Holiday Gift Idea #5: Cozy Time

The 5th City Greens Holiday Gift Idea, we're thinking of how to stay warm during the cold winter months. When the wind blows at what seems like sub-zero temps, it's always comforting to stay inside all bundled up. City Greens has the ultimate gifts to help with the wintertime chill - it's the Cozy Time mix of gifts.

Here's your shopping list for cozy shopping at City Greens:

• 2 Fair Trade, Organic, Loose Leaf Teas from Kaldi's - we have Jade Cloud, Green Tea Mint, Masala Chai, Earl Grey, and Tangerine Ginger ($4.57 for each 2oz. package) 
• Tea Ball for steeping loose leaf tea ($2.00 each)
• Set of 2 Hand-Dipped, Beeswax Candles from Singing Prairie Farm ($4.00)
• 12oz. Package of Fair Trade, Organic, Ground Coffee from Kaldi's ($7.26)
• 1 Pint Glass of Honey from Hilty's Bee Yard ($5.50)
• 1 Pint Glass of Sorghum Molasses from Amish farmers ($5.75)

The entire combination for your City Greens Cozy Time gift totals an affordable $33.65!

Check back for four more Holiday Gift Ideas from City Greens!

Holiday Gift Idea #4: The Master Chef

This fourth Holiday Gift Idea is coming in anticipation of everyone's Master Chef in their family or group of friends. You know that person - always trying new recipes, getting their hands dirty in the kitchen, and making delicious, creative dishes out of otherwise bland food.

For the Master Chef in your life, here's what we recommend from City Greens:

• 1/4 lb. Certified Organic Black Beans ($0.46)
• 1/4 lb. Martin White Rice ($0.18)
• 1/4 lb. Martin Brown Rice ($0.18)
• Saint Louis Days, Saint Louis Nights Cookbook from our friends at Junior League of St. Louis ($10.00)
• City Greens Happy Chef Apron ($10.00)

You can certainly purchase larger quantities of rice and beans, but for the display shown, this gift package totals $20.82 - perfect for your Master Chef!

Keep checking in here for 5 more Holiday Gift Ideas from City Greens!

Holiday Gift Idea #3: For the Nutty Nut

For the third Holiday Gift Idea from City Greens, we recommend gifts for the Nutty Nut. Whether the favorite is cashews, almonds, pecans, or other nuts, the nut lover in your life will be thrilled to receive this gift set.

 

The gift for the Nutty Nut features:

• 1/4 lb. Missouri Black Walnuts ($3.60)
• 1/4 lb. Certified Organic Missouri Pecans ($2.64)
• 1 East Wind Almond Butter (we have crunchy and smooth!) ($5.18)
• 1 East Wind Certified Organic Peanut Butter (we have unsalted and with sea salt) ($3.84)
• 1 East Wind Cashew Butter (we have raw and roasted) ($5.34)

The Nutty Nut will be crossed off your Christmas shopping list, and for only $20.60 at City Greens - what a bargain!

Be sure to check back for even more City Greens Holiday Gift Ideas!

Holiday Gift Idea #2: BBQ Boss

As the City Greens Holiday Gift Ideas continue on, now we're thinking of that person in your life who loves to cook outside, whether it be on the gas grill, with charcoal, or in the smoker. This combo of City Greens delights is sure to be a big hit with the BBQ Boss!

This arrangement features the following:
2 Jars of Freddie Lee's Gourmet Ghetto Sauce (1 Spicy, 1 Mild) ($2.20 each)
3 Jars of Hilty's BBQ Sauce (1 Honey, 1 Spicy Honey, 1 Hickory Honey) ($3.75 each)
1 City Greens Happy Chef Apron ($10.00)
1 Pork Spare Ribs (this one is 3.37lb., each pound costs $2.99, for a total of $10.08)

The total for all these goodies is $35.73, and are sure to put a huge smile on the face of the BBQ Boss in your life. Stop on in to City Greens to buy these items soon!

...And don't forget to check back for more Holiday Gift Ideas!

Holiday Gift Idea #1: The Sweet Tooth

The first City Greens Holiday Gift Idea is for the sweet tooth. At City Greens, we avoid selling items with artificial sweeteners in them, so rest assured that our value-added products have sugar, brown sugar, honey, molasses, and/or stevia, and not an added sweetener you can't pronounce.

For the lover of sweets in your life, we've come up with the perfect combination of affordable drops of Heaven. And this medley only totals in at $17.40.

 

The Sweet Tooth package includes:

• 1 Quart-Sized Jar of Amish Canned Peaches from Eicker Farm ($5.50)
• 3 Angel Baked Cookies (one sugar, one oatmeal raisin, one chocolate chip) ($0.80 each)
• 1 Dr. Joyce Honey Wellness Granola Package ($0.65)
• 1 Dr. Joyce Honey Wellness Cookies 12-Pack ($3.35)
• 1 16-oz. Squeeze Bottle of Hilty's Bee Yard Blackberry Honey ($5.50) 

So come on in, purchase some goodies (free of sales tax!), and wrap them up for a great gift!

...And don't forget to check back here later this week for more City Greens Holiday Gift Ideas!

Local Gifts this Holiday Season

It's that time of year! The weather forecast predicts snow, trees are decorated, and hearts are glowing. ...And gifts are being purchased! When thinking about the names to cross off your Christmas list, try to remember this statistic, as reported by the American Independent Business Alliance: for every dollar you spend locally, 68 cents stays in the local economy. That is, "independent retailers return more than three times as much money per dollar of sales than chain competitors."1

So... shopping a City Greens should be a top choice for fulfilling your holiday gift needs!

If you're stumped about what you can find at CG to gift to your loved ones, HAVE NO FEAR! The next handful of blog posts will feature plenty of ideas for you this holiday season.

Check back in the coming days and weeks to get some stellar shopping ideas from your favorite affordable, local food market - City Greens!




1 Retrieved from: American Independent Business Alliance at  http://www.amiba.net/resources/multiplier-effect
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Holiday Hours Coming!

As the weather cools down and the leaves fall from the trees, folks are thinking about the holiday season! To make sure our shoppers are prepared for the holidays, we want to give a heads up on how our hours will differ from our now usual 10-6 Tuesday-Thursday and 10-5 Friday schedule.

Here's the scoop:
For Thanksgiving, we will be closed Wednesday, Nov. 27 thru Friday, Nov. 29.
For Christmas and New Year's, we will be closed Tuesday, Dec. 24 thru Friday, Jan. 3.

Be sure that you stock up for your holiday meals in time!

P.S. Stay tuned for posts on holiday gift ideas!