https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 04 May 2026 18:25:38 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-things-at-whole-foods#post-1609187 Fri, 02 May 2014 14:11:43 +0000 lavender 1609187@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The chocolate peanut butter you grind up yourself is delish! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-things-at-whole-foods#post-1609125 Fri, 02 May 2014 13:42:22 +0000 PurplePeony 1609125@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I like a lot of their 365 brand (their store brand) products. The fat-free spaghetti sauce is a great base to doctor up with ground beef or veggies or whatever (it's fine on it's own, too, but I rarely use it that way). Very few ingredients and no added sugars or anything. I also love their tomato paste in a tube because I never use a whole can.</p> <p>They have tetra-paks of beans (black, garbanzo, and kidney) that are salt-free and organic. I prefer these to canned beans. I also like their low-sodium chicken broth for making soups.</p> <p>Their cereals are hit or miss but I like the frosted shredded wheat a lot; the last time I got raisin bran it tasted a little stale, though. </p> <p>Their meats are great and I especially like some of the house-made sausages (chicken with spinach and feta, lamb mergeza, andouille). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-things-at-whole-foods#post-1608937 Fri, 02 May 2014 12:49:12 +0000 snowjewelz 1608937@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I like their cheese selection too! Trader Joe's is not a good in that dept. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-things-at-whole-foods#post-1608932 Fri, 02 May 2014 12:47:26 +0000 honeybear 1608932@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The selection varies rather considerably by store, in my experience. Like others, I am usually a fan of their salad bar (I tend to treat WF as a pricier deli rather than a grocery store), and I really like their cheese selection too. The broccoli salad with raisins and cashews and the garlicky kale at the salad bar are worth the price-per-pound. </p> <p>For stuff to take home/not eat immediately, their house brand stuff is generally reasonably priced and very good. I'm so-so on their bakery breads; quality seems to vary a lot by store and it's really expensive. The other baked goods tend to be a little too sweet for my tastes, but they had a really good thing going with their croissants. Unfortunately, I got an exceptionally greasy and doughy one the last time we went for them, and now I'm not so keen on shelling out $2.50 for a spinach and feta croissant as a special treat. (Some problem, right?) I like their fish and meat counters even though they're expensive because they are very up-front about where their stuff came from (this matters a lot to me, especially with fish) and the people who work there are super helpful. I think their frozen fish is generally better than at other chains, and it's somewhat less likely to be farmed/from a place I don't buy fish from, but you've still got to read the labels if that matters to you. Oh yeah, and their house brand chocolate bars are reasonably priced, really good, and fair trade. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-things-at-whole-foods#post-1608656 Fri, 02 May 2014 11:43:30 +0000 Mrs. Sketchbook 1608656@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We go for staples and we get shampoo, PB, ketchup, coffee, bulk grains. it isn't near us at all so we just go for non perishables and to drop off our recycling. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-things-at-whole-foods#post-1608624 Fri, 02 May 2014 11:36:26 +0000 petunia354 1608624@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Definitely their meat! Their chicken is so much better than what you can buy at an average grocery store. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-things-at-whole-foods#post-1608582 Fri, 02 May 2014 11:27:40 +0000 littleredhairedgrl 1608582@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>the cheese selection is so great! they also have a great selection of coffees and chocolates. I love everything there </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-things-at-whole-foods#post-1608561 Fri, 02 May 2014 11:21:20 +0000 blackbird 1608561@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Okay you guys are all naming things I'm not really eating for myself right now lol! I thought maybe they would have good stuff for E? </p> <p>But yeah it's too expensive for me to go to otherwise! They have these awesome breakfast burritos I like though </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-things-at-whole-foods#post-1608548 Fri, 02 May 2014 11:16:59 +0000 Mommy Finger 1608548@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I used to love WF when I lived in downtown Chicago b/c it's huge! Now that I'm in the suburbs, they have like a 1/10th of the selection. Not worth my time anymore. I got spoiled. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-things-at-whole-foods#post-1608533 Fri, 02 May 2014 11:11:50 +0000 Happygal 1608533@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, their cheese bar is great! I like how they have small little portions available so I can try out new things.</p> <p>I also like their mango pineapple fresh salsa. It's $$, but probably around what I would spend to try to make it on my own. I buy their olive oil, and supposedly their Three Wishes wine is good (never tried it). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-things-at-whole-foods#post-1608507 Fri, 02 May 2014 11:05:37 +0000 Alivoo01 1608507@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This particular almond butter that you scoop out of the bucket. It's THE best almond butter ever. It's also $$$$. Ugh! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-things-at-whole-foods#post-1608474 Fri, 02 May 2014 10:59:27 +0000 tinyperson 1608474@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>cheese and brownies and 365 brand organic strawberry jam and bread. Yum! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-things-at-whole-foods#post-1608466 Fri, 02 May 2014 10:57:13 +0000 littlebug 1608466@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Cheese. All.the.cheese. One of the neighborhood we're looking at moving to is 2 miles from Wegman's. That could be serious trouble.</p> <p>ETA: And their dips bar. They have freaking amazing dips. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-things-at-whole-foods#post-1608453 Fri, 02 May 2014 10:55:20 +0000 Smurfette 1608453@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love their salad bar. DH loves their meat and seafood. Otherwise we don't shop there. Too expensive. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-things-at-whole-foods#post-1608443 Fri, 02 May 2014 10:53:17 +0000 luckypenny 1608443@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love their cheese bar! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-things-at-whole-foods#post-1608394 Fri, 02 May 2014 10:44:12 +0000 mediagirl 1608394@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: the only thing I ever find worth it there is bread from our local bakery. And maybe their hot bar if you need lunch. I hate how $$ Whole Foods is. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-things-at-whole-foods#post-1608381 Fri, 02 May 2014 10:41:11 +0000 blackbird 1608381@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm making a trek to whole foods today. What should I seek out? Maybe nothing is worth it? Heh. </p> <p>I usually go to a big grocer and a trader joes. </p>