I have been reading news and posts about where people shop (and where they don't want to shop!) and have always wanted to write about where we shop.
Why?
Every week I get emails from folks who are newly vegan. Believe it or not the grocery store is a whole new world when newly vegan, and I often get asked where we shop.
We live in the west suburbs of Denver and have many choices. For the last nine years my main place to shop has been Safeway.
It's a chain, pretty big in Colorado. For those of who shop only at all-vegan markets, you'll want to skip this one.
There are many reasons why I love my local Safeway. There are always items on sale (I love their 10 for $10 specials) and even when items aren't on sale most of what I buy fits into our food budget. They have a great organics section and over the years have progressed into selling more and more vegan items.
They carry national vegan products like Gardein and Daiya and Immaculate Baking. And in some Safeways (not ours yet) the in-store bakeries are making vegan cake. Mmmm.They also have an amazing assortment of breads that don't cost $6.00 a loaf!
I also am often surprised by finding vegan products there that I haven't heard of before.
When I look at all of the places we shop (Safeway, Whole Foods, King Soopers and Vitamin Cottage) I always end up back at Safeway and happy. And so is our budget.
If you have a Safeway in your area check it out. If you live in the Denver area ours is the one at 38th and Wadsworth.
Happy grocery shopping.
This post originally appeared on Dan Hanley's website The Gay Vegans. Republished with permission.
