Environmentally conscious consumers often have to make concession when they score the grocery memory board , where food for thought comes wrapped in unneeded packaging or served in economy - sized portions .
One German store is seeking to reinvent the food shopping experience . Located in Berlin , Original Unverpacktis a zero - wastefulness grocer that sell food minus the packaging ( or brand names , for that matter ) . The mostly constitutional selection is laid out in a way of life that allow customers get the precise quantity they take . At Original Unverpackt , you do n’t have to buy an entire pack of jalapeños if your recipe only calls for one . fruit and vegetables are sell in BIN , and liquids such as shampoo come in refillable bottles . For the most part , you ’re anticipate to provide your own containers , but there are some on sale if you forgot yours .
Although small , the entrepot ’s shelves are stocked with 400 different product — an betterment over the 350 items available last year . ( They also take requests . )
This progressive company is the inspiration of foundersSara Wolf and Milena Glimbovski . The duo used crowdfunding to get the company off the ground , and opened their store in a construction that originally housed a 100 - class - old butcher shop . So far , there are only four other grocery stores like it in Europe .
Now , Wolf and Glimbovski give go and seminars to other business owners about their green philosophy . “ It was important to act and to be part of the resolution instead of just getting cultivate up about the predicted end of the world,”saidGlimbovski .
[ h / t : The Plaid Zebra ]
