[sowtime444]

We buy mostly organic stuff and price-compare to find the best price. So far we've found:

Organic celery is the cheapest at Walmart.
Organic apples, cucumbers, and pears are cheapest at Aldi.
Organic greens are cheapest at BJs.
Organic maple syrup, carrots, peanut butter, and bananas are cheapest at Sam's Club.
Organic almond butter is cheapest from Costco.

For most of these products that I could see on a quick walk around Sprouts, Sprouts was more expensive than all of the above.

[Dusty_Star]

Originally Posted by defrey12

An apple is an apple an apple. Rice is rice is rice. A egg is an egg is an egg! Calories are calories. Even YOUR ORGANIC GURUS will tell you there absolutely NO NUTRITIONAL difference in eating “organic”. The ONLY thing that keeps you out of the Dr’s office is CONSISTENT EXERCISE AND A BALANCED DIET. There are no good foods or bad foods. Only good diets and bad diets.

Studies indicate that organic vegetables & fruits contain higher concentrations of certain plant phytochemicals associated with health than of those produced conventionally. Take broccoli for example, the phytochemicals for broccoli would be things like glucosinolates, lutein, & zeaxanthin & others. So while the macro nutrients ie: carbohydrates, etc. would be comparable, the things people eat broccoli for, are more abundant in organic. Additionally, organic is missing things people typically don't want like pesticides. It is more important to eat the broccoli conventional or organic than not eat it, but if a choice is available then organic is preferable. (& by 'available choice' I mean economically & reasonably conveniently). These observations apply to other fruits & veg, but the phytochemicals differ in each case.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by Javin53

Not impressed at all. A lot of brands u have not seen and may want to try. DELI a joke, way to small area.

It makes sense to have a smaller deli department, because sliced overprocessed deli foods are - for the most part - not natural/organic.

This is a specialty shop, it's not a one-stop supermarket. They specialize in produce. That's why they have a HUGE produce department and everything else is more of an "aside."

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by maggie1

A dozen eggs for between $5 and $9 a dozen!? What kind of chickens lay something that expensive? Aldi's is running them at a little over $3, and they even come in a cardboard container.

The kinds of chickens that aren't raised 50 to a cage, who never see sunlight, are force-fed fortified grain, their beaks cut off so they can't peck their inmates to death, feathers clipped, who exist to lay eggs and then die covered in feces because keeping them clean isn't a priority, and when they're disposed off, they are discovered to have broken feet and legs because - they spend their short lives in cages.

The yolks of the eggs produced by factory farms are a pale yellow, lacking in nutrition, and this even changes the consistency of baked goods using eggs as an ingredient.

I am willing to pay an extra couple of bucks every couple of weeks for eggs that taste amazing, bake amazing, AND come from chickens who spend most of the daylight hours outside running around eating bugs, grubs, and worms, rather than being exclusively force-fed grain that is not natural for chickens to eat.

[flsteve]

Originally Posted by MsPCGenius

Their targeted shoppers are those focused on healthy eating... which typically comes at a higher price.

Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc., is a supermarket chain headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. The grocer offers a wide selection of natural and organic foods

Yes, I have some very rare medical conditions (type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, triglycerides, etc.) for which the KETO diet has caused me to stop taking medication. Sprouts sells organic foods and meats that are a VERY desirable part of the healthy keto and carnivore diets.

I realize that not many older people (like 55+ ages of Villagers) have diabetes and high blood pressure like I do though, so maybe this is NOT the right place for a store that sells food that can rid you of pills naturally (and easily) while causing weight loss as a side effect as well. Healthy eating after 55 is no longer necessary!

[Dusty_Star]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

I am willing to pay an extra couple of bucks every couple of weeks for eggs that taste amazing, bake amazing, AND come from chickens who spend most of the daylight hours outside running around eating bugs, grubs, and worms.

Agree!

[nancyre]

My Blueberries (by the front door) and the lemon iced cake were very taste. Went Sunday evening around 5:30.

[JSR22]

My husband and I went to Sprouts this afternoon and were impressed with the selection and quality. Definitely my new favorite will be shopping there frequently. The prices were fine.

[UpNorth]

Originally Posted by Javin53

Not impressed at all. A lot of brands u have not seen and may want to try. DELI a joke, way to small area.

Exact same D&W brand deli meat sold at Winn Dixie is $2-$3 more per pound at Sprouts.

[JSR22]

Originally Posted by UpNorth

Exact same D&W brand deli meat sold at Winn Dixie is $2-$3 more per pound at Sprouts.

Not a place to go for deli. Meat, fish, cheese, bakery and produce are terrific. They had a number of freshly prepared meals and meal kits. We bought the gyro kit for tomorrow's dinner.

[asianthree]

Originally Posted by TeresaE

I’m guessing you have never know hunger. I’m also guessing you have never had to dig dimes out of your couch in order to make it to the next paycheck as you work your way through college, or had your parents describe to you how they went to bed hungry, during the Great Depression. I think about the many that still do in this country. If you have, maybe you should remember those days and be thankful for what ever food is on your plate. If you haven’t, count yourself lucky.

Sorry my upbringing might offend you. I am way too young for the depression, I was born much later than you. I won’t apologize for when I was born, you can blame my parents.

Moms side come from Native Americans who were farmers who grew our own food, on 5 acres. We had chickens, for eggs and Sunday dinner, 30 different fruit trees, people down the street had dairy cows, that we traded for milk, making our own butter, cottage cheese. We ate mostly vegan out of the garden diet, and canned for the winter. We had a small lake down the street that we fished.

We never went to the doctor, our Native background, gave us herbs to treat whatever was the problem.

My father side, raised Bee’s, and bartering honey for items they needed.

My grandparents and parents may have come through the depression maybe better than others, for food, but that’s because the grew their own. I never went to a grocery until my 20’s. Our families as do I still grow our vegetables, (which is really easy to do) eat very little meat.

So yes I have always eaten organic, not my choice, but my upbringing (all the other kids had store bought stuff for lunch which always intrigued me)

I should not need to apologize to you for how I was raised, in my mind my parents did a really good job, giving me a healthy lifestyle, that I continue to this day. Sorry you were so unhappy with your life, I hope you find a better piece of mind, that happened many years ago

[Gpsma]

For all the Organic Gurus here that went to the Bill Gates School of Nutrition…do a little googling on Norman Borlaug…the man that saved the world from starvation.

And see what he says aboit the organic scams.

[npwalters]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

The kinds of chickens that aren't raised 50 to a cage, who never see sunlight, are force-fed fortified grain, their beaks cut off so they can't peck their inmates to death, feathers clipped, who exist to lay eggs and then die covered in feces because keeping them clean isn't a priority, and when they're disposed off, they are discovered to have broken feet and legs because - they spend their short lives in cages.

The yolks of the eggs produced by factory farms are a pale yellow, lacking in nutrition, and this even changes the consistency of baked goods using eggs as an ingredient.

I am willing to pay an extra couple of bucks every couple of weeks for eggs that taste amazing, bake amazing, AND come from chickens who spend most of the daylight hours outside running around eating bugs, grubs, and worms, rather than being exclusively force-fed grain that is not natural for chickens to eat.

Having worked on a chicken farm (albeit long ago) I can promise you that "free range" does not mean what you think it means. Unless you buy from a local source they don't "spend most of the daylight hours outside running around eating bugs, grubs, and worms".

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by npwalters

Having worked on a chicken farm (albeit long ago) I can promise you that "free range" does not mean what you think it means. Unless you buy from a local source they don't "spend most of the daylight hours outside running around eating bugs, grubs, and worms".

The eggs I buy don't say "free range" they say "pasture raised." There's a difference, and I'm well aware of the difference.

Back north I used to buy the eggs from a farm in town that had a variety of animals. The first time I bought them from her I didn't know anything about the different terms. I also didn't realize WHY all the eggs in the carton were speckled. I also didn't realize - until my first visit - that eggs don't need to be refrigerated until they've been washed.

That was an eye opener for sure.

[badkarma318]

All this talk about organic/chicken made me think of this classic clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G__PVLB8Nm4