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The Boxcars at Central Market by photographer Steve Hopson.

Central Market

4001 N Lamar Blvd (512) 206-1000

4521 West Gate Blvd (512) 899-4300

H-E-B opended their first Central Market in 1994 in the Central Park Shopping Center on North Lamar Boulevard in Austin, Texas, to better compete with its healthy rival, Whole Foods. The grocery store with a healthy convenient cafe, live music, and hard to find foods quickly gained a popular following. Foodies from all over Central Texas were attracted to the store’s offerings and were willing to travel from other cities just to shop in the store. In addition to supplying hard-to-find products, Central Market has a highly trained staff that is knowledgeable about healthy gourmet cuisine. Both Austin locations feature live music. Next to the Heart Hospital of Austin, the original North Lamar location puts an emphasis on family-friendly music thanks in part to its large outdoor playground just behind its cafe and patio stage hosting Latin music, Americana, and children’s music – all for free.

Photo courtesy of Fresh Plus, Hyde Park Austin Texas

Fresh Plus Grocery

1221 West Lynn Street (512) 477-5574

2401 San Gabriel Street (512) 524-1394

2917 W Anderson Lane (512) 419-7379

408 East 43rd Street (512) 459-8922

Fresh Plus is one of the oldest grocery stores in Austin. They opened their doors back in 1927. The local owners, Paul and Irene Beurskens are well-known for being very responsive to their customers’ needs. Their goal is to offer wholesome, healthy, responsible, and quality products to their customers in locations that are often smaller and more convenient than the big chains.

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GNC

View locations throughout Central Texas.

GNC (General Nutrition Center) stores are well-known through the US for stocking a wide range of weight loss, bodybuilding, nutritional supplements, vitamins, natural remedies, and health and beauty products, in both its own GNC brands as well as third-party brands. The stores also sell health and fitness books and magazines.

HEB Plus Austin Texas

H-E-B Plus

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H‑E‑B plus!® stores are a larger warehouse-style version of the more traditional H-E-B grocery stores. Due to their size and market dominance they have a large selection of frozen, fresh, and special aisles of health & organic foods, health items- bulk too.

Mr Natural Austin Texas

Mr. Natural

1901 E Cesar Chavez St. (512) 477-5228

2414 S Lamar Blvd (512) 916-9223

Mr. Natural is a natural foods restaurant, bakery, juice bar, and health food store all rolled into one. Their award-winning vegetarian restaurant offers non-dairy, wheat-free, vegan, or vegetarian food using all natural ingredients in unique Mexican vegetarian dishes. Mr. Natural caters, makes it to go, and they can even mail it to you. When it comes to Mr. Natural’s Bakery, you probably won’t find a healthier selection of vegetarian baked goods anywhere. Check out their selection of natural drinks, meat-substitute entrees, vitamin and mineral supplements, and other herbal products. Mr. Natural also offers yoga and meditation classes in their Meditation Room.

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Natural Grocers

10515 N Mopac Expy (512) 231-9200

3901 Guadalupe St. (512) 323-5100

1335 E Whitestone Blvd, Cedar Park (512) 259-3322

Natural Grocers is a family-owned grocery store started in 1955 to provide healthy nutritional choices at affordable prices. Their retail philosophy is based on five principles: Nutrition Education, High Quality, Affordable, Community-based, and Commitment to Employees. They have a full selection of organic produce and high-quality meats. They source locally whenever possible, and they refuse to sell artificially colored or flavored food and a number of other processed foods.

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Peoples Pharmacy

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Peoples was founded in 1980 in Austin, Texas by Bill Swail. Their focus is on empowering patients with knowledge to become more proactive in their healthcare. They use a holistic approach to healing, seeking to identify potential problems in every aspect of a patient’s life and offering suggestions that supplement and complement western medicine. Peoples Deli advances holistic healing by offering a range of food of only the highest quality ingredients. They believe that diet can be a very powerful, positive force for change and healing. The focus is on local, organic produce, grass-finished, free-range meat, pastured chickens, soy-free eggs and gluten-free options when possible.

Snap Kitchen Austin Texas

Snap Kitchen

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Snap Kitchen makes a healthy lifestyle easy with fresh, prepared meals made from scratch every day using high quality ingredients. You can pick your own meals to stock your fridge or let Snap Dragon create your meal plans.

Sprouts Farmers Market

110 N Interstate Hwy 35, Round Rock (512) 334-4684

1530 Cypress Creek Road, Cedar Park (512) 279-8312

10225 Research Blvd, Austin (512) 225-9101

Sprouts Farmers Market are full-service supermarkets and emphasize organic foods including fresh produce, bulk foods, vitamins and supplements, packaged groceries, meat and seafood, deli, baked goods, dairy products, frozen foods, natural body care and household items. The chain operates more than 280 stores in 15 states from coast to coast, primarily in the south. Sprouts sells many USDA-certified organic foods and products that aim to be environmentally friendly and ecologically responsible.

The Herb Store Austin Texas

The Herb Bar

200 W Mary St, Austin, TX 78704 (512) 444-6251

The Herb Bar is an Austin original since 1986, and a haven for healing since 1995 when new owner Twila Dawn Willis added an extensive array of natural health and body care products, many of them of her own creation. There is a comprehensive collection of herbs in many forms: dried, tinctures, teas, essential oils, soaps, and incense. There are healing modalities, including Texas flower essences, regionally prepared sunscreens, fine hair and body care products—locally made as well as from Florida-based Aubrey Organic and the Logona line fom Germany. Their essential oil and tea collections feature the Herb Bar’s own special healing blends. Gift ideas abound, ranging from handmade cards, beeswax candles, teapots, meditation aids, to books and bottles.

Dyer Family Dairy Georgetown Texas

The Mercantile at Dyer Dairy

7801 East State Highway 29, Georgetown, TX 78626 (512) 638-0415

The Dyer family has generations of experience in dairy, farming and ranching. Throughout the years they have valued the food produced by their ancestors and strive to continually improve the quality of food available. Our goal is to offer you locally grown products from your Texas producers. Fresh farm to market products include: milk, cheese, eggs, beef, chicken, and pork.

The Vitamin Shoppe

View locations throughout Central Texas.

The Vitamin Shoppe’s retail stores and online sites carry a line of nutritional supplements with supplementary lines such as Mytrition, Next Step, ProBio Care, plnt, and the Bodytech brand of sports supplements. In addition to their own brands, the company carries third-party lines, including professional and specialized vitamins.

Tiny Tiaga Austin Texas

Tiny Tiaga

1200 E 11th St #106, Austin, TX 78702

Tiny Tiaga describes themselves as a “choose your own adventure shoppe of heal goods and soul treats.” Their store is filled with superfoods including goji berries, incan berries, chia seeds, maca root, baobab powder, coconut oil, hemp seeds, olive oil, raw nuts, seaweeds, algaes, pine pollen, raw honey, raw chocolate, minerals, plant proteins, all natural skin care, books, supergreens, herbal tinctures and tonics, teas, essential oils, art, jewelry and more.

Trader Joe's Austin Texas

Trader Joe’s

9722 Great Hills Trail Ste 200, Austin, TX 78759 (512) 241-1248

211 Walter Seaholm Dr #100, Austin, TX 78701 (512) 474-2263

2805 Bee Caves Rd, Austin, TX 78746 (512) 306-1032

Trader Joe’s is a supermarket that sells specialized products include gourmet foods, organic foods, vegetarian foods, unusual frozen foods, imported foods, domestic and imported wine and beer (where local law permits), “alternative” food items, and staples such as bread, cereal, eggs, dairy, coffee, and produce. Non-food items include personal hygiene products, household cleaners, vitamins, pet food, plants, and flowers. Trader Joe’s sells many items under its own private labels, at a significant discount to brand-name equivalents,

Wheatsville Coop Austin Texas

Wheatsville Food Co-Op

3101 Guadalupe St, Austin, TX 78705 (512) 478-2667

4001 S Lamar Blvd, Austin, TX 78704 (512) 814-2888

Wheatsville Co-Op is a full service, natural foods cooperative grocery store, which has been serving the central Austin community since 1976. Their goal is to create a self-reliant, self-empowering community to transform society by encouraging cooperation, justice, and non-exploitation. Wheatsville is the only retail food cooperative in Texas. You can join the 20,000 vested members for just $70. That makes you eligible to vote in annual elections, run for a seat on the board of directors, receive sale prices on goods, and receive a patronage rebate in sufficiently profitable years. Wheatsville is open to the public and non-members are welcome. In 2013, Wheatsville Co-Op opened a second store.

Whole Foods Market Austin Texas

Whole Foods Market

525 N Lamar Blvd, Austin, TX 78703 (512) 391-8400

11920 Domain Dr, Austin, TX 78758 (512) 831-3981

12601 Hill Country Blvd, Bee Cave, TX 78738 (512) 206-2730

Whole Foods Market is an Austin original founded in 1980 and an international trendsetter in the movement towards healthier eating. A full-service supermarket chain that specializes in selling organic foods products without artificial additive products for foods, colors, flavors, sweeteners, and hydrogenated fats, with now over 470 stores in North America and the United Kingdom. Their headquarters and flagship store is located downtown on 6th Street.

Whole Foods 365 Cedar Park Texas

Whole Foods Market 365

5001 183A Toll Rd, Cedar Park, TX 78613 (512) 690-2605

In 1997, Whole Foods launched their 365 Everyday Value® line. These 365 stores offer products that continue the strict quality standards of Whole Foods at more competitive prices. They are also often located in a suburb as opposed to the usual downtown locations. This makes it easier for more people to buy and eat better foods. The Cedar Park location outside of Austin includes two local full-service eateries from Austin’s favorites: Easy Tiger, a local bakery and beer garden, serving a selection of brats, breads and pastries, and JuiceLand, a local juice legend, serving a full range of juices, smoothies and shots.

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