Hey Charlotte Low ! Absolutely. For example, today I looked for some chia seeds at the grocery store - almost 6chf! I bought the same amount in bulk and organic for 1.45chf :) About 15% of the price usually is for packaging, so you reduce that automatically and also since the store is buying in massive quantities they get it for a cheaper price! I'm young and on a budget and I found switching to bulk has freed up my money for other fun stuff :)
Alexis McGivern oh really? (I dunno where your comments went) did you try going to Grand Frais (its in the pays de gex, French side) they have pretty good products but I don't think they are waste free...
Love this video. Too bad this type of shopping hasn't made it to Texas (as of yet). I would so prefer shopping like this!!! Also, what material are your produce bags made of?
Bethany C - I know of the one in Austin. Just a 3 hour drive is a bit much for me. LOL I'm up closer to DFW-Waco area. Texas needs a lot more of these.
It's called Nature en Vrac and it's in Geneva, Switzerland!! And don't worry, you can buy loads more pasta than that!! We just took enough for 1 night :)
Love love love this! I've been trying to find ways to go zero waste (which is easier said than done when you live in the city and you're a full time student) and you gals make it so simple! Thank you for the inspiration :)
I know that Van Life and Zero Waste are different things. I have been using all of your tips with my time on the road, and I love them!! I have been on the road with my girlfriend since May last year and we have been looking for ways to use less and be less wasteful while out here. My girlfriend is the one who found you guys and we have not stopped watching since. Thanks for you vids and being great! Love from the road, Felix Rose and Emmalyn
So cool that you can buy liquid soap in bulk. Hopefully more stores can start offering bulk shopping like this to encourage more people to bring their own containers and save on packaging. Thanks for sharing!
It was so fun to see the bulk store and fancy grocer- looked like a dream! I'm officially inspired to say goodbye to plastic bags where I can! It would be more helpful to get tips on shopping with less waste in a more normal grocery store that most of us use. I would love to watch you shop through one and do what you can!
These videos are amazing!! We're currently moving to Japan and the downsizing process is really making us think about changing our lifestyle and working towards zero waste
Very nice bulk store! I wish Indonesia has a bulk store for bodywash and such. For groceries/produce I'm thankful for our traditional market, not as clean assupermarket but we can bring our own bags and jars and bottles.
Okay, du coup je viens de réaliser que vous êtes en Suisse... actuellement je suis aux USA pour une année d'échange et c'est pourquoi je suis tombée sur votre video en anglais! J'adore ce que vous faites, je trouve ça tellement inspirant! En voyant tout ce que vous faites, j'ai envie de changer mes habitudes, ce que je vais essayer de commencer maintenant mais pour sur, quand je reviendrai en suisse, je ferai tout dans mon possible pour changer ma façon de consommer ! J'espère vraiment que je pourrai vous rencontrer un jour juste parce que vous être adorables est que actuellement je suis trop contente d'être tombée sur votre chaine!
I wish we had such great bulk stores near me. so many things are prepackaged like grapes strawberries, raspberries. same with shampoo and such. maybe someday well have such great stores. thanks for the video!!
I think I could spend all day in that beautiful bulk store! Wish we had one of those around here. I think it would get more people excited about living a minimal waste lifestyle if it were made more fun. It's quite a daunting endeavor
I feel ya girl. I think I’m going to do a 360 video of it to maybe inspire other bulk stores ☺️ It was really cute and fun right? Maybe it’s getting images of it out there to inspire others! They don’t have any social media.
This is the second video of yours I've seen, and until you walked into the store and I saw all the French labels, I 100% thought you were American. Your American English is so good!!!
aah too bad any stores even remotely like that in my country charge an arm and a leg for stuff, just found this channel and I am in love, you gals are very inspirational
As a nursing major, I’m just worried about the sanitation? I mean, I guess the boiling process will kill *most* bacteria. I’m just a little neurotic when I comes to germs. Love the idea of no waste, though. I’m trying to do my part in college by reusing my containers and bags when I shop. My college uses little plastic cups for food, I try not to use them, but when I do, I sneak them (and my friends’ cups) back to my room and I wash them and use them to hold my water when I paint. I love your videos, you don’t seem to judge people, just as long as people are trying their best, that seems to be what matters.
As an Italian I was freaking out to see you were using avocado to make pesto, but then I saw the quantity of waste you produced and I felt in peace, great job 👏🙌
amazing work you two! i always always carry reuseable shopping bags with me and i never accept paper or plastic shopping bags because i always want to use my own bags! I hate when people give me trouble about it! doesnt make sense to get a shopping bag, just to be recycled or thrown away! :) thanks for this vid, im going to try and find some reusable produce bags soon!
You can just memorize/learn the produce/bulk codes or jot them down (make a list of your most commonly purchased). The cashier can type them in at the register & weigh them on the register scale so you don't HAVE TO print out the sticker at all.
I think about zero waste but most of product they are import from another land. think about how much fossil they use to trasport all this product? my idea is to make most of things from ur home and ur homeland product. Think about people they were live 1900 without all facilities that we have today.
That's a really good point. But then you think of countries like Australia where half the country is very very dry and is it ethical for us to grow rice (we do but it's just stupid) or cotton - and use so much water? I think in some instances trade is a good thing, since we can't change the weather!
Where are you from? Hi, I'm mexican and l saw that you bought a tortilla and in the grocery store there was a calaverita and is and it's really interesting to see how they are in touch with my culture.
Hey Sarah! Try to go to normal grocery stores (as we did) and search for as much unpackaged goods as possible! Every little helps :) p.s. check out "treading my own path" - an Aussie zero waste blog! I hope it gives you some area-specific tips!
Sarah Levett When buying on average supermarket, if you can't find some things without packaging, you should but those with recyclable one (paper bag, etc). Recycling is one part of zero waste, even if the first point is to reduce the waste at the source.
I just subscribed. Where I live there's not nice organic stores like this. The closet organic and natural grocery store is 30 minutes away. I live in the USA 🇺🇸
Hey Brookie! I live in Switzerland so not sure how good of advice I can offer from over here: but do you know the brand Whole Foods? Often they provide at least some goods in bulk! Good luck!! ✌🏼🌍
Problem is that rural communities do not have something like this. I moved to a progressive, college town and first saw something like this. Before this I was dependent upon plastic.
Tortillas in Mexico are usually wrapped in paper, I live in the border and I think I've only seen tortillas wrapped in paper in stores like Food King, I don't recall seeing them in other stores though. :( It is honestly easier to buy zero waste in Mexico but I can't always find everything.
I'd love to be able to shop like this but there is literally nowhere in my town where you can buy unpackaged groceries, it's so hard to even find unpackaged fruit and veg. Like why does fruit need packages? Some companies will sell apples in packages as well as loose apples. Like why not just sell all loose apples? It's unnecessary.
+Rachel Davis Hi Rachel: you can actually write to your local stores to ask for a change. We're seeing bigger and bigger changes here from a general customer base that just wants less packaging. 😊 worth a try!
Alexandra Filas you can buy those oldfashioned razors, they are called butterfly razors, at a barbers shop or online. There you only change the blade, which only consists out of steel or some kind of metal i guess. But you can use one blade for up to two month. So it is a lot less waste :)
Just get a standard metal razor, they're everywhere. You could get a safety razor if you wanted to be cheaper and not slaughter yourself like might happen with a buttery one since you really need to know how to use one of them.
Food in Switzerland is good. I live in Zurich. You are in the French part and I am in the Swiss German part. We have to change between languages a lot here. Then Italian in the Ticino. Great video girls.
how can you get the eggs back to your house without them breaking? i love your videos! i would love to live this kind of lifestyle but it hasn’t come to northeast ohio yet, but i’m sure it’s coming soon!
I love this so much but I would have taken a bigger jar for pasta 😂
Izzi Harte Yeah, more like a sack! 😆
This is such an aesthetically pleasing video, especially the beginning half.
Nice to see a more in depth video of a bulk store, so much good food!! Happy new year!
Thank you happy New Year!
Would have loved to see the nice little shop without the rush and hurry...
Ahhh i need this shop near my house ! Btw is it affordable
Way cheaper even :)
Alexis McGivern my parents live near Geneva but is the store that cheap? I mean Geneva is expensive and the alternative shops even more ...
Hey Charlotte Low ! Absolutely. For example, today I looked for some chia seeds at the grocery store - almost 6chf! I bought the same amount in bulk and organic for 1.45chf :) About 15% of the price usually is for packaging, so you reduce that automatically and also since the store is buying in massive quantities they get it for a cheaper price! I'm young and on a budget and I found switching to bulk has freed up my money for other fun stuff :)
Btw Charlotte Low there is also one in Nyon and Lausanne - just went to the one in Lausanne today and it was AWESOME! :)
Alexis McGivern oh really? (I dunno where your comments went) did you try going to Grand Frais (its in the pays de gex, French side) they have pretty good products but I don't think they are waste free...
Love this video. Too bad this type of shopping hasn't made it to Texas (as of yet). I would so prefer shopping like this!!! Also, what material are your produce bags made of?
Usually Giant Eagle Market District has a large bulk section! They are a US grocer, not sure of locations in Texas though.
I'll look for them though I've never heard of them. I love finding new markets though. Thank you, Sarah!
Blunt Household There's one in Austin called in.gredients. Still searching for one in Houston though.
Bethany C - I know of the one in Austin. Just a 3 hour drive is a bit much for me. LOL I'm up closer to DFW-Waco area. Texas needs a lot more of these.
Bethany C also looking in Htown
This makes me so happy
mee too
Head over heels in love with this shop.
What a nice shop, where is this? 😍 Though I can't imagine living with that little amount of pasta lol (yeah, I'm Italian 😀)
It's called Nature en Vrac and it's in Geneva, Switzerland!! And don't worry, you can buy loads more pasta than that!! We just took enough for 1 night :)
Mara V. HAHAHA that's exactly what i thought too!
Alexis McGivern that wasn't nearly enough for one night.... lol
Mara V. same ..Pasta=life
Love love love this! I've been trying to find ways to go zero waste (which is easier said than done when you live in the city and you're a full time student) and you gals make it so simple! Thank you for the inspiration :)
+Amanda Krutsick Amazing! Proud of you. So happy to have helped! 😘
im really considering trying this out
🤘🏻🤘🏻 Do!
I know that Van Life and Zero Waste are different things. I have been using all of your tips with my time on the road, and I love them!! I have been on the road with my girlfriend since May last year and we have been looking for ways to use less and be less wasteful while out here. My girlfriend is the one who found you guys and we have not stopped watching since. Thanks for you vids and being great!
Love from the road,
Felix Rose and Emmalyn
I would really love seeing our pantry and fridge full of jars with all food/spices I wantttt
The bulk store looks wonderful.
So cool that you can buy liquid soap in bulk. Hopefully more stores can start offering bulk shopping like this to encourage more people to bring their own containers and save on packaging. Thanks for sharing!
It was so fun to see the bulk store and fancy grocer- looked like a dream! I'm officially inspired to say goodbye to plastic bags where I can! It would be more helpful to get tips on shopping with less waste in a more normal grocery store that most of us use. I would love to watch you shop through one and do what you can!
Where is this magical land?!😍
Geneva......Switzerland.
I am so in love with that bulk store!!
These videos are amazing!! We're currently moving to Japan and the downsizing process is really making us think about changing our lifestyle and working towards zero waste
I wish one day there will be a shop just like this all over the world so that it could help the environment and eco friendly
post it notes have new recyclable versions with recyclable packaging. those could be could for labeling with less waste
Very nice bulk store! I wish Indonesia has a bulk store for bodywash and such. For groceries/produce I'm thankful for our traditional market, not as clean assupermarket but we can bring our own bags and jars and bottles.
Alderina Gracia Iya, betul. Aku juga harap ada yang jual sampo sabun tanpa kemasan (isi ulang), hahaha :)
i fell you..
I am so jealous! There are no zero waste shopping places near my house :(
This shop is so beautiful!!!
Okay, du coup je viens de réaliser que vous êtes en Suisse... actuellement je suis aux USA pour une année d'échange et c'est pourquoi je suis tombée sur votre video en anglais! J'adore ce que vous faites, je trouve ça tellement inspirant! En voyant tout ce que vous faites, j'ai envie de changer mes habitudes, ce que je vais essayer de commencer maintenant mais pour sur, quand je reviendrai en suisse, je ferai tout dans mon possible pour changer ma façon de consommer ! J'espère vraiment que je pourrai vous rencontrer un jour juste parce que vous être adorables est que actuellement je suis trop contente d'être tombée sur votre chaine!
That bulk store was such a cool store!! I wish I had something like that close to me! Thanks for sharing, really cool to see Xo
I wish we had such great bulk stores near me. so many things are prepackaged like grapes strawberries, raspberries. same with shampoo and such. maybe someday well have such great stores. thanks for the video!!
An astetically pleasing store, to be sure!
I think I could spend all day in that beautiful bulk store! Wish we had one of those around here. I think it would get more people excited about living a minimal waste lifestyle if it were made more fun. It's quite a daunting endeavor
I feel ya girl. I think I’m going to do a 360 video of it to maybe inspire other bulk stores ☺️ It was really cute and fun right? Maybe it’s getting images of it out there to inspire others! They don’t have any social media.
What an insanely gorgeous shop!!! I want to go to there.
This is the second video of yours I've seen, and until you walked into the store and I saw all the French labels, I 100% thought you were American. Your American English is so good!!!
aah too bad any stores even remotely like that in my country charge an arm and a leg for stuff, just found this channel and I am in love, you gals are very inspirational
That store looks absolutely gorgeous!
This is such a useful channel, I love it. Wish I lived near a bulk buy shop like this.
Thanks Diane!! xx
As a nursing major, I’m just worried about the sanitation? I mean, I guess the boiling process will kill *most* bacteria. I’m just a little neurotic when I comes to germs. Love the idea of no waste, though. I’m trying to do my part in college by reusing my containers and bags when I shop. My college uses little plastic cups for food, I try not to use them, but when I do, I sneak them (and my friends’ cups) back to my room and I wash them and use them to hold my water when I paint. I love your videos, you don’t seem to judge people, just as long as people are trying their best, that seems to be what matters.
What!!! This shop is beautiful! 🙌🏼
Omg everything is just so organic and aesthetic. 😍❤️❤️❤️❤️
That bulk store is so amazing. I need to find one next to me! Thanks for the video
You make it look so easy. I don't think I have bulk stores like that near me
That place is magic!!
loooved this video! You guys gave me a really great idea for a video I want to make on my channel about my zero waste journey
Wow watching the future of grocery shopping
I really enjoy watching your videos & all your helpful tips!! Much love to you both 💕😊
First time I see this kind of shopping. Very interesting, thanks for sharing !!
I loved the first store! I really wish we had more stores like those in Chicago(south side). But I'm starting to shop at farmers markets near me.
Those shops are amazing, so jealous 😉 great video, thanks for sharing
As an Italian I was freaking out to see you were using avocado to make pesto, but then I saw the quantity of waste you produced and I felt in peace, great job 👏🙌
amazing work you two! i always always carry reuseable shopping bags with me and i never accept paper or plastic shopping bags because i always want to use my own bags! I hate when people give me trouble about it! doesnt make sense to get a shopping bag, just to be recycled or thrown away! :) thanks for this vid, im going to try and find some reusable produce bags soon!
You can just memorize/learn the produce/bulk codes or jot them down (make a list of your most commonly purchased). The cashier can type them in at the register & weigh them on the register scale so you don't HAVE TO print out the sticker at all.
You are so lucky to have stores like that, here were I live there are none :( Also all the vegetables are wrapped in plastic.
Yeees! In Mexico we make our own tortillas (well, some families do anyways) and it is indeed so simple :)
I think about zero waste but most of product they are import from another land. think about how much fossil they use to trasport all this product?
my idea is to make most of things from ur home and ur homeland product.
Think about people they were live 1900 without all facilities that we have today.
Sara Muttashar most people dont have a "land" to grow things...
Vero Hdez homeland means the country that you live in.
That's a really good point. But then you think of countries like Australia where half the country is very very dry and is it ethical for us to grow rice (we do but it's just stupid) or cotton - and use so much water? I think in some instances trade is a good thing, since we can't change the weather!
that store is beautiful !!!
those places are awesome!! I haven't found a place in my town where I can buy grapes without plastic 😣
You can always re-use the elastic bands that you get from your shopping! :D
Have guys been BFFs since like childhood? Let's see some throwback kid pics
I LOVE Videos like this
Omg that store is amazing!!!
I love this... wish I lived there
This store is so beautiful
Just finding your channel, love it!
UGH YES finally some one has made really good videos on what to do to live a no waste life, im trying to start but having a hard time so far :/
I wish we had shops like this where I live
I like your way to save environment I will try it
Interesting you need to put stickers on your produce. Most supermarkets in New Zealand don't make you weigh your produce, it's done at the checkout.
I so wish I had a bulk store like that!!!!
this is amazing. i wish they have this in Massachusetts
I'm loving your videos! Good job love💕
I'd love to open a store like this. Just need the FUNDS!
I hope to find a shop like that near my home someday!
THESE STORES ARE SO CUTE INVENTIVE AND QUALITY omg I'm jealous :(
Where are you from?
Hi, I'm mexican and l saw that you bought a tortilla and in the grocery store there was a calaverita and is and it's really interesting to see how they are in touch with my culture.
ive been watching some videos like this and im starting to change my ways to zero waste :)
Nice approach, I'm pretty sure there are shops like this in Kiel and Berlin, Germany as well :)
What would you suggest we do if there aren't any bulk stores like that nearby? I live in Aus, it's pretty hard to live waste free here ._.
Hey Sarah! Try to go to normal grocery stores (as we did) and search for as much unpackaged goods as possible! Every little helps :) p.s. check out "treading my own path" - an Aussie zero waste blog! I hope it gives you some area-specific tips!
Thank you soooo much! I really enjoy this blog and found it extremely helpful
Sarah Levett When buying on average supermarket, if you can't find some things without packaging, you should but those with recyclable one (paper bag, etc). Recycling is one part of zero waste, even if the first point is to reduce the waste at the source.
Sarah Levett where do you live in Australia? I live in Australia and have seen these places
Dust Mite Which states in Australia have bulk stores? Do Melbourne has it?
I just subscribed. Where I live there's not nice organic stores like this. The closet organic and natural grocery store is 30 minutes away. I live in the USA 🇺🇸
Hey Brookie! I live in Switzerland so not sure how good of advice I can offer from over here: but do you know the brand Whole Foods? Often they provide at least some goods in bulk! Good luck!! ✌🏼🌍
This is really cool and inspirational!!
i just showed this to my mom and she said her head hurt to much to watch this and now i know im moving out
I wished they were stores like that in my country I checked and there aren’t any :(
This video made me happy!
This is a beautiful bulk store haha
I wish I have a store like that where I live.
Problem is that rural communities do not have something like this. I moved to a progressive, college town and first saw something like this. Before this I was dependent upon plastic.
how about buying fish, meat and chicken and all kinds of sea foods? I wonder where I put them :) thank you! your video is very inspiring :)
Love this!
Tortillas in Mexico are usually wrapped in paper, I live in the border and I think I've only seen tortillas wrapped in paper in stores like Food King, I don't recall seeing them in other stores though. :( It is honestly easier to buy zero waste in Mexico but I can't always find everything.
Hi Josphine & Alexis! So cool that this is in Switzerland. I would love to know the name of this bulk shop in Geneva so I can visit. Thanks so much!
I wish there was one of these near me so bad!
I'm Swiss I didn't know about that shop.. thanks
I wish my grocery store looked like that lol
I'd love to be able to shop like this but there is literally nowhere in my town where you can buy unpackaged groceries, it's so hard to even find unpackaged fruit and veg. Like why does fruit need packages? Some companies will sell apples in packages as well as loose apples. Like why not just sell all loose apples? It's unnecessary.
+Rachel Davis Hi Rachel: you can actually write to your local stores to ask for a change. We're seeing bigger and bigger changes here from a general customer base that just wants less packaging. 😊 worth a try!
Rogue Gone Vogue Thanks for the tip! I'll try that :)
Such a good way to live! Goood job :)
This is really cool. I was wondering where I could buy zero waste razors ( in your opinion) for a zero waste lifestyle
Alexandra Filas you can buy those oldfashioned razors, they are called butterfly razors, at a barbers shop or online. There you only change the blade, which only consists out of steel or some kind of metal i guess. But you can use one blade for up to two month. So it is a lot less waste :)
ihate peanutbutter that'd what I do! Sooo much cheaper too. The initial razer is about $30, but the blades are like 50 for $5
Just get a standard metal razor, they're everywhere. You could get a safety razor if you wanted to be cheaper and not slaughter yourself like might happen with a buttery one since you really need to know how to use one of them.
Food in Switzerland is good. I
live in Zurich. You are in the
French part and I am in the Swiss
German part. We have to change
between languages a lot here.
Then Italian in the Ticino. Great
video girls.
how can you get the eggs back to your house without them breaking? i love your videos! i would love to live this kind of lifestyle but it hasn’t come to northeast ohio yet, but i’m sure it’s coming soon!
Video fantastique! Les magasins en vrac sont cool en France, ceux du Canada n'ont que des noix et des nouilles :')
I need one of these stores near me asap!!!!
Love this video!
I just recognized the shop in Geneva !
Are there stores like this in America?
Absolutely! Put in your address and check bulk stores near you here: zerowastehome.com/app/
Jordan Jones produce can be bought in bulk even at Walmart. But whole foods is your best option in America. As far as chains go.
Actually Sprouts is way better as far as buying in bulk at chains; they have way more choices than Whole Foods and I think are slightly cheaper
Thank you so much!!
Arthur Kirkland yep! Shopped at Sprouts today!
i loved your channel, so inspiring! i subscribed :)
Best ideas! Best videos!!!! 😍😍😍😍👍🏼🇧🇷