Food
Make mine a Cold Brew, please!
Coffee—it’s a universal beverage, but much more concentrated in Finland, Norway, Iceland and Denmark (where it’s cold a good percentage of the year.) Surprised? With the United States and Canada being the no. 2 and no. 3 countries (behind no. 1 Monaco) where Starbucks has entrenched its tentacles, one would think the U.S. would rank…
Read MoreGreen with envy!
One of the big things to come out of Victoria Boutenko’s book, Green Smoothie Revolution, was the way the 20-40 age group embraced the green drink in this decade with gusto, preferring to sip salads through a straw…even for breakfast! The “envy” comes from all those over 50-somethings who somehow missed out on this new…
Read MoreZero calories and diabetic friendly. Sweet!
November is National Diabetes Month—a time to bring attention to diabetes and its impact on millions of Americans. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that 30.3 million Americans, (9.4 % of the United States population) have diabetes. And another 84.1 million people have “prediabetes,” a condition that often leads to type 2…
Read MoreSo (Delicious) you can’t do dairy? Not to worry!
GreenAcres customers were sold on So Delicious dairy-free products from the very first time we demoed them in our stores. For one thing, the ice cream tastes delicious and only the most discerning can tell it’s not full-fat dairy ice cream. We’re coming into the holidays and it’s full speed ahead for So Delicious dairy-free…
Read MoreSugar…it’s not nearly as sweet as you think.
Civilization has certainly progressed through the centuries, but in some ways, it hasn’t gotten any smarter. Case in point: sugar. Is it something we’ve just grown up with and learned to love (make that crave)? Or is it our nemesis, waiting like a stealth bomber to destroy our health? Research says “yes” to both questions.…
Read MoreMaple is becoming the new Pumpkin
We heard this first from our President, Shannon Hoffmann, next from Lynette Frisbee, GreenAcres Central Grocery Buyer, when the marketing team returned recently from Expo West. And now we’ve officially read it in the press: MAPLE IS THE NEW PUMPKIN! So, it simply must be true. It doesn’t seem that long ago that coffee companies…
Read MoreVega One—a whole lot of shakin’ going on!
If you’re looking for optimal health from a plant-based, whole food shake, look no further. Vega One, a Canadian company that has a manufacturing plant in the northwestern US, may be just what you’re looking for. It’s got 15 g. of protein; enough probiotics in the mix to equal a cup of yogurt; nearly three…
Read MoreCider is in the air!
One of the great things about Fall, besides a visit from the Great Pumpkin, is the smell of apple cider wafting through the house on a cool October day. In fact, several of our Real Estate customers will fill a pan with one of our Fall staples—Knudson’s Cider and Spice—and put it on the stove…
Read MoreOur customers babble about Babka!
We don’t sell it at all our stores, but if you live in Wichita, KS, you can find it at GA-Bradley Fair and GA-West. Customers in those stores can’t seem to get enough of that chocolaty, cinnamon goodness that reads like an Easter bread for the Czechs and the Poles, but more like an every-day…
Read MoreBaking with Pamela
GreenAcres cooks bake almost exclusively with Pamela’s Gluten Free Flour. It wasn’t always that way. We started out experimenting with other flours, and for a time, we’d try new recipes with conventional flours, only to have our customers ask, “Can you make that same cake, pie or pastry for us who are gluten free?” Pamela’s…
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