Whole Story

The Official Whole Foods Market® Blog

Late July Organic Snacks

By Elizabeth Smith, August 14, 2012  |  Meet the Blogger  |  More Posts by Elizabeth Smith

At Whole Foods Market®, we love sharing good food and drink. Whether it’s a peak-of-the-season berry, a team member creation from our bakery, sausages made in house or a new grocery discovery, we love celebrating great flavors and products. But we don’t just want to tell you about it; we want you to enjoy it too. So, we’re doing a series of summer giveaways through mid-August. Read on to find out how to enter to win.

It might be mid-August, but it’s still time for Late July! Late July Organic Snacks is on a mission to educate people about organics through their taste buds. As a family owned and operated company, they care deeply about the integrity of their products – which all proudly wear the USDA organic seal! This means they meet USDA National Organic Standards requiring that the crops are grown without the use of persistent pesticides. Those standards also don't allow irradiation, genetically modified ingredients (GMOs) and synthetic preservatives.

If you’ve ever searched for snacks for the family that meet your standards, then you’ll understand what Late July Organic Snacks founder Nicole Bernard Dawes went through years ago when her kids were old enough to start snacking. That’s when she knew she had to take matters into her own hands and recreate classic crackers and cookies with organic ingredients and without hydrogenated oils or artificial additives.

With “family” at the forefront, Late July Organic Snacks was started to create a better, more responsible food system for her children and future generations. With help from her father, the founder of Cape Cod Potato Chips, Nicole worked to create delicious snacks without compromising on the quality of ingredients — snacks that lived up to her family’s standards and likely yours too!

Learn more about Late July Organic Snacks, Nicole and her family and their passion for great snack foods in this slideshow. 

 

If you have problems viewing the slideshow, you can watch it on YouTube.

Family remains the primary focus at Late July Organic Snacks, and on any given day you can find three generations at work including Nicole’s eight-year-old and four-year-old sons. (They’re the perfect R&D team!) Impressively that strong sense of family also extends into the community. Late July Organic Snacks supports several nonprofit organizations through the sale of their products, including the Jane Goodall Institute, American Camp Association and Whole Planet Foundation.

Nicole views making food for other people’s families (like yours) an enormous responsibility. Perhaps that’s why we think your whole family will love their Mini Peanut Butter Cracker Sandwiches. You can sit back and enjoy organic peanut butter sandwiched between buttery-tasting organic mini crackers, without worrying about trans fats, artificial sweeteners, flavors, colors or preservatives – because there aren’t any! With values like those, their products can’t help but leave a great taste in your mouth.

What’s built up your appetite this summer? Tell us in the comments below by August 26 and we’ll pick a winner at random to receive a case of Late July Organic Peanut Butter Sandwich Crackers.

The fine print: No purchase necessary. Promotion ends August 26, 2012, 11:59 PM CDT. Must be a legal resident of the US or Canada (except in Quebec, where it is void) age 18 or older to participate. Taxes on prize, if applicable, are the responsibility of the winner. Employees of Whole Foods Market, Inc., are not eligible. Void where prohibited.

 

Category: Grocery, Contests

 

296 Comments

Comments

DeAnna L says ...
keeping a 6 year old busy all summer and trying to keep that energy going and growing with healthy food and snacks. we have been on our healthier food journey since March...so still new and trying to keep good options for snacks in front of her has definitely kept my appetite worked up as well!!
08/23/2012 1:28:53 PM CDT
Angela G says ...
On the go with my kids! Trying to have the most fun summer ever, and it's exhausting and I am always happy to eat!
08/23/2012 1:30:37 PM CDT
Christin says ...
Watermelon!
08/23/2012 1:47:07 PM CDT
Jean Feingold says ...
This summer I participated in a weight loss research program. This required me to exercise daily and I did. That's how I worked up an appetite (though I was eating much less than before).
08/23/2012 2:42:27 PM CDT
April says ...
Running! And kids!
08/23/2012 2:47:37 PM CDT
Spero says ...
Love those Late July Mini PB's...sure would like to receive a case of them!
08/23/2012 2:49:04 PM CDT
Lindsay says ...
This is easy! I've been working up an appetite playing with my four year old and being 26 weeks pregnant! Eating healthy snacks is so important when you are pregnant and when you are a growing boy!
08/23/2012 3:17:47 PM CDT
Blessnnbalnced says ...
Chasing my two energetic boys around this summer has built up all of our appetites!
08/23/2012 3:27:20 PM CDT
Denise says ...
The anticipation of eating fresh, home-grown vegetables and storing food for the winter.
08/23/2012 3:36:04 PM CDT
chris L says ...
We have built up our appetiites for Late July Organic Products by keeping the kids active physically and mentally this Summer..
08/23/2012 3:41:11 PM CDT
Jaqueline says ...
Switching to organic this summer has really built up my families appetite! Im excited to try new organic options.
08/23/2012 4:09:49 PM CDT
Jaqueline says ...
My family has made the switch to organic this summer. This would be amazing.
08/23/2012 4:13:05 PM CDT
Candice says ...
Finally getting to spend some time in the Northwest after over 10 years of being away means an abundance of fresh berries & seafood! Introduced my daughter to berry picking, which was priceless!
08/23/2012 4:21:34 PM CDT
Nicole Kreiden says ...
My CSA box started arriving with amazing, plump blueberries! I picked up three Maine cookbooks from the library to learn new ways to use them, from salads to salsas, they were wonderful. Now after reading this blog I really wish i had a box of Late July crackers, so buttery tasting, sweet and salty...mmmm
08/23/2012 4:57:28 PM CDT
Kathy D says ...
Working in the garden helped me work up an appetite!
08/23/2012 5:07:53 PM CDT
Linda W. says ...
Working in the garden!
08/23/2012 5:22:46 PM CDT
Peter says ...
Local organic beets!
08/23/2012 5:32:04 PM CDT
tammy says ...
playing at the playground with my19 months old daughter! She runs in circles climbing the stairs to go down the slide!
08/23/2012 5:38:49 PM CDT
Emily Luker says ...
Fresh berries!!!! Thanks for this opportunity!
08/23/2012 6:32:13 PM CDT
Sharon R says ...
I just started a Zumba class so my appetite increased because of that!
08/23/2012 7:48:55 PM CDT
Carol says ...
Working in my flower beds, bicycling, walking the dogs, and doing yoga have built up my appetite this summer.
08/23/2012 8:49:03 PM CDT
Leigh Ponamgi says ...
This summer, I started teaching yoga with my son. Since his first birthday in May, we have built up an appetite teaching mommy & me classes at yoga studios and preschools. He's the best assistant teacher a yogi could ask for!
08/23/2012 8:53:38 PM CDT
Kristi N says ...
Keeping it light with organic fruit and snacks to help with the intense summer heat!
08/23/2012 8:53:48 PM CDT
sarah oswald says ...
my appetite is built by working over overtime because we are soooooo shorthanded at work.
08/23/2012 9:33:29 PM CDT
EFFIE says ...
I work up an appetite by exercising and working in my yard. Thanks for the gift.
08/23/2012 9:54:15 PM CDT

Pages