This giveaway is sponsored by Thrive Market. Thank you, Thrive!
As you know, I did a Whole30 back in January. When I finished, I felt amazing, and I’ve really made the effort to completely clean up the foods I serve myself and my family. I still read ingredients like a fiend, and whenever possible I select the products that are natural and GMO-free.
Eating like this is hard for a lot of reasons, but there are two that are particularly challenging. The first is time. It’s incredibly time consuming to read the labels on every single product you want to buy. I know when I’m grocery shopping I almost always have my kids with me, so I am racing to complete my list before their patience runs out. There’s no way I can spend an extra twenty minutes to study labels. So, I buy the same things every time – this is how we get into food ruts.
My other (biggest) challenge is cost. It unfortunately is very expensive to eat clean, healthy food. I had to give our grocery budget a serious overhaul, plus I had to do a lot of coupon clipping and on-the-fly adjusting for what my stores had on-sale. Every week I had to seriously reevaluate if it was worth it for my family. Enter Thrive Market.
I heard about Thrive Market right after I finished my Whole30. They are an online retailer that specializes in natural and organic non-perishable products at wholesale prices (25-50% off retail). Thrive Market is the healthy, affordable love child of Costco and Whole Foods. Like Costco, there is a membership fee ($60), but after two months of shopping through Thrive my membership paid for itself. The good news is everyone gets a one month free-trial to make sure the membership is a good fit.
Thrive Market has done all of the research for me. It has more than 90 filters to search their products. For example, with just a few clicks I could find Certified Kosher, Vegan, GMO-Free foods that come in BPA-Free packaging. Or more specifically for me, I can find just their Paleo foods, or just the foods with no added sugars or dyes. If you or your child has a nut allergy, you can search nut-free foods. It’s so easy to find what works for your family.
The best part about Thrive Market is their commitment to making healthy food accessible and affordable for everyone. For every paid membership, Thrive Market donates a membership to a low-income family. You can read more about their mission here.
I place an order with Thrive Market a few times per month (orders over $50 get free shipping). I buy a ton of Annie’s Fruit Snacks (my kids could eat an entire box in one sitting), ghee, coconut oil, body lotions, and paleo treats. Annabel, James, and I are very into Chia Seed Pudding right now, and their chia seeds are the most affordable I’ve found by leaps and bounds….which is good, because the kids eat it like it’s going out of style.
Thrive Market has an amazing giveaway for my readers!
One Grand Prize winner will receive a $250 shopping spree at Thrive Market! You can get soooo many amazing things with that much money!
Twenty Second Prize winners will receive a FREE 1-year membership to Thrive Market ($60 value)!
To enter, just click here and fill out the form. After you enter, you can check out all of the fabulous products Thrive sells. And, you’ll get 15% off your first order!
Contest runs until April 30th and is open to anyone in the continental US. Winners will be notified by Thrive Market.
Good luck and happy shopping!
Sue says:
Heather,,,,,I almost hestitate to say this, because I’m sure that you already know it, but I’m going to say it anyway!!LOL If there are products that I want to buy,and I’m curious about their content, or nutritional value, before I go to the store,,,, I google the item, and ask for the ingredients/and or the nutritional value. Then I know before I leave home if I even want to purchase it. Saves trying to do it while standing in the grocery isle.
Giselle says:
But how do you even know WHAT to Google? I know the products I already buy, but like Heather, get in a rut. So when I want new stuff, I browse and see what’s out there and what inspires me. I totally get where Heather is coming from because I can spend a stupid amount of time at the grocery store or pharmacy because it takes me forever to choose between different brands once I decide I want a specific item. So shopping online for the non-perishables and for cheaper?! Sounds great to me!
Sue says:
You are absolutely right, Giselle! It’s early morning here, and I didn’t even think of that. LOL I was googling the things that I’m already familiar with. I sometimes have time to browse in the store, and when you see new items,,,,that’s the first thing you do,,,,stand in the isle, and try to read the back of the package. Not always convenient!
Nicole says:
Could you post your pudding recipe please?
Steph says:
The amount of time I spend at the grocery is embarrassing! Standing there reading to see if there is high fructose sugar, trans fat, etc. This sounds like a great service. I’ll have to check it out. Thanks!
Deborah Pucci says:
Thank you, I’m excited to shop!
Leslie says:
I’ve never made chia seed pudding. Yours looks so yummy! Now I want to try
Julie says:
Thanks! I ordered some stuff!!!!!
Chessie says:
Doh! Of course they don’t ship to Hawaii (that’s always the first thing I check). Sounds like an awesome program though.
Momma Lioness Michele says:
I’m interested in both Thrive Market and your pudding recipe! Thanks for this info, I’ve never heard of either before :).
REK981 says:
I just heard of Thrive yesterday and made a note to check them out. Thanks for the contest!
Jackson says:
Echo the above. Please share your pudding recipe. I tried one from the Internet that used coconut milk but I am not liking it. Thank you.
Auntie_M says:
Thanks for the introduction….I’ve never heard of thrive and will be sharing about it with friends & family! !!
(And your pud looks delish!!!!)
Adrianne says:
This is awesome! Honestly, I usually never look into stuff from sponsored posts, but this is exactly what I need and I’m so glad you wrote about it because I had no idea it existed! Thanks for sharing…I’ll definitely be getting a membership!
As for the chia seed pudding, I LOVE the idea of it, but discovered that chia seeds make me overwhelmingly nauseated especially in such high quantities. I googled it and it seems others have had the same problem, so if you start to get unexplained nausea, that could be it. Last summer I swore I was pregnant until I figured it out:)
Amy K. says:
I hope you get credit for people that signed up because of your post. I signed up because of it and have already placed 2 orders! Thanks!
GreenInOC says:
I just received my first order and I’m thrilled.
I was very skeptical but when I checked out their website I was so pleased by the pricing and the products offered truly being healthier – so many companies say one thing but then do another.
I was stoked that they didn’t use bubble wrap around the glass items but instead some sort of perforated kraft paper wrapper – awesome!
Not too thrilled about the plastic pouches used for liquids but they used them sparingly and I don’t know of a viable alternative either.
I think their website UI is fantastic! I do wish that they included where products were made/manufactured.
Their selection is great and being in beta mode I can only imagine that it will only get better.