Collection: These 10 Grocery Stores Sell the Most Real Organic Produce—and No, Whole Foods (Amazon) Doesn’t Makes the List! Wholesale

10 grocery stores with the most organic produce

Costco

When you think of organic produce, “Costco” may not immediately come to your mind, but as it turns out, it’s one of the top organic produce suppliers.

“Surprisingly, Costco has a large variety of organic produce and compares to well-known stores such as Whole Foods,” Harris says. In fact, in 2016, Costco surpassed Whole Foods in its organic food sales.

Whole Foods

Whole Foods Market tends to be a gold standard for purveying organic produce, and for good reason. It’s actually “the first and only certified organic national grocer,” as they refer to themselves. This means third-party audits annually to ensure each Whole Foods Market store is following practices to maintain the organic integrity of products until the moment a customer chooses a product from a display.

Sprouts Farmers Market

With a similar feel to that of Whole Foods, Sprouts Farmers Market, located in 23 states, is a health foods store in which organic food encompasses 30,000 square feet of space. From avocados to grapefruit to pineapple, they’ve got it all.

Trader Joe’s

Trader Joe’s is a longstanding carrier of organic produce. First opening in 1958, the nationwide chain often carries organic bananas, tomatoes, salad greens, and apples. The website features a handy FAQthat talks through its standards and various organic food terminology. And it’s easy on the wallet, too—CNBC reported the average prices of products at organic grocery stores, and the prices at Trader Joe’s are comparable to those of Aldi.

Erewhon Market

Erewhon Market, the Los Angeles-based grocery store you may see celebrities popping into all the time, carries quite a bit of organic produce. Beautifully presented, shoppers can expect to find organic produce like mushrooms, strawberries, and mandarins, and rarer produce varieties, like turmeric root, Japanese yams, and black mission figs.

Woodman’s Market

Based in the Midwest, Woodman’s Market, which locals know to be a particularly large-sized grocery store, provides several organic produce offerings. The food in general at this store tends to be inexpensive because it’s employee-owned. Keep your eye out for organic pears, cauliflower, and potatoes.

Walmart

Yes, Walmart! In recent years, the superstore has begun to carry more and more organic produce within its grocery department. Here, you’ll find frozen organic fruit and produce standards, like organic baby carrots, bell peppers, and iceberg lettuce. With a goal to make organic eating affordable, their prices are comparable to Aldi.

Target

Target has a lot more than stylish, low-priced clothes and adorable holiday decorations—they also have an impressive organic produce department. For a one-stop shop that includes school supplies, toiletries, and organic produce—like blueberries, raspberries, and clementines—the brand, boasting nearly 1,900 stores nationwide, has been carrying organic groceries for nearly a decade.

Kroger

With a presence in 38 states, Kroger has long been a grocery-store standby. But these days, their organic offerings are notable, even featuring their own Simple Truth Organic® brand. In fact, in one 2017 report from the Organic Produce Network, Kroger’s organic sales were up nearly 20%.

Safeway

Safeway is another grocery store chain that has been around forever. Today, it has 1,300 stores nationwide, and they’ve kept up with the times by selling a wide selection of organic produce. Often offering coupons, the store can make it easy to shop organic and save money.

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Sources

• Tonya Harris, environmental toxin expert and author.
• Samantha Schleiger MS, RDN, CD, CLT, IFNCP, an integrative and functional medicine dietitian.
• Pew Research Center: “Public Perspectives on Food Risks”
• USDA: “Organic Market Summary and Trends”
• British Journal of Nutrition: “Higher antioxidant and lower cadmium concentrations and lower incidence of pesticide residues in organically grown crops: a systematic literature review and meta-analyses”
• Environmental Working Group (EWG): “EWG’s 2021 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce™”
• Environmental Research: “Organic diet intervention significantly reduces urinary pesticide levels in U.S. children and adults”
• Organic Produce Network: “Kroger’s Q3 natural, organic sales up nearly 20%”