15 Whole Foods Employees Spill Their Secrets On Getting The Most Out Of Your Shopping Experience
Whole Foods has a "Try It Before You Buy It" policy. This means anything you want to try, even the expensive cheese, you can ask for a sample of before you decide to buy it!
Whole Foods has a team of chefs who work to create fresh, homemade foods for various food departments. The team is focused on creating a better experience through culinary and hospitality.
Whole Foods prides itself on making its customers happy, so if you don't like something, feel free to return it! You don't even need your receipt to do so.
Wednesday is sale turn over day at Whole Foods, so there are twice as many sales on this day as opposed to every other day of the week. There are also exclusive coupons on its mobile app as well!
For no extra charge, the butchers can debone, season and cook any type of fish for you. They have a variety of spice mixes for added flavor too!
This rule even goes for shoplifters. Employees are not allowed to chase after and try to stop a shoplifter. If they do, they risk being fired.
Whole Foods may just be where you should work next. Every employee gets at least a 20 percent discount!
This may just be the best salmon you've ever had. It is free of antibiotics, growth hormones, pesticides and GMOs.
All of the hot food leftover at the end of the day gets donated to local food banks or other organizations instead of just being thrown out.
Whole Foods doesn't just pick ingredients that are said to be good. They have a team set up that's dedicated to using science and research to figure out what food can and can't be in the stores.
Make sure to arrive about 30 minutes before the store closes because some of the stores offer their meat at half price to make sure it sells.
If you're big into buying in bulk, Whole Foods isn't the place to go for your nuts. The bulk nuts at Whole Foods are about 4 dollars more expensive than the same product elsewhere.
Yes, you read that right. Whole Foods incentivizes being healthy by offering employees up to a 30 percent discount if they have under a certain BMI, cholesterol and blood pressure level.
While it's common knowledge you're going to pay more for organic produce, non-organic produce can be up to a dollar more expensive at Whole Foods compared to other stores.
Unlike nuts being more expensive at Whole Foods, oats, grains and beans in bulk are actually cheaper. Plus, they last awhile so it's a bargain all around.