Hey everyone, Rob Greenfield here, and
I am extremely excited to welcome you all
to Tare, which is Minnesota's first zero
waste shop and one of the first zero waste
shops in all of the United States.
You can come here and you can get your
groceries all without creating any garbage
as well as get all the items that you need
to live a zero waste life.
So, Amber and Kate are going to give you a
tour of the place and show you around.
So come on in!
Kate: Hi, welcome to Tare Market, Minnesota's
first zero waste store. I'm Kate,
Amber: And I'm Amber.
So, at Tare Market our mission is to
fight climate change by providing people
with access to package free and plastic
free goods. So customers can come into
our store and shop totally package free.
They can bring all of their own containers
here from home. They just have to weigh
them first and then they can fill them up
with whatever they would like.
Or they can borrow some containers from,
either our community jar section that's
been clean and sanitized by Tare Market,
or they can take a jar from our jar
deposit area where jars are branded with
our logo. People can borrow a jar, they
fill it up, bring it home, use the item,
and then bring the jar back and get their deposit back.
That way we are eliminating any waste
from people doing their shopping.
So the very first thing we have, are two
kinds of kombucha and one kind of cold brew.
These are all made locally, either in the
suburbs of the Twin Cities, or right here in the metro area.
And then we have about 100 shelf stable
bulk food items in this space.
So, everything from dried fruit, locally
made granola, candy, etc. And we try to
source as many of these things as locally
as possible. So we work with a lot of
small, local vendors and local farmers,
trying to bring sustainable living to the
Twin Cities community.
We also have two nut grinders to bring nut
butters to the community. So, we have an
almond butter and a peanut butter.
These are refurbished, second hand nut
grinders that we are really proud of.
And then, over here, we have a lot of our
flours. So, we have regular all purpose
flour as well as a lot of flour alternatives.
So, everything from coconut flour to
almond flour. Also, we carry pastry flour
and a heritage grain flour, as well.
And then we have a bunch of different
kinds of rice and then popcorn and oats.
And we try to source as many foods local
to the Twin Cities as possible. So some
of these come from local farms that
deliver every week and some come from
larger farms that we get a larger shipment
in at a time, kind of thing.
Kate: So over here we have our bulk coffee
section. Both of our suppliers are local
to the Twin Cities. We have SK coffee and
Tiny Footprint and the cool thing about
the way that we source these, is there's
zero packaging involved. We trade
packages back and forth and they are
delivered to us that way.
We also have a large selection of teas
from some really awesome companies.
Organically grown, locally. We have our
selection of coffee socks, which are
reusable filters for brewing coffee, and
then some 'to go' containers.
And then, over here, we have our bulk
spice section, so you can come and just
refill your spice jars or grab one of ours
with this huge selection of spices.
And, additionally, right here we've got
our refrigerator with some condiments and
salad dressings. It's very popular at
Tare Market. People love to just refill
their bottles that they already have and
avoid all that plastic.
Amber: We have a lot of DIY supplies here at
Tare Market. A lot of people really want
to make their own sunscreen or lip balm or
what have you, so we've really tried to
source products that people can use to
make a lot of those things, themselves.
As well as some other health and beauty
things like reusable face rounds, facial
soap, lotion in a glass container, and
things like that.
So, what we have here are some of our low
waste and zero waste make up brands.
Everything from a pressed powder
foundation in a refillable compact, to lip
balms in a compostable tube and tinted
lipsticks. As well as bulk eye shadow and blush.
Kate: So, this section is one of my favorites.
This is our shampoo, conditioner, hygiene,
and then also, cleaning section.
So we have shampoo bars and conditioner
bars up on this shelf. Many of them are
local to Minneapolis, which is great to
support a local business. And then down
here we have bulk laundry powders.
So you bring in your own container and
just buy your laundry powder in bulk.
And then, back here, we have refillable
hand soap, dish soap, castile soap, all
purpose cleaners and sprays, as well as
dishwashing powder and then a selection of
refillable lotions and shampoos and conditioners.
Amber: Junket is a local vintage store here in
the Twin Cities that has all pre-loved and
second hand items. We're working with
Junket to develop a relationship where
every month they have a table here at
Tare Market. And that table is comprised
of a themed item. So, this month it is
back to school. So, every product on
here is geared towards back to school
supplies and every single product is pre-loved.
And we are switching that out, actually,
to be mending for the fall, so we really
try and just stay current with the times
and bring second hand items to this community.
Kate: Recently, we were really excited to bring
in an extra zero waste resource for the
community, and we brought in two
Tare recycle boxes. We chose to have the
snack and chip wrapper box so you can drop
off your used snack bags, here, and they
get shipped off to Tare recycle where they
get recycled. And then the second one we
chose was the beauty product one. We felt
like these were two areas where people
really struggled to dispose of their
plastic tubes and containers and wrappers
associated with hygiene and beauty
products and snacks.
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