Store Calendar

All Things Good for Thanksgiving

The Holidays are Coming! Stop by our Holiday Table after November 2nd to learn some of the "good things" we offer, taste favorites and order your feast, from a free range turkey to a dinner for 8.  Order a Holiday Turkey Dinner for 2 plus a few or a Southern or Traditional Turkey Dinner for 8 by Sunday, November 15th and your name will be entered to win one of three $100 Whole Foods Market gift cards.

point. click. YUM. www.wholefoodsmarket.com/holidays for cooking videos, tips, recipes and menus, holiday how-to-guides, gift and entertaining ideas, online ordering and more.

Pick up your copy of our Whole Deal October/November Newsletters-filled with more than $37 in money saving coupons, 7 recipes with costs per serving, meal planners for 1,2,4 or more.

Look for our great fresh Fraser Firs outside for sale later in the month. Trees are grown on local family farms in a area of the Blue Ridge Mountains where growing conditions are ideal for Fraser Firs.  

Events

• Every Tuesday

  Half Pint Treat Tuesday

  All Day Free

  Each week there will be a different department featured. See Customer Service to get a wooden token good for one treat from the featured department.Children will receive a treat from that department and an activity page from Customer Service. When they return the completed activity page with their name and age to Molly any Tuesday they will get a surprise. Children up to age 10(accompanied by an adult) may participate. Only one treat per child, per day please. 

  Due to the holiday there will be no Treat Tuesday on Tuesday before Thanksgiving, November 24th.

• Every Thursday

  Tantalizing Thursdays

  noon-2:00 pm and 5:00-7:00pm Free

  See what we're sampling in our departments from noon-2:00pm and 5:00-7:00pm. We'll have live cooking demonstrations. 

• Every Thursday ONLY

  Rotisserie Chicken

  $5.99 Each

  Save $3 each. Tender, juicy and slow cooked in store! Don't forget the sides! Pick up some ready-to-eat Mashed Potatoes or Macaroni & Cheese from our Prepared Foods Department to complete your meal. While Supplies Last.(No Rainchecks) Offer valid on Thursdays only October 15 through December 10th, 2009

• Every Friday

  Fish Fridays

  4:30-6:30 p.m.

  Join Zeke, our demo specialist, or a member of the Seafood department, for some delicious fresh fish samples in front of Seafood and get their terrific ideas and recipes while you watch them prepare their delicacies.Come see what's fresh and fabulous!!

• Every Friday

  Half Pints Friday (in the Cafe)

  10:30-11:30 a.m. Free

  Join Molly in the Café to register your kid/s. Kids receive a gift bag the first time they register and have a chance to pick a rubber duck for a prize every week. They get their official Half Pint Club card and use it in various departments to receive free samples every Friday between 10:30 and 11:30 am. 10:30  is story time in the Café. Join Molly for all the fun! No groups please.

  Due to the holiday, there will be no storytime or registration for Kids Club on Friday, November 20th and 27th.

   

• Everyday

  Sandwich Club

  Buy 6 and get the 7th FREE

  Try one of our delicious Prepared Foods sandwiches and/or wraps and you'll want more! Buy a sandwich or a wrap and get your sandwich club card punched for each purchase. After you've gotten 6, the 7th will be free. Try them all!  

• Monday, November 2nd

  Thanksgiving Holiday Table Opens

  Visit our Holiday Table near the Olive Bar to pick up a menu and speak with a knowledgeable team member who can help you plan your menu.Order your all natural local free range turkeys, fresh organic turkeys, fresh brined turkeys, bone-in turkey breast, fresh kosher turkeys, or oven ready turkeys. We also have turkey dinners for 8 or dinner for 2 plus a few. Of course we have sides, gravy, rolls, appetizers, seafood platters and delicious desserts. We have vegan options available too. You can place orders through November 23rd at 6pm. 

• Special Holiday Website

  Check out our special website www.wholefoodsmarket.com/holidays/ for all kinds of helpful information.  

  Our theme is  "All Things Good" and  our website will feature recipes and tips where customers can find great gift ideas, both to make at home and to buy in our store plus holiday menus, events, how to guides and videos and more. The holiday videos feature Hosea Rosenberg, winner of Top Chef, Season 5. Look for everything from how to make gravy and cranberry sauce to seafood and turkeys!

  You'll be able to place your holiday order online too or call 1.866.554.4WFM to speak to helpful holiday planners. They can answer your questions from 9:00am to 9pm daily through November 23rd and help you plan your Thanksgiving celebration. Of course you can call or stop by our Holiday Table near the Olive Bar.

   

• Thursday, November 5th

  A Thanksgiving Tasting

  5::00-7:00pm free

  Join us for a store-wide sampling of Thanksgiving favorites from our delicious free range turkeys to pumpkin pie-we promise to get you in the holiday mood. Order a Holiday Turkey Dinner for 2 plus a few or a Southern or Tradtitonal Turkey Dinner for 8 by Sunday, November 15th and your name will be entered to win one of three $100 Whole Foods Market gift cards.

• Friday, November 6th

  Special Storytime

  10:30am Free in the Cafe

  In addition to our usual Half Pint activities please join us for a seasonal craft and story told by Lisa Bechmann, an Early Childhood teacher at the Waldorf School of Baltimore. We sing songs and have a fun time-please join us.

• Friday, November 13th

  Special Half Pint Club Class

  10:30-11:30am in the Cafe Free

  Preschoolers will hear be treated to a story, craft and samples from Noelle Maher of HappyFamily. The story will be The Very Hungry Caterpillar and kids will be making a craft project creating a butterfly out of leaves, pinecones, and HappyPuffs. Samples of certified organic and 100% natural  HAPPYFAMILY will be provided. Please join us for the fun class.

   

• Tuesday, November 17th

  Vegetarian Thanksgiving Cooking Class

  7:00-8:00pm in the Cafe Free

  Please join us for a cooking class for you, the vegetarian, or if you' d like to learn to prepare some great tasting side dishes for Thanksgiving or anytime. Zeke, our demo specialist and a vegetarian, will teach this class in an informal atmosphere. You'll get recipes and taste samples of everything.

  This class always fills up fast and space is limited so please preregister at Customer Service.

• Thursday, November 19th

  Easy Seafood Recipes for Thanksgiving or Anytime Cooking Class

  7:00-8:00pm in the Cafe Free

  Learn to make a spectacular seafood stuffing to accompany your fish or turkey. Ian of our Seafood department will also teach you a quick and easy appetizer seafood dip for you and guests to enjoy before the feast. Be prepared to gain seafood knowledge so you can improvise with your own creations.Recipes and samples will be available.

  Seating is limited. Please preregister at Customer Service. 

• Friday, November 20th and November 27th

  Half Pint Club Storytime

  10:30pm Cancelled

  Due to the holiday kids can still use their cards when shopping with you but there will be no Storytime or new registrationsin the Cafe.

• Monday, November 23rd-Wednesday, November 25th

  Pick Up Pre-Orders

  8:00am-9:00pm Monday and Tuesday and 7:00am-4:00pm Wednesday

  Please stop by our Holiday Pick Up Table opposite Sushi to register and then do your shopping while we gather your order. After we get your order we will place it on the opposite side of the Pick Up station opposite Registers 1 and 2. Please see a Holiday Table Team Member there so they can review your order with you and give you your completed order and invoice.

• Tuesday, November 24th

  Treat Tuesday cancelled

  Due to the holiday Treat Tuesday is cancelled today.

• Special Holiday Hours

  Wednesday, November 25th and Thursday, November 26th

  Open at 7am on Wednesday and 9am-2pm on Thanksgiving

  For your shopping convenience we will open at 7am and close at 9pm on Wednesday, November 25th and be open on Thursday, Thanksgiving  from 9am-2pm.

• Not Just Another Tee...

  Whole Body Department

  Hessnatur and Whole Foods Market present the "World in Your Hand" tee...

  The "World in Your Hand" tee is a limited edition organic tee shirt designed by fashion icon Miguel Adrover. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the Hessnatur scholarship program at the Grameen Shikkha project in Bangladesh for its continued work in eradicating poverty through micro-financing. For a limited time, the tee is available in select Whole Foods Market stores.Get your t shirts at the Mt Washington store.

• Nickels for NonProfits

  Bring your bags everytime you shop here and Whole Foods Market will give you a nickel back for each bag or a "Wooden Nickel for Nonprofits" which you can deposit in either of two slots of our Nonprofit deposit box as a donation to either of two non profits. When the box is full we'll write checks to both groups.

• Thank You for Your Change for Change

  Nickels for NonProfits

  You are making a difference with your nickels for nonprofits in our store. Hopewell Cancer Support and Mt Washington Pediatric Hospital Weigh Smart Program are the recipients of this program. If your local not for profit is interested please complete a donation request form at our Customer Service desk.

• Thank You for your Support of our Last 5% Community Day

  You shopped with us and donated food to our very successful canned food drive on Wednesday, October 21st to benefit The Maryland Food Bank(MFB). We donated $4127.46 and 640 pounds of canned goods. Thanks to all for your generosity! Together with the Harbor East and Annapolis stores we were able to contribute over $12,000 and almost 12,000 pounds of food to MFB.

   

• Thank You!

  Chili Cookoff

  The Team Member Chili Cookoff was a huge success on Saturday, October 17th.Thanks to Mike-Produce,  Zeke -Demo Specialist, Andrew-Specialty, Josh-Produce, Angie-Whole Body.Team members and judges from  Mt Washington Village restaurants- Edward Bloom-Ethel & Ramone's, Blake Wollman-Desert Cafe and  Mustapha Snoussi-Crepe De Jour tasted and voted for their favorite.  Mike #5 won with his Meat Chili recipe.#1 Angie's sweet potato and #3 Andrew's corn, avocado, coconut, etc tied for second.

  Mike wins a series of three lessons from Ethel & Ramone's with a dinner as a prize. Red beans and rice,gumbo, and jambalaya. Congratulations, Mike.

  $150 was raised for Our Daily Bread Soup Kitchen.  

• Thank You for Your Support

  Lunch Box Revolution

  Thank you to all our team members and customers who supported our fundraising efforts during September. We in Mt. Washington raised  over $4400 for thelunchbox.org

Donations

Recently Whole Foods Market Mt Washington donated to many not for profit organizations. Some are listed below:

MD Food Bank, Our Daily Bread, South Baltimore Emergency Relief, Arlington Baptist Church, Paul's Place, Children of the World Coop, City Neighbors Charter School, Baltimore County Department of Social Services, MD CASA  Association, Civic Works, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Stella Maris, The Associated: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore, St. Vincent De Paul, FAAN, Goucher College, Art With a Heart, Mt. Washington Elementary PTO, Everyman Theater, Waldorf School,  Stoneleigh  Elementary School,  Relay for Life Loyola College, Towson University MFA Theater Program, Baltimore Symphony, Baltimore Choral Arts Society, Cromwell Elementary School, Aquathon for Autism, Rogers Forge Elementary School, Perry Hall Elementary School, Wellwood International School and many more too numerous to mention.

If your local 501c3 not for profit organization is holding a fundraising event and is in need of a donation, please complete a donation form at least 4-6 weeks in advance of the event and attach your 501c3 letter. Donation forms are located at Customer Service.