Thrive Market instead of Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s & Big Grocery - saved me 6K.

Following on from my zero Amazon policy & how I manage to keep pulling it off while actually saving money & not giving up quality of life. This is an actual screen grab from my account today - I am a single human household with dogs, I travel 1/3 - 1/2 of most years and buy a lot locally which makes me imagine how much a family could save with Thrive.

Thrive is a replacement for Amazon, Whole Foods, Trader Joe's (Aldi owned and so so so processed in a lot of cases) & in general big grocery in every way. I am single, I make a lot of my own condiments now & don't eat a ton of processed food but still need a lot of supplies. This is where I get a lot of them and where I try new brands. Thrive does the work on ingredients, carbon offsets & efficient planet friendly practices (really well at scale & continuing to improve over the last decade) I was early to the Thrive Market game & have stayed with it - the yearly fee pays for itself quickly & saves time which is so important to me I can't even calculate a way to value it.

What I get from them: nut butters, baking supplies, cases of Elmhurst 2-ingredient Cashew milk for 1/3 less than anywhere near me, cleaning supplies, their private label goods are in my experience top quality & when it applies organic & regenerative - coconut milk, jacks beans, supplements, pastas, new CPG brands, and many more pantry staples & household items.

They deliver all over the country which saved me when I moved to the Hudson Valley or when I land in Maine for a month and want to have my expendables delivered instead of using precious time hunting things locally. I've only had a couple of delivery issues in the last 11 years burst Elmhurst containers in one, or a crushed box & I have had a seamless, quick & effective resolve online with chat.

I can't recommend Thrive enough - your life will be better, cost less & you will claw time back all while lessening your impact on the planet. WIN WIN WIN.