Whole Foods Market DID Bonnaroo!
by poplar, June 17, 2009 | Permalink
Whole Foods Market joined a long list of musicians and nearly 90,000 fans from all over the world at the 2009 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in Manchester, Tennessee, last weekend. We set up a store on the grounds of the festival in Planet Roo where we served up loads of 365 products and delicious items from our vendor partners, including Talenti Gelato, Greek Gods Yogurt, O.N.E. Natural Experience, Q.Bell all natural chocolates, and Lifeway Foods. Check out what some of our customers had to say over the course of the weekend in Planet Roo!
http://blog.wholefoodsmarket.com/2009/06/bonnaroo/
Journey to Bliss; The discovery of RAW
by poplar, June 6, 2009 | Permalink
We’re so happy to welcome Laura Button, creator of delicioius raw food, and founder of Journey to Bliss. Her food is now featured in our prepared foods prepack case, and it is being met with rave reviews. Valerie Hawkes, our carrot cake expert, who makes delicious carrot cake for The Otherlands in midtown, said that the Journey to Bliss raw, vegan carrot cake “is just awesome”. She said “it melts in your mouth and has the most amazing flavor”. There are also raw “cinnamon rolls” that are such a sweet treat minus the guilt of the giant baked and glazed cinnamon roll that we devour in the morning, and want to sleep off by lunchtime. My personal favorite is the cumin cauliflower, available by the pound in the deli case. It’s so refreshing, so light and has the best flavor- a spicy, zesty, middle eastern zing.
Laura is local to us in Memphis, so eating her delicious food is also helping to support local artisans and farmers! She will be visiting us on July 18th during our local fest to meet our customers and get everyone hooked on her delicious food. (Trust me, it won’t be hard!) Before you come in and meet her, take a look at this awesome farm-to-market clip. It tells you all about Journey to Bliss and really showcases Laura’s passion for good food and good health.
http://blog.wholefoodsmarket.com/2009/05/journey-to-bliss/
Laura works in Smyrna, TN., and sources food from local farms with the highest quality products. Journey to Bliss is passionate about sustainable agriculture and supporting local farmers. On a side note, she says she has been making food for over 30 years, which must mean one of two things; she started making food when she was negative 5, or there is something to be said for eating raw food! She looks so vibrant and healthy- it makes you really think about how we fuel our bodies…
From Laura: At Journey To Bliss, we make a line of prepared, raw, vegan food products under the brand name Intentional Food. We strive to employ every concept of “intention” in our products—from ethically obtained ingredients of the highest nutritional value, to sustainable packaging and business practices. We want to make food the center of everyone’s world so the quality standards of life itself can be raised to realize the full potential of every living being.
Enough said. I’m hooked and I know you will be too. The Memphis Raw group meets on the second Thursday evening of the month at 7pm in our community room. Please attend if you are interested in raw, new to raw, or an expert that wants to share knowledge! Our local fest is July 18th and will feature Laura’s amazing food, as well as other great local producers with products to share! See you there!
-Liza, Marketing Team Leader
