Celebrate the holiday season in style with our latest Field Guide! This extra special Holiday Meal edition not only showcases the amazing foods our chefs are cooking up this year, but also fun ways you can make the rest of the year the best of the year. Pick up your FREE copy of The Field Guide at your local Nugget Markets to feast your eyes on fun articles and recipes like these.
We can all agree that 2020 has been quite the year, but it also heralds two major anniversaries: the 100th anniversary of the fight for women to get the vote, and the 55th anniversary of when the vote was finally achieved for all women! Celebrate with us by checking out these awesome women-owned brands.
Cheers to sustainability! Have your gin and drink it, too, with eco-friendly spirits that support causes worth raising a glass to. You don’t have to sacrifice quality or your values to make a tasty cocktail with environmentally-friendly ingredients like Gray Whale Gin!
Food waste directly affects all of us, but we often think of it in small doses, like the food left on our plates when we get full or the produce that got moldy in the back of the fridge. Unfortunately, the United States lets a staggering 40% of all food produced go to waste, and this number has risen dramatically due to the pandemic. The good news is there are many ways to combat food waste, energy loss and water loss all at once! Here are just a few ways to get started.
Breaking news: Nugget Markets' coffee and juice bars are going strawless! It’s true, once we run out of our current supply, we will no longer provide plastic straws at our coffee and juice bars throughout the company (except as required by ADA). We hope you’ll join us in celebrating this sustainable step forward by raising a cup of your favorite coffee, smoothie or juice!
We all know voting is important, but did you know the foods you choose to purchase can also be a form of everyday, edible election? The term is actually called “voting with your fork,” because you place your values onto the food you purchase, which causes more of that food to be produced, thus affecting the market as a whole!
Looking for a way to safely enjoy the great outdoors, free from any potential problems or pests in the air? So are we! As we continue to shelter in place and practice social distancing, there are plenty of ways to do so in fun and sustainable ways! Our backyards are waiting for us to play catch with the kids, wrestle with the dog and enjoy a quiet evening with a book. Our neighborhoods are inviting us to stretch our legs and notice the beauty all around us.
Summer is here… can you feel it?! Here at Nugget Markets, we invite you to SEE your summer fun by considering the Social, Environmental and Economic impact of how you celebrate. No matter where your summer takes you—lakeside, virtual birthday parties or outdoor adventures—you can use these five easy tips to avoid the waste, support great causes and save the Earth, too!
Is it recyclable? This is the question on many of our minds, but the answer is not as simple as yes or no. Undoubtedly, the item is recyclable, but there are a host of competing factors that make this a very complex question. Due to the expensive nature of land and regulating air and water quality, the question then becomes: Can someone make money by recycling this?
Did you know Nugget Markets is a certified Bicycle-Friendly Business? Our Woodland Nugget Markets, Food 4 Less Woodland and both Nugget Markets in Davis hold this certification! We received this certification in part because of the feedback we received from you, our community members—thank you! It’s also due to our stores being easily accessible from safe bike routes, providing numerous safe bike racks and including cycling in our Nugget Markets Extraordinary Vision of Sustainability.