3 of the many reasons why I love Whole Foods

Just having become vegan (about 4 months ago), I didn't realize how difficult it would be to shop in a "normal" grocery store. I like to get in and out, but noooooooo, now I have to look at every label of everything new that I want to eat just to make sure that it doesn't contain milk (ain't nobody got time for that!). Luckily, they have to put a little blurb at the end of the ingredient list if it contains wheat, soy, or milk products so it isn't that hard to determine if I can buy it or not but it is still annoying at times. I've come to realize that Whole Foods really is THE store to shop at if you are vegan, vegetarian, or have dietary restrictions. There are so many awesome products that you will not find at any other grocery store in your town. I don't think that I could ever go back to shopping at another store, they don't have my fake mayo or fake cheese! After having to look at the back of the box of everything I have come to realize the three reasons why Whole Foods makes it so much easier for us vegans to shop there.

1. On the majority of their 365 brand products they have this handy little V+ on the back of the packaging. If it's there, it means it is 100% vegan. No need to read all the ingredients. Hallelujah.

2. In the bakery and prepared foods sections of the store they have these obnoxious green labels that say vegan on them. Again, hallelujah, because baked goods can be difficult to determine if they are vegan friendly or not. And Chelsey loves herself some vegan baked goods.

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3. There are many different companies out there today that know that the majority of their consumers are either vegetarian or vegan. So to make things easier for us, they put vegan in front the whole list of ingredients so that we don't even have to look at the long list! Thank you Amy's for giving a sick girl "chicken" noodle soup. Yum.

The list of reasons why I love Whole Foods could go on and on. And I am sure there will be many other posts dedicated to Whole Foods. But for now, this is why I'm loving them and I figured I would share them with you. You never know, maybe you will want to become a vegan and I will have just helped you tremendously on your search for vegan friendly foods because that shit's rough. And annoying.

Hope everyone is enjoying this delightful weekend. I am spending mine on the couch, cuddled with my dog, and ABC Family movies.

PS- Exactly 2 weeks till I'm in Arizona! Can. Not. Wait.