org), it is a wonderful thing! Seems a bit pricey, $16.50 per week, however when you price out vegetables and fruit at the store it is pays for itself. They also offer different things that you can add on like bread, granola, extra veggies or fruit. The bread is fantastic and lasts so much longer than store bought bread.
Great job Collin! I looooved it!
Use catalinas or overage towards your organic foods. Write to organic companies expressing your interest in their product and politely ask if they can send any coupons. And of course keep an eye out for tearpads, blinkies, and spots next to the product for any coupons.
This was great – you did really well! (Although I must admit I kind of miss the goofier side of Collin-videos!)
no whole foods nearby either but wegmans and Bjs usually have great deals. The wegmans organic brand is very reasonable, like organic peanut or almond butter. Also, BJs has GREAT deals on things like organic agave syrup, applegate meat/cheese, cascadian farms, and muir glen products etc… mainly if you pair it with a BJs coupon and manufacturer coupon. Finally, if you eat dairy, you got to take advantage of the stonyfield coupons and rewards (stonyfield.com/rewards).
Oooooooh do I miss my Wegmans. You’re very lucky to have one nearby!! I used to live in Rochester NY and didn’t realize how much of a goldmine Wegmans was until I moved down south… and 10 years later I still find myself wishing I could still shop at Wegmans!!!
Oh how I miss Wegmans! I only moved a couple hours away, but the closest Wegmans is now almost a two hour drive. Everytime I walk into a Hannaford, I wish it would turn into a Wegmans.
That was fun! Thanks for sharing, Collin 🙂
My best tip for eating healthy on a budget is to make as much as you can yourself! You can save a bundle that way. I make my own yogurt (https://realfoodrealdeals.com/2012/06/02/homemade-yogurt/), ice cream sandwiches (https://realfoodrealdeals.com/2012/05/30/ice-cream-sandwiches/), and even Larabars (https://realfoodrealdeals.com/2012/05/10/homemade-larabars/). The possibilities (and the savings) are endless!
Whole Foods is coming soon to my area. Very excited. Meanwhile I’ve shopped at Kroger’s Natural Market area to get organic bargains when on sale and coupons doubled. But frequently I find organic surprises in the clearance section and a great price when I have a coupon that can be doubled!
So I haven’t tried it yet, but I have heard fabulous things about AzureStandard.com having great quality organic foods and really good prices or at least just as competitive as what I find in my local health food store.
Also, vitacost.com is a lifesaver when it comes to supplements. I save so much money using that website and the $10 coupons from referring friends. Definitely try it if you haven’t already!
I do my organic shopping at The Fresh Market believe it or not. It’s worth signing up for their emails. Every month, they have a few meats(sometimes dairy products too) on sale for the Tuesdays of that month. They’ve done half price on: boneless chicken breasts, ground chuck, pork loin, salmon, crab cakes, cage free eggs, almond milk, TFM frozen pizzas and more! They also have weekly sales papers and do AWESOME BOGO wine deals on Saturdays. They’re chicken breasts and chuck turn out to be $2.99/lb. That’s the same price as Publix, so….not as cheap as say Walmart, but a great price for organic meat!! Salmon was $5.99/lb. Eggs and milk – $1.50. TFM had a rep for being very pricey, but of you follow the sales, they make it affordable.
Love The Fresh Market as they will go out of their way to give you as little or as much veggies/fruits as you need even if it means breaking into already wrapped packages.
My best tip for organic veggies and fruit is to grow whatever you can yourself. Even if you only have a small backyard or a balcony, you could probably still grow a tomato plant, herbs, maybe even a small fruit tree or bush. They have these “bags” you can buy and fill with garden soil. You can grow tomatoes, potatoes, herbs, all kinds of stuff in them. If you have a place to compost the dirt, then you can easily store the bags for the next season.
We just added chickens to our yard, but I can’t say yet that they have paid for themselves. They haven’t started laying yet, but with as much as we have spent on their coop, equipment, and organic feed, they have a long way to go to pay their way. However, that’s not really the reason we got them. They are entertaining and we know what they have been eating and how they have been treated. We have 9 of them and are expecting about 3 dozen eggs a week so we’ll have a couple of dozen we can sell or trade.
about the onions……not only can you resprout the bottom but you can put them in soil in the garden or even a pot in a sunny window and they will regrow fully! then either cut the tops and let the bottoms stay in the ground or pull them up and do it all over again! you can also do this with leeks.
wow Collin U r a rising star ..U ll b famous !!!
great job – so professional – you really enjoy what you do – it shines right thru!
I don’t mind paying more money for organic food and products because I know they’re 10x better for me and more nutritious than conventional groceries. You seem like you’re interested in healthier eating…a book that really changed my life (and scared me!) was “The Omnivore’s Dilemma” by Michael Pollan. I highly recommend! Anyway, I rely on Whole Foods a lot during the winter (for which I use the Whole Foods website/flier for coupons and sales in addition to Common Kindness and FB coupons), but the spring/summer/fall is when the farmer’s markets open and they have the FRESHEST (and often reasonably priced) food. I also save money by buying pre-potted organic herbs. They practically pay for themselves after minimal grooming and upkeep, even if only grown in small spaces.
Great video! Thanks!
I have recently started selling Wildtree…which are healthy, all natural, preservative free foods that make cooking EASY, DELICIOUS and best of all…HEALTHY!!! If you check out my website, you will see that if you compare serving sizes to average store products…ours are very comparable and sometimes, even cheaper!!! If anyone is interested…my website is http://www.wildtree.com/amymoleski Loved the video!!! THANKS!!!
I think you’ve already gotten some organic buying down since you’ve started posting deals about Vitacost and Abe’s Market, which are great places for getting organic items on the cheap.
You should really look into deals on organic co-ops… like Full Circle, LocalHarvest and Bountiful Baskets. There are a ton of co-op opportunities for organic produce if you run a Google search, and occasionally you’ll find offers via Groupon, Living Social, or Amazon Local. I would highly take advantage of deals like that!
Farmer’s markets are a great place for shopping produce since they tend to be cheaper and you can ask the growers what they use. Great for greens. I wouldn’t recommend buying organic “peeled” fruits or vegetables like bananas, limes, oranges, etc. since I find it pretty pointless… college organic chemistry has taught me organic/non-organic doesn’t make a difference with tough peeled fruits and vegetables. Might as well go cheaper on those!
One thing to note about organic: It does tend to spoil quickly. So if you buy it, make sure you plan on eating it within a week.
Whole Foods is a great place for couponning since some stores allowing you to stack their store coupons with manf. coupons (this varies per store). My store allows overage as well, so I can use it on their produce or meat. I’ve posted 3 blog posts recently about how I coupon at Whole Foods which can be found here:
My Coupon Trip at Whole Foods
https://watercooler.ilovetogossip.com/2012/05/couponing-at-whole-foods-is-possible/
Free ThinkThin and Cheap Cliff Bars
https://watercooler.ilovetogossip.com/2012/06/hot-deals-on-thinkthin-crunch-bars-and-cliff-bars-at-whole-foods/
Cheap Tofu after Coupon Stack at Whole Foods
https://watercooler.ilovetogossip.com/2012/06/nasoya-black-soybean-tofu-0-82-each/
Mambo Sprouts has manf. coupon booklets for organic foods that can be picked up at a store if you search through this link:
https://www.mambosprouts.com/free-coupons/find-coupons/
You did awesome Collin. 🙂
Nice job Collin! Maybe you can do a Trader Joe’s video too? They are coming to Albany, NY in a few months – yay! I do love your less-edited videos as well 🙂
I don’t have a whole foods nearby but I do shop @ sprouts here in AZ. Great prices on organic produce & the best part is there are coupons for some organic produce i.e. earthbound, driscolls. There’s also coupons for this store on recyclebank ($5/$40 sprouts). Thank you for showing people that you can eat healthy & still save $$ with the use of coupons. I know there are a ton of coupons out there for processed “unhealthy” foods & its super easy to get a ton of freebies if you buy this junk but I choose to steer clear from these “foods” since it’ll end up costing you more in the end with health care costs…
Go to farmer’s markets an hour before closing. The farmers are more willing to barter with you on the price as they want to take as little of their merchandise back with them as possible.
I always hear that but the markets in CA don’t do that. Or least not the ones near me. lol
So cool that some do though.
I just went to Whole Foods on Monday. I bought 4 Think Thin bars, 2 Mojo Clif bars, 2 boxes of Nature’s Path granola bars, and Seeds of Change Spanish rice. I stacked coupons for all the items and spent $4.69! I think the boxes of bars are regularly around $4 each so not too bad. I also do a lot of my shopping in the Natural Market section at Kroger’s. They mark down stuff a lot and the store I go to doubles $1 coupons (Davison, MI)!
Great video Collin! 🙂
Collin!!! Can I have your autograph?!? LOL 🙂 Great job, as usual!
I love some of the Whole Foods items but on average even with coupons, its still more money than Sprouts, Trader Joes, etc..
I wish our whole foods accepted a stre coupon and amanufacturers coupon like a lot of them do but apparently So. Cal Whole foods don’t. Oh well.
Loved the video!
My Whole Foods in NJ also doesn’t accept a store and manufacturers coupon together.
Im all about Traders Joes! The selection is smaller than Whole Foods, but so are the prices!! Great deals on wine, snack foods, cards, and much more!