This Zero Waste Grocery Store Has it All - FULL TOUR of a Package Free Shop
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 พ.ย. 2022
- In this video, we tour a package-free grocery store to see how it works! Stores like this are popping up all over the place, but it can be a bit intimidating to know what to expect and to figure out how to take home items without any packaging. Anna from bare market shows us all the sections in the store while also doing a sample grocery shop along the way.
bare market is a one-stop shop for package-free goods and grocery in Toronto, Canada. They have low-waste personal care products like hair brushes, dish brushes, and menstrual and shaving products. They have bulk shampoo, conditioner, lotion and body wash, cleaners, DIY ingredients, and more. On the food side, they have everything from fresh produce, frozen foods, bulk grains, nuts, pastas and snacks, as well as a closed-loop cafe.
You can follow and find out more about bare market in Toronto here:
baremarket.ca/
/ baremrkt
Shopping at stores like this makes it easier to live a low waste lifestyle and to take small steps towards zero waste and a more sustainable future with less plastic garbage polluting the earth :)
Special thank you to Anna and the bare market team for making this video with us!!
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I too think using the term " low-waste " as opposed to "zero-waste" is a lot more realistic and encouraging. I love stores like these and hope more open up. 💚
Its weird that the title is zero waste when Anna said low waste.
@@chocolateeyeddog1242 IDK why either, but maybe because zero-waste is a more widely used term? 🤷🏻♀️
Zero Waste is the goal, hard to do but so many tried.. at least.. some people are striving, struggling out rather than not trying at all.
When someone says that you "nailed it" do they actually mean you've used nails in the process? No.
In the same way term "Zero Waste" does not mean zero in absolute sense, but rather a lifestyle aiming for better.
See 7:20
We used to call shops like this, 'the whole foods store'...'the health food store'...or 'the co-op'...until the big places took over and pushed all the little corner market shops out. It's not a new idea, but I'm glad to see it coming back.
I really appreciate her approach. Sometimes I feel intimidated to go to a place like this, because I feel like I’m being looked down on if I am not at the employees level of “eco-friendliness” or “zero waste lifestyle.” But she understands that if you are open to where people are at and see that they are trying to move in the right direction, that they will feel more comfortable and are more likely to take those good steps towards a low-waste lifestyle. They place also just looks really neat. Would love to have a place like this near me.
It's amusing to see that while growing up in 80s and 90s India, all our local grocery store use to be packages free or semi package free. Grains, lentils, beans, to Sugar and other edibles used to be stored in bulks and you could buy them and pack them in your own cotton bags.
I can feel that. seems like the life in 80s are more sustainable and healtheir. and now we are trying to live a life that's 30 years ago.
I like her balanced perspective on low waste vs zero waste. You can can tell she has a deep passion & understanding for the low waste lifestyle!
I would be careful not to misgender this... Well, you know. Honestly, we don't know what this is. It could be anything. You need to be careful to not offend. Make sure, next time, you ask this unknown identity it's identity, before you assume their identity. Do you understand? This is important!
This goes back to the days when food came in barrels and huge cloth bags, like flour; when we used paper, canvas and cloth instead of plastic. Those days were when we re-used, repaired and recycled everything instead of replacing. People are learning "the good old days" were actually better in many ways.
This is gonna sound weird but I’ve always wanted to there to be a show where everyone had to “survive” in the olden days of trading with goods and services. The closest was a SyFy show called “Opposite Worlds” where a house was split in half, future vs past.
I looove that you can buy only the grapes that you need! I find it so annoying that grapes come in huge bags at the grocery store or farmer's market, and I can rarely finish the bag before they go bad. I also love shopping at refilleries because when I'm trying a new shampoo or skincare product, I can buy only a small amount to try it out, and if I don't love it, I don't have a big bottle sitting around that I will end up throwing out or trying to give away to a friend. It actually makes it fun to try new products instead of feeling like a gamble & a waste of money.
Stores don’t mind you only taking some. You’re obviously not supposed to pick each grape off the stem, but if a bag has like 3 clumps of grapes , you can take one out and into your own reusable bag or plastic bag . It even helps others who also want less.
One of my grocery stores even offers 1/2 melons or other fruit/ veg if a person asks
Have you ever tried frozen grapes? I love them as a snack, especially in the summer. Just take them off the bunch and put on a rimmed cookie sheet in a single layer. Once they are frozen, put in a container in the freezer and take out as many as you need whenever you have a taste for grapes. They never go bad and even some of the less perfect ones taste great!
I do that too!! The same with bananas: once they get too ripe, I freeze them and dip them in PB &Choc to make the perfect sweet snack! Good for the planet, my health, my pocket, my waist AND my self-reliance! ♻️🚀
@@emotionsin5d Yes, I do that also but have mostly used the bananas for banana bread. Like your method better since I hardly ever make banana bread 😁so they just take up space in my small freezer. Will try this!
@@sbffsbrarbrr I have done this with concord grapes but never with standard red grapes - don't know why this never occurred to me. Thanks for the tip!
According to Anna the title of this video should be changed, in all fairness to LOW WASTE instead of ZERO WASTE.
such an excellent concept. Thanks for bringing us this video/store.
I live in South Africa and it is an extremely wasteful society but things are changing albeit very slowly 🌿
I'll corroborate your story as an ex SAffer for 37 years from childhood. Beautiful country, but wonton destruction and waste.
Agreed. Change it
Agreed. It was MOST DEFINITELY a waste of my time.
There's a place in Boulder Colorado called Naked Foods, everything that needs packaging comes in glass jars. When your done with the food inside, you just bring back the jar and they wash, sanitize and reuse the jar. That way the customers are not handling any of the foods. I wish there was a place like this in my town.
One of the coolest practical shops I've seen. It is very well-thought of, carefully laid out shelving and alleys, well-stocked up and truly environment-friendly. I hope we'll see more of this kind of grocery shops in many more locations worldwide.
This is incredible. I live in a corner of the UK where I never thought I'd find a package-free grocery store, but it turns out there's one in the city just next to my town! I'm amazed at how diverse the food selection is, and their website shows incredible prices (less than £1 per 100g for most items they sell, with a few herbs, spices and teas being the exceptions to the rule). I can't wait to start shopping there
I wish them and their customers the best! I'm so happy to finally have a store like this near me; the store smells amazing, the customers are happy, the employees are friendly & treated well too.
Anna’s enthusiasm for a low waste lifestyle is infectious. I like her message of everyone trying to eliminate waste in one area is a great start. We started with refilling our dish and hand soap and it just keeps growing from there.
@@anastasiathehiphopfairy But you shouldn't also buy into the biggest polluters' strategy of "personal responsibility" to cloak the real problem, them and capitalism
This is wonderful! I hope her business is successful long term. Her head and heart are in the right place. I hope it catches on with the mainstream. What's interesting to me is that this seems like such a forward-thinking concept, yet this is probably how people shopped for these kinds of products prior to the industrial revolution. Fresh foods. No wasteful packaging. Take only what you want/need and pay by weight or individual item. Brilliant! If a store like this opened near me and it was affordable, I'd absolutely shop there.
This is the coolest store. There is a bulk store near me and they use local sources and I love it. Anna's enthusiasm is FANTASTIC! I really enjoyed it. Wishing her success at her store.
Wow this store is amazing. We definitely need more stores like this one in the world. It was great to see you Danielle. Thanks Mat and Danielle ❤
Love this! I only wonder if there is something to put around the bread… it’s not washable and has gone from the shelf to the cart, to the counter, to the etc. etc. etc. not to mention it’s transport to the store from the baker… too many hands and surfaces… maybe a biodegradable paper wrap??
Literally went there today for the first time thanks to this video! Thanks guys!
That's awesome, hope you enjoyed it and thanks for checking out the video :)
WE NEED THIS! I wish I could refill my laundry detergent or shampoo bottles.
I live in Texas and don’t know if I’ll ever see a grocery store like this but I absolutely love the idea!!
I hope one or MORE comes to Phoenix!
There's one in Wichita Falls called Re:Supply! I would love to shop there, but being over 3 hours away makes it impractical.
Glad to see that Canada is finally on board with this. We've had these popping up in France for around 5 years now. They're called épiceries en vrac and are very popular💞🙏
Really? I've shopped like this in Canada for 45 years!
Then even better!🙏
This is how the future should be. I hope that the search for such 0-waste markets will increase as soon as possible. As the search grows, chips and similar items (which we normally buy in small packs) come in larger paper/plastic packs or cardboard boxes from the manufacturer. This means less and almost zero waste, and more energy savings. Thank you for doing and sharing such a project. 🙏❤
This is all great! I've lived in a couple towns where we had a similar store, although not this big. Sadly, these stores are not widely available in some areas (southwestern Oregon, for example). I don't know where I would find the nearest waste-free store, at least 200 miles away. I loved it when I could take some of my own packaging for grocery. This is definitely the direction we as a species need to be moving.
This store looks so awesome - thanks for showing me this!
We love to shop our local farm to avoid packaging
Grocery stores such as this one are very popular in Europe, particularly France, where they use the term "en vrac" to signify that they sell items in bulk. It would be great for the planet if everyone could adopt a zero waste lifestyle. However, specialty stores such as this one tend to be more expensive. I will take my mesh produce bags and canvas bags to the supermarket, which is much cheaper. I will admit that I'm still buying a lot of items packaged in plastic. Not everyone can afford to live eco-friendly, but we can all do something to preserve our planet, and collectively, those small gestures add up to something bigger.
what a great idea, I hope they put more stores like this in many more states
I really like this. These stores are always such a nice experience as well. You can shop, you can chat. I love it
Man, I would totally shop at a place like this! I hope it becomes mainstream
This way of shopping is so great! I hope it will become mainstream. I visited my daughter in France and she found a store similar to this run by a young couple. They provide the containers (you return them when picking up your next order) to be washed and sterilized. You can also place an order online and pick up your order (sometimes on the same day!) We need more stores like this to encourage everyone to reduce the packaging waste from their homes.
Love this! One doesn’t always need a pound of grapes!
What a passion! The store looks awesome ♥️
Thanks for sharing guys - definitely going to check Bare Market out this week!
so many ideas, so many questions..but also so inspiring!
What a great concept! It makes me think of how I can reduce my waste/packaging when I shop. Like bring my own net/bag to put my produce in...thx for this,I hope it catches on!
What a beautiful store! 2 words I never would have thought go together. TFS!
I love this, all stores should adopt this
Had worked at a food Co-Op in Fort Collins Co....established 1972. So so so good to see a torch carried-how ever its labelled-generations have been trying for this to become main stream and grand parents had virtually no packaging in small stores back in the day. They made clothing from the fabric of the flour bags, etc. Hope we get back to sustainability-clean, pure living. KUDOS....here's to modernizing what we all already know...and expanding it! xoxo...
I love this concept. I'm lucky enough to live in an area with a co-op that has a pretty good size bulk section ad they're pretty good about carrying minimal packaging.
thanks for sharing this!! when I get things, I usually just want 1 or 2 servings (especially with hummus) so this is sooo ideal.
Loved Anna's passion for showing us their store!
Here in Germany lots of zero waste stores had to close because of a lack of costumer. Rising prices and online shops offering foods in large cquantities are kinda the main killers. You can’t really base your business model on people buying small amounts of anything can you?
Ding ding ding! We have a winner here!
Yeah, I think it would also be an Option if they would offer some meat Products, like starting a corporative with their local butcher. Through that, they could attract a larger amount of customers and perhaps then they could stay open for a longer period. But in the long run, I don't really see a future for this business model. There's just not enough profit that's made. The prices are rising and people rely on low price products in supermarket because many cants afford to go shopping these shops. For example, the little brush head she showed at the beginning, u can get around 4 of those at a normal supermarket, for the price you're paying at this package free store.
I want to support this amazing enthusiastic person!!!!!
Love love love this 😍
I love the idea that I could buy a pump bottle of soap and then REUSE the bottle when it's empty instead of chucking it or recycling it. I love that thought. I'd love for more of these types of stores to pop up around me. Sadly there are none so far.
Love this!! I want every store like this in the future!
I absolutely love the mug donation. I saw something similar in Arizona
This is amazing - we need more of this kind of thing in Australia.
A concept that cannot become mainstream quickly enough! Love this!
I always thought it would be great to have either dried, freeze dried, or frozen pasta veggie and sauce chip options to create your own frozen dinners like a cereal buffet. Or do the same thing with different types of cereal different types and amounts of dried ingredients like raisins dried peaches freeze dried strawberries things like that that you could pick and add to your own packaging at your whim
LOVE this!!
I love this! I wish these were in more cities!
this concept is so cool. i wish it was everywhere!
This looks very cool!❤ I wish there was a store like this where I live!
I love this! Wish they had these everywhere! I’m gonna google and try to find a store like this in San Diego! I actually have always loved collecting glass bottles of all kinds! I’d absolutely love going to places like this. Keep up the great environmental work💚
So impressed and hope to see this all over.
Love this! I’ve never had any desire to buy a franchise but I would if they did this!
What a brilliant store. I like everything about it. I am genuinely heartbroken I live in England and not Toronto.
Please open some of these in Upstate NY! I'd love to have more low waste options for grocery shopping. 😍
Amazing ! That you saw just one example of a low waste store and you went with idea to do it yourself 👏. The world has a chance at another go round with the desire your generation has on future thinking. Doing something like this brings like-minded people to do the same, perhaps putting different spins on a new concept, exponentinates it even further! I will try to do more my share of trying new ways to shop. For instance, instead of using store provided plastic bags, bringing my own small brown paper lunch bags for my bulk purchases at Sprouts. If asked, I'll just say I saw it on TH-cam😊. I'll spread the word around on this end👍!
Such a beautiful calm store I would never get sensory overload in there!
Interesting. I was thinking of going packaging free. Would definitely try a store like this.
The reason I’m interested is to reduce waste and end garbage service. Compost food waste such as peels and shells. Reduce or eliminate packaging and use reusable glass/metal stuff.
Basically almost all garbage is packaging. If you can erase packaging you can save $50/mo and feel good karma lol.
She's back!
amazing you have the savoury and sweet snacks in bulk
I have never seen chips package free!! that is pretty awesome.
This is amazing 😊
Omg I love this, I wish something like this was near me
They need to open more of these stores.
Love this idea. I am excited to shop at this store. However, home is Prince George Canada 🇨🇦.
I travel pretty much full time in my van home. This winter I have grounded myself to home base.
Package free, low waste is what I have been wishing for.
I hope this becomes the norm, sooner than later.
For areas outside of Toronto, the Bulk Barn often has bring your own container shopping.
I love her enthusiasm I just wish I had that for most things in my life 😅
Anyway this is amazing I hope this goes global and really common soon and I hope the products aren't too expensive anymore compared to regular groceries
Terrific idea!!
I'd love one of these in Austin!! Amazing!
Beautiful shop! I wish I could sell my soaps in there!
The key message (as you stated) is the masses making small changes to reduce waste and not a few people doing zero waste.
We have something like this, but not quite as extensive. It would be nice to see more of this. I love the idea of filling olive oil straight into the bottle.
I wish I lived in Toronto, that store looks amazing 😊
Merci beaucoup pour ce partage, c'est vraiment une très belle boutique qui donne envie de venir faire ses achats et de se poser pour boire un bon café;🤩 bon pour l'instant je suis trop loin mais qui c'est un jour peut-être .... un bonjour du Sud de la France
How do the items get to the shop? Are they really packaged stuff that is just unpacked to sell at a marked up price?
Exactly what I wondered. Are costumers paying for the "labor" of unpacking?
-Think it's wonderful and resourceful.
Love it! Nothing drives me crazy like buying shampoo in plastic bottles or laundry soap… I would give anything to purchase shampoo and conditioner like this!
Bare Market looks gorgeous! I remember these bulk buy stores in NZ growing up in the 60's, they made a comeback in the 80's.
To create a safe (govt standard of hygiene) and attractive environment such as this takes money, big money.. I'd love to know the cost of the design and shop fit..
Logically this cost gets passed on to the customer.. That's why you don't see stores this visually appealing in your average suburb or shopping mall. I would definitely shop here - when I win the lottery
I'd support a store like this without question near me if the prices were comparable or better yet, competitive!
What a cool store, i wish we had it here❤
Waiting for these package free shops to be widely available and a norm in Singapore!
Package free grocery store, what a great idea! It's probably going to take another 10 years until we get one here in Edmonton : (
What an intelligent approach
IF ONLY THE GOVT WOULD STANDARDIZE GLASS JARS!!!
I sure wish we had stores like this in pasco co. in FL.
I wish we had something like this where I live. Though one of the things I was hoping to see is reusing shampoo bottles, dish soap, laundry detergent bottles and soap pumps. The plastic is there, why throw it out before it is unusable and buy new eco friendly packaging that uses resources and uses fuel to make it? It keeps it out of landfills, is easier to carry and less breakable. I would be really happy to see the major brands go to refilling the bottles they sell and selling bottles only sporadically so people have to bring them in to buy detergent. They could put pretty designs so that you’d want to keep these containers.
Ahhhh amazing
Back to the 50s! Cool!
Thank you for your low-waste business
Interesting. I was wondering how you do oils and vinegars. Wish there was a place like this near me.
i would love to have a store like this near me!
Great idea
This is awesome
After watching this amazing video, it feels like the post title needs an update. I look forward to when this is the norm in all stores and manufacturing.
If I were to have my own business, this would be it! Love this concept!!
I love this! Wish I lived in Canada lol