Store Calendar

Events

• Friday, July 3rd

  Independence Day Celebration

  4pm-6pm FREE

  Get everything you need for your Fourth of July Cook out!  Join in the fun, lots of delicious samples, variety of BBQ items, sliders & suds...

  Check out our Summer Holiday specials this week!

• Saturday, July 11th

  Driscoll Berry Fest

  12pm-2pm FREE

  Join us in celebrating a berry, berry good summer! Sample a variety of fresh Driscoll berries, berry creations in each department....

• Wednesday, July 22nd

  Watermelon Wednesday

  5pm-7pm FREE

  Watermelon Celebration! Local grower supplying three varieties of fresh watermelons.  Watermelon creations, fun facts, watermelon seed spitting contest...

• Saturday, August 8th

  Back to School

  12pm-2pm Free

  Lunchbox lessons, large variety of lunch & snack options for kids on the "geaux"

CLASSES & TASTINGS - Specialty Department

• Bi-Monthly - Second & Last Tuesday of Each Month

  Cheese & Wine 101

  7-8:30pm Free

  Treat yourself & a friend to an interactive, delicious and dynamic learning experience!  Explore the world of hand-crafted cheeses and wines in a unique way.  Let us provide you with a roadmap for matching various cheese types with the wines that best suit them.

  This unique, hands-on exploration of the world's finest cheeses is the perfect overview for any beginner.  We will introduce cheese basics, including milk types, ripening processes and flavor profiles as well as how to shop for, care for, and serve fine cheeses.

  We will also guide you through choosing wines that compliment each cheese type. You'll be invited to sample some of the cheese and wine pairings and discover what suits your own personal taste.

  Due to the enormous response we will hold the class in our Cafe Seating Area. Each tasting class lasts approximately 90 minutes.

  Minimum of 4 different wines and  4 different cheeses will be tasted

  Cheeses, olives and cold-cuts will be served to illustrate some food and wine pairing principles and classical matches.  

  Limit 15 persons per class- Sign up today at the Specialty Cheese Counter.

• Wednesday thru Sunday - WEEKLY

  Great Value Wines

  5-7pm Free

    If you like opening a different bottle of wine frequently with dinner you might find that the budget does not always support the expensive stuff. Surely, the wine world must have a couple of decent choices under $20 but how do you find those?...

  Join us in discovering great value wines - affordable, delicious choices under $20. We will introduce a selection of them. We will not only be opening wines that received high scores from professional wine critics, we will also open bottles that are ranked as favorites among our team members. These are the wines that got the highest vote by regular wine drinkers, that is, by people like you.

  Join us each week in our Specialty Department and let our Team Members show you the Greatest Deals.

• Saturday & Sunday - WEEKLY

  Vendor Wine & Beer Tastings - Specialty Department

  1-4pm Free

  Join us for wine & beer tastings.  Every weekend new, exciting and affordable selections are introduced. Introduction to structural characteristics and flavor profiles of the major grape varieties and their nuances across leading wine regions.

Notices

• RECYCLING - Currently not available

  Our store is currently unable to offer recycling to the public because our previous vendor is no longer providing the service.  We are actively seeking a new vendor.  In the meantime, we ask that you please not drop your recyclable items at the back of our store until further notice.  We appreciate your cooperation and patience and apologize for any inconvenience.  Please check our store web page for recycling updates or check with our concierge, Josh Ivy.

  UPDATE: You can now recycle aluminum cans and plastic bottles at the Euterpe Recycling Center across from the YLC Building located at 1840 Euterpe St. This free, self service drop off site is operated and maintained by Eco Green Clean, a locally owned trash hauling and site cleaning business. All earnings generated from the sales of these recyclables will be donated to O.C. Hayley Boulevard Main Street Design Committee Renovation Project.

• Free WI-FI (Wireless Internet Access) 

  Did you know our store offers Free Wi-Fi?  Simply tune your laptop into the SSID: WholeFoodsMarketNetwork

  We invite you to enjoy your coffee and pastries or lunch and dinner items while you surf the internet or check your email.  If you need assistance, inquire at the Guest Service Counter.

• FLYERS, POSTINGS & PUBLICATIONS

  No flyers, postings or publications are allowed in our store without written permission from store management.

  Currently approved publications for our store lobby:

  • Gambit Weekly
  • Louisiana Green Scene
  • Natural Awakenings
  • New Orleans Living
  • NOLA Baby
  • Offbeat Magazine
  • Urban Dog
  • Where Yat

  All other materials will be discarded.

   

• Just for our Younger Shoppers - Whole Foods Market Kid's Club

  Stop by our Guest Services desk in the front of our store to get your free Kid's Club Identification Card .  Kids between the ages of 2-12 can use their card to get a free treat every time they come to our store. Check our store calendar page (VETERANS STORE) for  events. For additional rules, see Identification Card.

• Join us...

  Join Whole Foods Market in our conservation efforts. Re-use your paper,plastic and other bags every time you shop at Whole Foods Market Veterans and receive 5 cents back for every paper or plastic bag re-used. Receive 10 cents back for every cloth or plastic tote used.
  Paper, Plastic or Re-usable?
  

  • The average family accumulates 60 plastic bags in only four trips to the grocery store. According to The Wall Street Journal, the U.S. goes through 100 billion plastic shopping bags annually. (Estimated cost to retailers is $4 billion.)
  • It takes more than four times as much energy to manufacture a paper bag as it does to manufacture a plastic bag.
  • In 1999, 14 million trees were cut to produce the 10 billion paper grocery bags used by Americans that year alone.
  • Paper bag production delivers a global warming double-whammy - forests (major absorbers of greenhouse gases) have to be cut down, and then the subsequent manufacturing of bags produces greenhouse gases.
  • Paper sacks generate 70% more air and 50 times more water pollutants than plastic bags.
  • Plastic bags cause over 100,000 sea turtle and other marine animal deaths every year when animals mistake them for food.
  • In 2001, Ireland consumed 1.2 billion plastic bags, or 316 per person. An extremely successful plastic bag consumption tax, introduced in 2002 reduced consumption by 90%. Approximately 18,000,000 liters of oil have been saved due to this reduced production.
  • Current research demonstrates that paper in today's landfills does not degrade or break down at a substantially faster rate than plastic does. In fact, nothing completely degrades in modern landfills because of the lack of water, light, oxygen, and other important elements that are necessary for the degradation process to be completed.

  
  SECURE THE CALL - Recycle Your Cell Phones

  SECURE THE CALL is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization that collects used and unwanted phones and then redistributes them to the community to be used as emergency-only 911 cell phones.  It serves two missions:

  1) Help the planet by keeping as many cell phones out of landfills as possible

  2) Help the community by giving away free cell phones to be used as 911 emergency-only phones as well as evacuation emergency phones

  Whole FoodsMarket Veterans provides you with the opportunity to recycle your unwanted cell phones. To help out the environment, simply place your cell phone in the barrel located in the front of our store under the Guest Comment Board. Thanks!