Empowering Individuals in the Global Community Through Entrepreneurship
Through the Scanback Program, vendors can donate a portion of product sales in Whole Foods Market stores to Whole Planet Foundation. We can custom tailor a program to meet your needs, whether you’re a small local vendor with a limited budget or a larger national vendor with more to allocate. Since Whole Planet Foundation's inception, more than 100 suppliers have enjoyed participation in this program.
Program Overview: Whole Planet Foundation 2013 Scanback Program
To learn more and to get involved, please contact Marketing and Outreach Specialist Lauren Evans at lauren.evans@wholefoods.com.
Suja Juice
Suja Juice is an organic, raw, Non-GMO verified fruit and vegetable blend beverage and cleanse program. All
ingredients are gently cold pressed for the maximum yield of vitamins, minerals and enzymes, and each 16 ounce bottle contains approximately three pounds of organic produce. Once the cold pressing process is complete, the juice is High Pressure Processed (HPPd) to extend the shelf life by about a month. The HPP method gives Suja the ability to create a safe to drink, nutrient rich beverage without the use of heat or pasteurization.
Maintaining temperature is extremely important in producing a high quality juice. Temperature must be maintained at or below 40 degrees on a continual basis, so Suja and Whole Foods Market have been working together to ensure that from the time that Suja places the juice in the box until the time that it is placed in the cold case section by a Whole Foods Market Team Member, the temperature hasn't gone above 39 degrees. Suja has launched a TempTrips program that will randomly test one case from each pallet that it ships, and upon receipt by Whole Foods Market of the product, the Team Member will see that a temperature device is inside a particular box. For every TempTrip device that Suja receives back from Whole Foods Market, Suja will make a $25 donation to Whole Plant Foundation! Learn more: www.sujajuice.com
Feelgoodz
Feelgoodz is a conscious footwear brand with a mission of human empowerment and a lifestyle of steppin' easy. Our products are made from the highest quality, all-natural materials available. We value comfort, quality, and consciousness, and our products are made for the casual, yet purpose-driven consumer. From the throwback CLASSICZ to the unique CINNAFLOPZ, our brand definitely keeps it easy. $500 will be donated to Whole Planet Foundation in each region where CINNAFLOPZ are sold, and the sale of these unique flips will also help support a co-op of Cinnamon farmers in Vietnam. To stay connected with Feelgoodz, check them out on Facebook.
Snøfrisk
A proud member of the Jarlsberg family, Snøfrisk is excited to support Whole Planet Foundation! Throughout 2013, the dairy is committed to raising $10,000 for the Whole Planet Foundation. For every pound sold, Snøfrisk will donate $.25 to help fund microlending projects around the globe.
Clean air. Fresh water. Steep hillsides. Green pastures. Among the majestic fjords and towering mountains of Norway, the Snøfrisk goats graze within vast expanses of unspoiled nature. The original Snøfrisk (spreadable cream cheese) and our Snøfrisk wheels are made only from the milk of these small herds. The cheese has no artificial additives. The cool climate, living conditions and pure quality milk is what gives the cheese its character and taste.
To learn more about Snøfrisk, visit www.snofriskusa.com and like them on Facebook.
Mahasri Yoga
Mahasri Yoga embodies the vision that the universal, timeless practices of the yoga tradition can benefit people everywhere. It is the belief that internal harmony leads to externally harmonious communities. To that end, Mahasri Yoga provides information, support, and guided step-by-step practices to alleviate anxiety, stress, pain, and to release infinite potential. It has a global presence.
All profits, 100 percent, are donated to charities that help provide assistance to create self-sufficient, economically independent families. There are no deductions made for administrative expenses or time as they are funded privately and not from CD revenues. Whole Planet Foundation is an excellent fit for Mahasri Yoga.
Purchasing the meditation CD Being in Flow: Meditations for Peace, Insight, Clarity, and Focus makes the statement that our vision and efforts are aligned, as 2% of sales from this CD goes to Whole Planet Foundation on an on-going basis.
Chavez for Charity
Chavez for Charity is a new collection designed by Julie Marie Chavez, founder and Creative Director of the fashion jewelry line mariechavez. Through the sale of a colorful assortment of bracelets, Julie's mission is to raise money and awareness for some of today’s most important and necessary charitable initiatives like providing quality health care to the world's poor and helping to end violence against women and girls. mariechavez will donate 25% of gross proceeds from the sale of Chavez for Charity will go to each corresponding charity, and this year, sales of green bracelet collection in select Whole Foods Market stores will support Whole Planet Foundation. Learn more about Chavez for Charity on Facebook.
Crafted Peru
Crafted Peru’s vision is to bring the culture of Peru to a new world, so that they may experience the unique, ancient, yet vibrant spirit of the Andean people. Every product from Crafted Peru represents the unique culture and spirit of the Peruvian people and their traditions, passed down from generation to generation. Crafted Peru’s selection of memorable handcrafted items embodies the spirit of this amazing people. Each product is carefully created one by one with great detail, making each of them unique. Explore handmade items that capture the aspects of everyday life, to memorable items that offer scenes of annual Peruvian festivities. Crafted Peru donates a portion of proceeds from the sale of each item to the Whole Planet Foundation to help support their outreach efforts.
Greyston Bakery
The Yonkers-based Greyston Bakery is teaming up with Whole Planet Foundation to offer shoppers a delicious way to help fight global poverty and create jobs for the hard-working poor in the U.S. Starting in late May 2012, when shoppers purchase one of the bakery’s Chocolate Fudge, Walnut Fudge or Brown Sugar Blondie flavored brownies at Whole Foods Market, 2 percent of sales will go to Whole Planet Foundation to fund poverty alleviation worldwide. The brownies are currently available in Whole Foods Market stores from Maine to Virginia, with plans to roll out to more of the company’s locations throughout the year.
Greyston Bakery employs more than 50 community residents through an open hiring policy that offers the opportunity for real economic stability through training, fair wages and employment benefits. Furthermore, all of its profits support the Greyston Foundation’s community development works, which include affordable housing, childcare, health services, job training and community gardens.
BlueAvocado
BlueAvocado, a lifestyle products company known for multipurpose bags and accessories, and Whole Planet Foundation, have joined forces to alleviate poverty worldwide. In select regions, Whole Foods Market shoppers will find an easy way to join the fight against global poverty with BlueAvocado’s new, limited edition Make Change. Not Waste. reusable bags. $1 from each bag purchased will be donated to Whole Planet Foundation to fund microlending programs in developing world communities. Through this partnership, the Foundation hopes to raise $20,000 to fund microlending programs that will give 590 people across the globe the chance to lift themselves out of poverty. “Working with the Whole Planet Foundation is a new and exciting way for BlueAvocado to directly support and contribute to the prosperity of an entire community,” said Amy George, co-founder of BlueAvocado.
The ultra-thin, hip pod comes in three microcredit client-inspired prints and one solid design. The Kenya, Peru and East Timor prints represent three of the 47 communities where Whole Foods Market sources product and where the Foundation provides microlending support. In addition, these eco-savvy reusable bags will each feature an impact label showing the double bottom line: estimated waste prevented/avoided for a year and total loans funded through the BlueAvocado and Whole Planet Foundation partnership. The money raised, loans made, lives changed and waste avoided will also be tracked in real time on the Foundation’s website HERE.
Café Spice
In celebration of Diwali, Café Spice donated 5% of all October 2011 and 2012 sales to Whole Planet Foundation, generating more than $65,000. With modest beginnings, Café Spice started in 2003 supplying one Whole Foods Market location at Columbus Circle. Eight years later, enthusiastic support from Whole Foods Market, coupled by loyal customers, hungry for fresh, authentic global cuisine, helped spawn fantastic growth for Café Spice’s products, now found in more than 90 Whole Foods Market stores across the country.
“Upon learning abou
t Whole Planet Foundation’s microlending program, we felt compelled to find a way for Café Spice to contribute,” said Payal Malhotra, Café Spice’s co-founder. “As a minority-owned, entrepreneurial company we understand how access to credit can be critical to realizing one’s dreams. Additionally, our business is in the preparation and supply of fresh, authentic global cuisine from regions of the world where poverty happens to be a very real issue for many people. This personal connection further inspired us – we want to be a part of the solution to help break the cycle of poverty.” Payal joined Whole Planet Foundation on a trip to India in September 2011, where she had the opportunity to meet microcredit clients and learn about their experiences and poverty alleviation firsthand. Check out her blog about her amazing journey! Photo: Café Spice's Payal with a microcredit client in India
Emergen-C
With a delicious dragon fruit flavor, Emergen-C Planet™ is the third philanthropic product from Alacer Corp and is available exclusively at Whole Foods Market. For every box sold of Emergen-C Planet, 10¢ is donated to Whole Planet Foundation to help fund microlending projects in impoverished communities in developing countries. Thus, purchasing this product helps unleash creativity and prosperity in emerging economies around the planet. Helping yourself while helping others...what could be more delicious?
Genji
Genji is a premier provider of all-natural sushi and Japanese cuisine to select Whole Foods Market stores, serving the highest quality Japanese-inspired cuisine with all-natural, fresh and nutritious ingredients. Genji’s “Special Roll for a Special Cause” program invites customers to purchase certain key items during a particular month, after which Genji donates 5% of the sales of those items to a non-profit organization whose mission aligns with theirs. In April 2011 and 2012, Genji partnered with Whole Planet Foundation on a Mango Scallop Roll program that raised more than $7,000 each year to fu
nd global microlending projects. “We’re delighted to partner with our customers to support the Whole Planet Foundation because its mission and activities revolve around empowering people to lift themselves out of poverty, a priceless gift,” said Ken Blakeman, marketing director for Genji. “We applaud the inspiring achievements of Whole Planet Foundation and thank our customers for their enthusiastic participation in this program.”
Genji also traveled with Whole Planet Foundation to Brazil in July 2012 to meet some of the women they help us to support firsthand. Read Genji's own Rosali Middleman's blog about her experience!
ADDITIONAL SCANBACK PROGRAM PARTNERS
34 Degrees
Aji
Allegro Coffee Company
Anita's Organic Mill
Annie’s Inc.
Argo Tea
Aspen Clean
Attune Foods
Barbara's Bakery
Barney Butter
Blue Diamond
Blue Monkey
Blueprint Juices
Bodhi Bars
Boiron
Cascade
Cedarlane
Coco Libre
Cucina Antica
Denzels
Dream
Earth's Best
Elevate Me!
Endangered Species Chocolate
Europe's Best
Fresh Is Best
Frontier Co-Op
Garden of Life
Glutino
GoodBelly
Habibis
Hagensboard Chocolates
Hansen’s (Blue Sky Soda)
Helen's Kitchen
Himalania
Homemade Harvey
Honest Tea
If You Care
Illy Issimo
Imagine
Julie's Ice Cream
Kashi
KIND Snacks
King Arthur
Knudsen
La Molisana
Larabar
Late July
Liberté
Madhava
Maia Negre
Majamas
Mastrodonato
McCormick Thai Kitchen
Method
Metromint
Mrs. Meyer’s Clean Day
MS Dairies
Muir Glen
Nancy’s Yogurt
Nasoya
Natrel
Natrica
Nature’s All
NextFoods
Noi Sirius
Nonna Pia
Nourish Organic
Odwalla
Oikos
Old Country Edibles
O.N.E. Coconut Water
Organic Bistro
Pacific Foods
Pirate Brands
popchips
ProBar
Putumayo
Radius Toothbrush
Red Jacket Orchards
Redd's Remedy
Reed's Inc.
Renew Life
Rescue Remedy
Runa Tea
Sambazon
Sapadilla
ShiKai
Simply Asia
Sokenbicha
Sol Bliss
Solgar
Sophie's Kitchen
Soydream
Steaz
Stonyfield
sweetriot
smartwater
Tandoor Chef
Terra Chips
Terramazon
The Chill Group
The Ginger People
The Granola King
Third Street
Traditional Medicinals
Two Leaves Tea Company
Two Moms in the Raw
Udi's
Van’s Natural
Vibrant Health
Whistler Chocolate
Wolfgang Puck's
Yogi Tea
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