Grocery Store Green

I swear. I spend more of my life at the grocery store than anywhere else. This weekend's trip I decided I would shop with green on the brain.
Back story: I'm not very green minded, this is I will admit. I used to make fun of my sister for buying organic foods calling her a hippie. Armed with my grocery list I decided I would see just how brainless it is to go green.

So there I was, like I am often at the Fry's Food and Drug on Wetmore in Tucson. I need to leave the store with the following items: fruit, cleaner, coffee, chips, pop, salsa.

The great thing about Fry's is they have a whole section devoted to natural and organic foods. Needless to say it made it very easy to find the items I was looking for but friendlier to mother earth. The first thing I found was the cleaner. It was called Holy Cow Concentrated Cleaner. The bottle said I could use it all over the house. Plus- it came in pink, so I was on board. And at $7.99 a bottle, it replaces all of my cleaners and is nature friendly.

I can't start my day without a cup of joe. Again, in the natural and organic food section of Fry's I came across Caffe Sanora coffee. Now, it's a little pricey because you only get a small bag for $7.99 but, it's all about reducing my impact and making it easy.

Buying organic produce at Fry's is so easy. They clearly label which products are organic so all you have to do is look at the price to know if you are buying organic product. Turns out the organic bananas are only ten cents more a pound than the traditional bananas which if you think about it is easy, and not that much more expensive.

What's a life without Cheetos and Tostitos? Oh, right nothing. Luckily for me, the Frito Lay company makes it easy to buy natural products. I was able to easily find Tostitos made with organic cornmeal, and to my surprise some organic salsa right next to it. And to top it all off, it was on SALE! Yes!

Last, but not least, POP! I think Diet Coke runs in the veins of my room mate Julia and I. Now there is no real option to go green in this respect. When we finish our cans though we'll separate them and actually recycle.

Now I just have to get through the check-out line without buying any M & Ms. Going green is pretty easy. If a sometimes ditzy blonde like me can do it anyone can. It really doesn't take that much extra effort.