Whole Foods Market Ft. Lauderdale January, 2010 Events

Whole Foods Market

2000 N. Federal Highway

Ft. Lauderdale, FL  33305

(954) 565-5655

Contact: Marcea Cazel, Marketing Specialist

Email: marcea.cazel@wholefoods.com

 

For Immediate Release

 

Whole Foods Market Ft. Lauderdale January, 2010 Events 

 

Holiday Hours

New Year’s Eve: 8am to 9pm

New Year’s Day: 10am to 10pm

 

Whole Foods Market Ft. Lauderdale is on Facebook and Twitter! 

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Damage Control

Friday, January 1

Your head is pounding, your mouth tastes like wallpaper paste, and gravity seems to have taken the day off. Welcome to the morning after. You have a hangover, and there is only one thing you can do to restore your will to live … stop by our Whole Body Department and beg for help. We have Ginger capsules for nausea, Emergen-C packs to replace lost electrolytes and Energy-Shots with Yerba Mate to get you moving again!

Shop with us January 1^st and the first 100 customers  will receive a free packet of Tangerine Emergen-C!

 

 

 

 

 

 

FLIPANY Fun Run

Saturday, January 9

Whole Foods Market is a sponsor of the 4^th annual Memorial Healthcare Systems FLIPANY Fun Run. Located at the boardwalk on Hollywood Beach, there will be a USATF certified 5k and 10k run.  In addition to the run the NFL Play 60 Zone will be on site from 10am to 12pm and children will be able to participate in activities and meet Miami Dolphins football players.   In addition to supplying fruit and water to the race participants and the ingredients for the pancake breakfast, Whole Foods Market will have a tent onsite where we’ll be handing out samples to attendees.  For more information or to register for the run visit www.flipany.org. 

 

This Is My Year . . . Event

Saturday, January 16

10am to 2pm                        Free

Is this your year to learn to cook?  To choose organic? To know your food or save without compromise?  We’ll have demos throughout the store that will introduce you to products that will help you start your new year off on the right foot.  Stop by and learn if this will be your year. 

 

Savvy Shopper Tour: Healthy Bodies, Healthy Budgets

Thursday, January 21

5:30pm to 6:30pm              Free

Would you like to start the New Year eating healthier but you aren’t sure how and you aren’t sure it’s in your budget?  No matter if you’ve never shopped at Whole Foods Market or you’re here all the time – this is the tour for you.  We’ll take a tour of the store, teach you about how to locate items on sale, point out our private label products and explain what products we allow in our stores.  We’ll also sample some recipes throughout the store that you can incorporate into your new diet.  Registration for this event is required – to register please call (954) 565-5655. This tour is limited to 15 customers so be sure to register today. 

 

Wine Dinner at Himmarshee Restaurant

Monday, January 25

6:30pm                                  $59 (includes tax and tip)

In 2010 Whole Foods Market Ft. Lauderdale and Himmarshee Restaurant will be hosting a themed wine dinner every fourth Monday from January to October.  Our theme for January is comfort foods and value wines.  We’ll have a 4 course meal with great comfort foods prepared by the Himmarshee chef served along with great value wines from the store.  All of the wine dinners take place at Himmarshee Restaurant in downtown Ft. Lauderdale.  To register or for more information please call Himmarshee at (954) 524-1818.

 

 

 

NFL Alumni Caring for Kids Day

Saturday, January 30

Whole Foods Market Ft. Lauderdale is a sponsor of NFL Alumni Caring For Kids Day. Taking place at Esplanade Park, Caring For Kids Day supports the American Heart Association and is a great way to run, walk or just have fun right before the Pro Bowl in Miami.  Whole Foods Market will be providing the fruit for the walk/run participants and will have a tent onsite handing out samples to attendees.  For more information or to register for the race visit www.caringforkidsday.com.

 

 

About Whole Foods Market:

Founded in 1980 in Austin, Texas, Whole Foods Market (www.wholefoodsmarket.com), a leader in the natural and organic foods industry and America’s first national certified organic grocer,  was named “America’s Healthiest Grocery Store” in 2008 by Health magazine. The Whole Foods Market motto, “Whole Foods, Whole People, Whole Planet”™ captures the company’s mission to find success in customer satisfaction and wellness, employee excellence and happiness, enhanced shareholder value, community support and environmental improvement. Thanks to its 53,000 Team Members, Whole Foods Market has been ranked as one of the “100 Best Companies to Work For” in America by FORTUNE magazine for 12 consecutive years. In fiscal year 2008, the company had sales of $8 billion and currently has more than 275 stores in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Whole Foods Market, Fresh & Wild™, and Harry’s Farmers Market® are trademarks owned by Whole Foods Market IP, LP.  Wild Oats® and Capers Community MarketTM are trademarks owned by Wild Marks, Inc.