Store Calendar

Summer Grilling Guide
In Stores Now!

Pick up our ‘Fire up the Grill’ and ‘This is what Summer tastes like’ Guides for grilling tips, lots of delicious recipes, picnic and entertaining ideas, as well as summer tips which include stargazing dates, games for the family and non-profit fundraising ideas!

Attention Gardeners: Local Organic Plants
In Stores Now!

These bedding plants come direct to our stores from Stranger’s Hill in Bloomington, Indiana. While you’re here, don’t forget to pick up bags of Organimix compost, pest deterrents certified for organic gardens, gardening gloves, Bio-Pots and more!

Again this year, we have berry bushes from Tennessee! They are grown to suit Indiana’s climate zone and guaranteed to fruit this year. Plant in your garden and enjoy fresh blueberries, blackberries and raspberries this season! For blueberries, it is recommended that you purchase two plants for increased fruit yield. In addition, you can purchase bags of the soil-enhancing planting mix perfect for berries.

Gimme 5

Gimme 5 is a recycling collaboration between Whole Foods Market and Preserve. Products packaged in #5 plastic are sold widely, but #5 is not recycled in most communities. A Preserve Gimme 5 bin is in both of our Indiana Whole Foods Market stores for customers to recycle their #5s and used Brita cartridge filters. Please thoroughly clean all of your #5s before bringing them to the stores. By collecting #5 plastic in our communities and sending it to Preserve, you’re helping us limit the environmental footprint of this material and giving it a second life as new and useful products. For more information visit www.recycline.com/gimme5

Events

• Wine/Beer & Cheese Tastings

  1-4pm FREE

  Saturday, June 6th
  Saturday, June 20th
  Saturday, July 4th
  Saturday, July 25th
  Saturday, August 1st
  Saturday, August 22nd
  Saturday, September 5th
  Saturday, September 26th
  Saturday, October 24th

  Wander by and enjoy our outdoor Wine/Beer & Cheese Tastings. Chat with Amber Hatke, our resident expert, and let your palate explore the flavors of our favorites. Cancelled if inclement weather.

   

• Monday, June 1st through Saturday, June 27th

  Grill Giveaways

  FREE

  In honor of the Fourth of July, we're giving away a Weber One Touch Charcoal Grill to two to of our lucky customers! Enter to Win one of two Weber Charcoal Grills through Saturday, June 27^th (the weekend before the Fourth of July!). You'll want to be shopping when we draw the winner, because if your name is drawn and you are present in the store, you'll also receive a $100 Whole Foods Market Gift Card! Drawing held at 1pm on Saturday, June 27^th at our Eighty-Sixth St. store and at 3pm on Saturday, June 27^th at our Carmel store. See store for official rules.

• Saturday, June 27th

  Hot Dog! Dog Wash & Pet Adoption Day

  12-2pm $10/dog wash, $10/microchip

  Cool off your furry friend with a dog wash benefiting ARPO. Meet some adoptable animals, enjoy pet-friendly samples, get your animal micro-chipped, and enter to win prizes: a $50 pet shopping spree and one of several gift bags! All money goes directly to the Alliance for Responsible Pet Ownership, an all volunteer run local non-profit.

• Sunday, June 28th

  Gluten Free Sampling

  1-3pm FREE

  Sandy Haney, gluten free food enthusiast, samples gluten free foods while you shop! Stop by to get product recommendations & tips from someone who lives the lifestyle. This month enjoy samples of Oatmeal-Rhubarb Crunch and Open-Faced Herbed Cream Cheese Sandwiches perfect for entertaining this summer! (Sampling event. No RSVP needed.)

• Sunday, June 28th

  Homemade Nut Milks

  1-3pm FREE

  Did you know that you can make milk from any seed or nut? Join Live Food Chef, Kathie Gullick, for tips on how to make your own non-dairy, gluten-free nut milks. These milks are easy to make, delicious and nutritious. (Sampling event. No RSVP needed.)

Community Events

• Saturday, May 30th

  ARPO's Dog Olympics

  Registration at 9am, Events start at 10am $6 donation per event, $35 for all events

  Out of store: Held at Broad Ripple Park

  The Alliance for Responsible Pet Ownership (ARPO) will host the 4th Annual Dog Olympics at Broad Ripple Park. Events include a t- shirt race, shedding contest, pie eating contest (for both guardian & dog), 3 minute makeover, obstacle course, bone finding contest & barking contest. Join ARPO, Whole Foods Market, and many others for this fun-filled event! For more information, visit www.adoptarpo.org

• Saturday, June 6th

  Living & Raw Foods Day Conference

  10:30am-4:30pm Pre-registration: $50 each, $80 couple. Door tickets, if available: $60 each, $100 couple

  Out of store: Unitarian Universalist Church 615 W. 43 St. Indpls

  Enjoy 3 seminars and food demonstrations as well as a full, raw, vegan meal. Seminars by Joel Odhner, personal celebrity chef and culinary consultant to Dr. Oz, Shawna Stursa, raw foods educator and understudy of Dr. Gabriel Cousens and David Wolfe, and Andy Reed, licensed acupuncturist and folk-healing expert. Purchase advance tickets and read brief seminar descriptions at www.joelsfood.com

• Saturday, August 22nd

  FAAN Walk for Food Allergy

  9am TBA

  Save the date for this annual event! More details will be posted as they arrive.

• Saturday, September 12th

  Tour de Carmel

  TBD TBD

  Save the date for this annual event! More details will be posted as they arrive.

• Saturday, September 19th

  Answers for Autism Walk

  TBD TBD

  Save the date for this annual event! More details will be posted as they arrive.

Notices

• One Dime at a Time: June

  Whole Foods Market offers 10¢ per bag to customers who reuse their own bags. Customers can accept their refund, or direct the cashier to donate the cash to the store's chosen non-profit – through the One Dime at a Time program. This program reduces our impact on the environment and supports a local non-profit.
  
  The Indiana stores are delighted to support June’s recipient: the Alliance for Responsible Pet Ownership (ARPO). ARPO is a local all breed pet rescue group funded solely by donations and is staffed entirely by volunteers. ARPO does not have a shelter but instead houses pets in need in temporary foster homes where they are fully vetted and live fulfilled lives while waiting for their forever homes. ARPO also does community outreach that focuses on decreasing the number of companion animals surrendered to and euthanized at shelters. If you would like more information on becoming a foster parent or other ways to volunteer, visit www.adoptarpo.org

  Remember to visit our stores on Saturday, June 27^th with your furry friend for our Dog Wash & Pet Adoption Day to benefit the Alliance for Responsible Pet Ownership!

  Save the Planet While Lunching: A Better Bag^TM 80% Recycled, 100% Reusable

  That's right...you can make an impact and help save our planet. Really! Here's one way to start: Pack your lunch in a reusable bag. Easy and effective. If you stop throwing out a paper sack every day, that adds up. We've got you thinking, don't we?

  Reusing means you're not only using stuff again, it means less energy is being used to make more stuff. And that means you are keeping waste out of our landfills, less energy from being processed and less resources from being consumed - all from bringing a reusable lunch bag. Talk about not taking much to make quite an impact.

  Now, keep thinking with us. You're using that lunch bag again and again. Know what else you're doing? Saving money. That's right! A penny saved is a penny earned and you just proved it. Reusing is an eco-nomical thing to do too.

  Happy Saving-The-Planet-During-Lunch!

  About A Better Bag^TM

  Whole Foods Market^® teamed up with pop music icon and environmental activist Sheryl Crow to create a special edition of our signature reusable shopping bag, A Better Bag^TM. These bags are made from 80 percent post-consumer recycled plastic bottles. In fact each bag represents approximately two or three 20-ounce plastic bottles depending on the size of the bag you choose.

  "I am a big believer in doing what you can, even if it's something as small as reducing the amount of plastic we each use daily that ends up in landfills, whether it is plastic bags, water bottles or product packaging. I'm so happy to be working with Whole Foods Market on this project."

  - Sheryl Crow

  As part of the continued efforts to care for our communities and environment, Whole Foods Market^® and Sheryl Crow are using this campaign to help raise awareness for the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and its Simple Steps program. Whole Foods Market^® made a donation to the NRDC in support of their initiative and each bag bears the SimpleSteps.org web address encouraging shoppers to learn more about how they can get involved.

  Email Newsletters

  It's the perfectly natural way to explore the wonderful world of food. In these free, customizable e-newsletters you'll find just the information you're interested in receiving delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up now to receive our Recipes newsletter, The Whole Deal newsletter, or both at wholefoodsmarket.com.

  The Recipes Newsletter features recipes celebrating natural, fresh ingredients and the pure enjoyment of good food. Sent twice a month.

  The Whole Deal Store Specials & Events Newsletter ensures you're the first to hear about specials, events, and new and exclusive products being featured at your favorite store. Sent twice a month.

  Field Trips!

  Did you know we offer FREE field trips for school age children? They make great school field trips and scout activities too! Let us help you with your Healthy Eating badge! Kids will learn about the importance of organic foods, the different food groups, and how to make healthy food choices. The tour includes stops in each department, samples and a complimentary age-appropriate goodie bag. Store tours are appropriate for kids ages 7+. We require chaperones and a minimum of 8 people.

  Group Outing!

  For adults, store tours also make great outings for your business, volunteer group, club, or simply to enjoy with friends. See the various store tours we offer below.

  Shopping on a Budget: Get the most for your money!

  Eating great food doesn't have to break your budget. If you think higher quality always means higher price, think again! We offer real food, free of artificial ingredients and hydrogenated fats, at the best possible prices. Take our store tour for an overview of the great values we offer everyday as well as some valuable tips on stretching your dollar. Enjoy samples too! 

  Gluten Free Store Tour

  Are you living the gluten free (GF) lifestyle and not sure what to eat? Join Sarah Smith to learn about all of the great GF products available in each department, learn how to label read, find out what resources are available & enjoy samples too!

  Smart Shopper Tour

  Want to make healthier choices, but don't know where to start? This store tour is for you! Sarah Smith will show you how to shop smart and dish out some samples too! Learn how to label read, when to buy organic, decipher buzz words like antioxidant, learn what questions to ask your butcher, how to choose healthy snacks, the importance of eco-cleaners, all-natural body care products, fiber and more!

  We can also tailor a store tour to your interest. Call Sarah Smith at 317.706.0900 to ask us about our custom store tours for 8 people or more. If you're group is smaller than 8 people, you will see the tour topics above rotate monthly on our events calendar. Feel free to attend any one of our currently scheduled tours. Custom tour dates and times are subject to availability.