This Zero Waste Grocery Store Has it All - FULL TOUR of a Package Free Shop

In this video, we tour a package-free grocery store to see how it works! Stores like this are popping up all over the place, but it can be a bit intimidating to know what to expect and to figure out how to take home items without any packaging. Anna from bare market shows us all the sections in the store while also doing a sample grocery shop along the way.

bare market is a one-stop shop for package-free goods and grocery in Toronto, Canada. They have low-waste personal care products like hair brushes, dish brushes, and menstrual and shaving products. They have bulk shampoo, conditioner, lotion and body wash, cleaners, DIY ingredients, and more. On the food side, they have everything from fresh produce, frozen foods, bulk grains, nuts, pastas and snacks, as well as a closed-loop cafe.

You can follow and find out more about bare market in Toronto here:

Shopping at stores like this makes it easier to live a low waste lifestyle and to take small steps towards zero waste and a more sustainable future with less plastic garbage polluting the earth :)

Special thank you to Anna and the bare market team for making this video with us!!

Thanks for watching!

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[ExploringAlternatives]

Thanks for watching! You can follow and find out more about bare market here:

[ILOLnumber]

I too think using the term " low-waste " as opposed to "zero-waste" is a lot more realistic and encouraging. I love stores like these and hope more open up. 💚

[allisonhennessy]

I really appreciate her approach. Sometimes I feel intimidated to go to a place like this, because I feel like I’m being looked down on if I am not at the employees level of “eco-friendliness” or “zero waste lifestyle.” But she understands that if you are open to where people are at and see that they are trying to move in the right direction, that they will feel more comfortable and are more likely to take those good steps towards a low-waste lifestyle. They place also just looks really neat. Would love to have a place like this near me.

[elewmompittseh]

We used to call shops like this, 'the whole foods store'...'the health food store'...or 'the co-op'...until the big places took over and pushed all the little corner market shops out. It's not a new idea, but I'm glad to see it coming back.

[loudframe]

It's amusing to see that while growing up in 80s and 90s India, all our local grocery store use to be packages free or semi package free. Grains, lentils, beans, to Sugar and other edibles used to be stored in bulks and you could buy them and pack them in your own cotton bags.

[carterkappes]

I like her balanced perspective on low waste vs zero waste. You can can tell she has a deep passion & understanding for the low waste lifestyle!

[joyceb]

This goes back to the days when food came in barrels and huge cloth bags, like flour; when we used paper, canvas and cloth instead of plastic. Those days were when we re-used, repaired and recycled everything instead of replacing. People are learning "the good old days" were actually better in many ways.

[CasaDuroTinyHome]

I looove that you can buy only the grapes that you need! I find it so annoying that grapes come in huge bags at the grocery store or farmer's market, and I can rarely finish the bag before they go bad. I also love shopping at refilleries because when I'm trying a new shampoo or skincare product, I can buy only a small amount to try it out, and if I don't love it, I don't have a big bottle sitting around that I will end up throwing out or trying to give away to a friend. It actually makes it fun to try new products instead of feeling like a gamble & a waste of money.

[mariomovillon]

One of the coolest practical shops I've seen. It is very well-thought of, carefully laid out shelving and alleys, well-stocked up and truly environment-friendly. I hope we'll see more of this kind of grocery shops in many more locations worldwide.

[bee]

According to Anna the title of this video should be changed, in all fairness to LOW WASTE instead of ZERO WASTE.
such an excellent concept. Thanks for bringing us this video/store.
I live in South Africa and it is an extremely wasteful society but things are changing albeit very slowly 🌿

[oAvalono]

I wish them and their customers the best! I'm so happy to finally have a store like this near me; the store smells amazing, the customers are happy, the employees are friendly & treated well too.

[scoops]

There's a place in Boulder Colorado called Naked Foods, everything that needs packaging comes in glass jars. When your done with the food inside, you just bring back the jar and they wash, sanitize and reuse the jar. That way the customers are not handling any of the foods. I wish there was a place like this in my town.

[Beth-zsjr]

This is incredible. I live in a corner of the UK where I never thought I'd find a package-free grocery store, but it turns out there's one in the city just next to my town! I'm amazed at how diverse the food selection is, and their website shows incredible prices (less than £1 per 100g for most items they sell, with a few herbs, spices and teas being the exceptions to the rule). I can't wait to start shopping there

[lauraq]

Anna’s enthusiasm for a low waste lifestyle is infectious. I like her message of everyone trying to eliminate waste in one area is a great start. We started with refilling our dish and hand soap and it just keeps growing from there.

[palebeachbum]

This is wonderful! I hope her business is successful long term. Her head and heart are in the right place. I hope it catches on with the mainstream. What's interesting to me is that this seems like such a forward-thinking concept, yet this is probably how people shopped for these kinds of products prior to the industrial revolution. Fresh foods. No wasteful packaging. Take only what you want/need and pay by weight or individual item. Brilliant! If a store like this opened near me and it was affordable, I'd absolutely shop there.

[JournalAwakening]

Love this! I only wonder if there is something to put around the bread… it’s not washable and has gone from the shelf to the cart, to the counter, to the etc. etc. etc. not to mention it’s transport to the store from the baker… too many hands and surfaces… maybe a biodegradable paper wrap??

[catherinemirakian]

This way of shopping is so great! I hope it will become mainstream. I visited my daughter in France and she found a store similar to this run by a young couple. They provide the containers (you return them when picking up your next order) to be washed and sterilized. You can also place an order online and pick up your order (sometimes on the same day!) We need more stores like this to encourage everyone to reduce the packaging waste from their homes.

[carlyoung]

This is the coolest store. There is a bulk store near me and they use local sources and I love it. Anna's enthusiasm is FANTASTIC! I really enjoyed it. Wishing her success at her store.

[cathylynnpietranton]

Wow this store is amazing. We definitely need more stores like this one in the world. It was great to see you Danielle. Thanks Mat and Danielle ❤

[spencers-adventures]

Literally went there today for the first time thanks to this video! Thanks guys!