Waking up to a severely sore throat this morning was not the best
way to start off my weekend! I simply CANNOT be ill at all this month! Too many
birthday celebrations at stake for tonsillitis to rear its ugly head!
Thanks to the new Whole Foods Market which has opened in
Cheltenham, I went over to see what they had to help me beat the bug!
Now I had previously been during the week when it first opened and
was super impressed. My boyfriend and I walked around in a food induced daze for
well over an hour! It has such a nice atmosphere it actually makes food
shopping a joy (not that I could afford to do a proper food shop in there as
its kiiiinda expensive, but you definitely get what you pay for). They have so
much good wholesome food on offer, which a huge percentage of the produce being
locally sourced. The staff are hugely helpful and always offering out samples
of food or beverages. We ended up buying some fresh pizza from the deli, a
salmon pate and some soup - all of which is delicious!
However on my visit today I went straight
to the juice bar. I choose a green juice drink which included spinach, kale, broccoli,
apples banana and lemon. The kind lady that was serving me also added an extra
shot of ginger to help with my throat. Its so nice having somewhere you can buy
fresh and healthy readymade drinks, as I'm not always too keen on buying carton
juices. I also headed to the salad bar. I picked up a cardboard container (eco
friendly instead of plastic packaging - thumbs up from me) and filled it with
pesto pasta, soba noodles and veg, so tasty and really filling. Now although
this is no cure for whatever dreaded illness I have, it has hopefully energised
me enough to get through birthday meal #1 this evening.
Oh and OMG the beauty section, I can't believe I havn't mentioned this yet! There is a large range of organic and natural skin care and
beauty products. They stock brands such as Ren, Pai and NUDE and many others.
They also stock Zoya and Butter London nail polishes which I'm incredibly
chuffed about!
So basically I love this place and everyone needs to go there NOW.
If you would like a much more in depth review of this place along
with some beautiful photos head over to We The Food Snobs blog. It’s a
goodun. You can also have a look at the Cheltenham stores face book, they post
photos and offers daily, as well as events they have going on in store.
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| Cheeeeeeese |
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| Spices |
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| Steak |
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| Just a sample of the skin care they have to offer |
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| Nuts galore. You can even make your own nut butter! |
Enjoy the rest of your weekend
Ashleigh x
