Whole Foods Market Sixth and Lamar August Activities

Wednesday, August 22nd

Community Giving Day: Benefiting the Mexic-Arte Museum

Join us for a day full of culture, arts and food as we celebrate the Mexic-Arte Museum, the official Mexican and Mexican-American museum of Texas.  Dancers and Musicians will entertain you throughout the day along with kids activities and sculptures to contemplate.  5% of today’s sales will go toward Mexic-Arte A.I.S.D programs such as classes that create school murals, short-story writing and illustration workshops.

 

Saturday, August 25th

Wellness with The Crossings

Let Food be Your Medicine: Market Tour with Deirdre Earls, RD, LD

11:00 a.m. – Noon

Gain practical understanding of how to experience the healing power of food within your busy lifestyle. Learn how food can create and reverse disease along with common threads of success across many healing diets (like macrobiotics, raw foods, pH balance, Dr. Perricone and Dr. Dean Ornish's Diets). Savor the flavor of foods that promote natural healing during a tour of the store and leave inspired to take greater control of your health through good nutrition. Sign-up at the Concierge Desk or call 512-542-2243.
Limited to 12 participants.

 

Whole Body Beauty Extravaganza

Noon – 4:00 p.m.

Please join our beauty experts in our 1st Back to School Beauty Fair!  We will have lots of demos, samples, and complimentary makeovers to jump start your school year.  (You don't have to be a student to review the basics of great skin care!)

 

Thursday, August 30^th

2:00 – 3:00 p.m.                      Cost: $5.00

Life’s Sweet, with Less Sugar with Hannah Wong, RD, LD

Carbohydrates or fruit?  Good carbs and bad carbs?  Honey or organic agave nectar?  Net carbs, fiber, artificial sweetener, sugar alcohol, high-fructose corn syrup…  The list of confusing terms regarding sugar goes on and on.  What your body does with sugar and how to incorporate sugar healthfully into your life will be this tour’s focus.  Our registered dietitian, Hannah, will walk through the store with you, sampling products and talking about sugars: carbs, glucose, stevia, fiber, it’ll all be there! Sign-up at the Concierge Desk or call 512.542.2243.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Back to School - August 16, 2007

Whole Foods Market fl@vors August 16, 2007 ............................ Hello Austin,

It's that time of year again, when the word busy takes on new meaning with the advent of school, sports and related activities. Take some of the busyness and stress out of meals with these recipes that can be assembled quickly or made ahead and reheated -- some with endless variation depending on the contents of your pantry or fridge.

-The Whole Foods Market Austin (Sixth and Lamar) Team

IN THIS ISSUE - August 15th - August 28th Figs Meals for Four Under $15 Back to School Coupon Books

-------------------------------------------------- News from fl@vors - Store Specials ** August 15th - August 28th

Allegro Sumatra Blue Batak Coffee (12 oz.): $11.99 (Save $1 ea.) Cal Organic Organic 'Baby' Carrots with Dip (ea.): $1.99 (Save $1 ea.) Annie's Natural Macaroni and Cheese (6-7 oz.): 5 for $5 (Save $1 ea.) Volvic Natural Spring Water (50.7 oz.): 2 for $3 (Save $1 ea.) Barbara's Bakery Puffins Cereal (11-12 oz.): 2 for $6 (Save 49¢ ea.)

-------------------------------------------------- What's In-store? - New, interesting and seasonal products ** Figs

Eaten alone or as a complement to a variety of foods, both sweet and savory, figs bring a unique texture and flavor to the palate. Learn more http://www.tailorednews.com/r/MmxGHuq3JmHoiyE.html

about this fascinating fruit and its convoluted evolutionary journey.

-------------------------------------------------- ** Meals for Four Under $15

Summer is coming to a close and we've put together a few meals to make the seasonal transition a little easier on parents and children alike. Our week's worth of family favorites will bring smiles to your dinner table. And, in honor of September's Organic Harvest Month, we've included two bonus recipes to celebrate the goodness of organics. Pick up the brochure in stores or check out the recipes online http://www.tailorednews.com/r/UNQIqKQI2FqjeMp.html .

-------------------------------------------------- ** Back to School Coupon Books

This year, we're sending you off to school with two free coupon books--K-12 and College--offering more than $55 in savings! We also took notes for you: Boost your GPA (good product awareness) with smart stuff for kids, teens, tweens, parents and college students. Get the answers with our A-Z List for Back to School. Do college your way with essential products you need to be you. Stop by a store to pick up a coupon book.

Whole Foods Market, Inc. 550 Bowie St. Austin, TX 78703

Community Support Day- Austin 8/22

Please Join Us Wednesday, August 22nd For Our Next Community 5% Day

Shop with us on Wednesday, August 22nd, when 5% of our net sales will go to support Austin's Mexic-Arte Museum As the official Mexican and Mexican American Fine Art Museum of Texas, the museum is dedicated to cultural enrichment and education through the presentation and promotion of traditional and contemporary Mexican, Latino, and Latin American art and culture.

Since 1984, the Mexic-Arte Museum has served as a center of Mexican, Mexican American and Latin American arts, coordinating an array of exhibitions and providing educational programs for school age children, universities and adults. Currently featured is From Revolution to Renaissance: Mexican Art from the Aaron Collection, a collection of modern Mexican art never before exhibited in the United States.

Whole Foods Market - Austin Lamar - 525 N. Lamar Austin, TX 78703, 512-476-1206 Gateway - 9607 Research Blvd. #300 Austin, TX 78759, 512-345-5003 ......................................................