This is How I Go PLASTIC FREE Grocery Shopping on my Bike 

Love your point about how biking to get groceries encourages us not to overbuy. I tend to buy more fresh, more local when I bike shop. Bonus: Nude Foods delivers for busy families and students who may not always have time to shop. As you noted, with even just two panniers and a bungee cord or two I often can get sooooo much groceries, and bike home with 100s of pounds of food. It's heavy, but not that hard, the bike is doing most of the work. And now with ebikes, boom! You could put it all in a cart behind the bike if we wanted. But main thing you nail: it's more fun, when we open our hearts to caring about our planet, one another, whales, bears, fish, birds. Caring is more fun! And when we work to save the planet we all depend on, some magic happens. Community is healthy, helps our resilience in times of stress or if we're having a hard time. Biking is healthy. Much of the food is actually cheaper, and healthier. And when we vote with our dollars-care about local jobs, independent moms n pops, instead of paying our hard-earned bucks to the Man (Bezos, often), we can all be better off, keep money in our communities. Love your big heart brother- ~ Waylon

Wow. That store is over the top. The world needs to have a million more of them to shop at.

Bike commuting for groceries is awesome, been doing it for years. It tends to make me shop smarter and not buy as much. I become a lot more aware of what I am buying and plan out my food a lot better than when I buy. Also, kudos to the women for admitting that there are times when we need plastic. It is something that is needed in the medical field. The rest of us can work to reduce our plastic usage as much as we can.

This could be the next generation of whole foods. Would they consider expanding to other cities?? They've got a winning combination of convenience and zero waste. Thank you for spotlighting this.

So damn good! Did my first biking grocery shop yesterday - now searching for a bulk foods option locally. They’re few and far between here but I’m going to try ☺️ PS my beautiful grandma was born on Jan 21st 💛

This is great, you are lucky to have store like this in Boulder. I live in the Netherlands, and we are just starting with zero waste shopping. But grocery shopping on a bike is the standard here, on average, I think 60% of grocery shopping is done with a bicycle, and in Amsterdam, it is probable over 85%. I appreciate that you speak out more about your ideas of how to live a responsible life, and that you always look at the positive things that we as individuals can do. Thanks for the inspiration.

Thanks Ryan for highlighting our over use of plastics and showing us with an alternative. Wish we had a plastic free bulk store near us here in the east. Will have to research options in our neck of the woods. . On another unrelated note, I recently purchased an L Train from Priority! A really great bike. Cheers.

When I cycled everywhere in SoCal between 97 and 2006. I had panniers on my bike. I would go grocery shopping and fill the saddle bags. I would also carry a backpack for any extras. I would bike to the market and back, which was about 3.5 miles total. I lived up on a hill with a 400 meter climb. It was always an experience climbing that street on a bike with groceries. Thank you for the video. It brought back good memories. You have fully inspired me to get back in the saddle. Your videos made me realize how much I miss biking everywhere. Again, Thank you

Thanks for the exposure Ryan! This makes me have hope for the world.

Wonderful episode, Ryan! I Wish Nude Foods was in my neighborhood. Or maybe I need to move to Boulder...

Brava to NudeFoods founders; you've got me thinking how to change up my habits for less plastic.

I don't drink anything other than water, and I take my own container with me everywhere I go. Plus I like produce stores that don't put everything in plastic containers and plastic bags. Pretty easy to change your ways if you care enough to do it. Thanks for bringing this to peoples attention, sometimes we just get caught up in life and forget that earth is for everyone.💗

I only have 1 word for this video. AWESOME 👍

I’ve been car-free in central Denver for over 3 years. My bike broke 2 years ago & had been exclusively on foot since, with a little transit for long jaunts. It’s not easy to buy & consume primarily fresh produce without a car, but it can be done. Ironically, I found it easier to buy groceries when I’m on foot than on bike because I can buy more as I can carry two bags by hand with my backpack full-that’s when transit helps!

I don’t know how I missed this video. I love that you’re using a store that has reusable packaging. I’ve been reducing my plastic waste for several years now and I’m amazed how easy most of it is.

Ryan, another great video, I will share this video with my friends and family....thanks

This is FANTASTIC! I love the concept! Thanks for opening our eyes to possibilities!

Grocery biking is so much fun. I did it today. Like you said, it turns grocery shopping into an adventure. I wish there was a nude foods here in Michigan. I hope to see more nude food stores.

Talking about clothes, thrift shopping is an AMAZING option!! Specialty made minimal waste clothes can be pricy, but thrifting is completely recycling, you can find awesome stuff, and can be/almost always is more affordable than buying new!

Fantastic! I would love it if my local co-op adopted the glass jar model. I am going to ask them about it. Thanks so much for the great info and ideas.

You Go Ryan, you da Man! you're an inspiration. You inspire me...🚴‍♀ I just put my BOB back into the lineup!! I have a repurposed Rail Trail through my neck of the woods (Rockingham Rail Trail'NH) which makes my shopping experience a lot more safe and FUN!! Keep up the good work my Man

Highly informative and educational as always Duzer! Keep up the great vid's

Got this on Patreon & went ho hum grocery shopping. Almost didn’t watch but I did, and I loved it! What a great place NudeFoods is & with very necessary purpose. Good for them & for you Ryan for presenting them. Wish they were in LA!

We (my wife and I) cycled Boston to the Pacific last year. It was great, BUT, the amount of plastic EVERYWHERE was discouraging. Since then, trying to make a meaningful dent in my own plastic consumption is very hard. Great video, keep up the great education.

Love it. Definitely got me thinking I’m guessing is part of your intent. I’ve become a big label reader as I get older. Seems like that would be tough to do at this amazing place.

Hi Ryan, Living in Southern California, We haven't gone plastic-free yet, but working to iliminate use much more and adapting our lifestyle in a lot of ways to support a healthier earth. Wow! Boulder has beautiful biking trails. Much inspired. Thanks!😉❤🧡💛💚💙💜

awesome!! stoked to check this place out. Would love to see your tips for winter riding, trying to do as much biking as I can but I haven't cracked that nut yet.

Wow, what a great store. I wish I had one near me. Thanks for making this video. I had no idea that plastics weren't recyclable.

Awesome store!! On another note; I have a B.O.B. trailer that I bought for bikepacking/camping trips. You just reminded me that I could (maybe even should) use it more for small grocery trips. 👍🤙

Do any of you have a store like this near you? I'd love to know. Also, if you wanna learn more about Nude Foods, go to www.nudefoodsmarket.com and you should totally follow my friend Waylon, he posts a lot of great content about saving the planet. You can find him on IG at instagram.com/waylonlewis

Fantastic! I’ve been reducing my waste but it’s very hard to do where I live. I will keep adding plastic free items each month. I have a garden, go to farmer’s markets, and compost food waste. Great store!

The Planet is thanking you my friend! You Rock Duzer! Oh and great prices. I'm IN..

Great spotlight of next level market. Thank you!

Ryan! so glad I found your channel. Saw your Burning man Ultra. So much fun! Single use plastic is up there on my list. Great story on this unique store, need to get to the point were is is no longer unique but mainstream. I've considered shopping on my bike. The biggest concern I have is my bike being there when I come out of the store. Maybe pickup a beater on Craigslist just for shopping. Dense Urban area have a high crime rate.

Love you, Ryan. Thanks for this. I have a great grocer less than one mile away that stocks tons of local food and am building up my 'round the town bike to go rain or shine with fenders, racks, bags and such. Looking into eco friendly produce bags, because I cook a LOT of veg. Also the meat ( for those of us who still eat it ) is packed at the butcher counter in paper that is not healthy. That brown paper is lined in stuff that causes cancer!! I am a breast cancer survivor, and I know I can't avoid "all the things" anymore. But I do take it quite seriously. The journey continues. Just get out there folks. Thanks again, Ryan!!

My grand parents used to get Charslton chips in a tin can and they were so good! It cool to see the old school coming full circle!

They do this at the grocery store near me but only for large milk jugs. Hopefully over time they will do that for more items. People have incentive for this too because if they don't have any trash than they don't have to pay the trashman.

Thank you for the inspiration! Keep doing great things.

Hey Ryan, Thanks for the heads up for Nude Foods Market. I live in Loveland and this would be a nice trip to visit Boulder and get my groceries and a cup of coffee at my favorite coffee shop.

WOW.. Great Store.. What a Eye Opener.. Very Informative.. Thank You.. 🚴😃

I primarily commute to the grocery store by bicycle; honestly, e-bicycle because it's hilly where I live. I wish that we had an amazing grocery store like Nude Foods here in Bethlehem.

You said Doo Doo lol! Cool, never heard of the no waste grocery store. That needs to be more prominent for sure. Man, I truly wish there was a NudeFoods near me, this was a very informative video Ryan, well done man.

Another great video Ryan.what an amazing store, hope this idea takes off world wide.

We're almost birthday twins! Mine is on January 22! Visited Colorado for the first time this past summer... loved it!! Happy trails, brother!!

Great message Ryan. I’d like to add - for you Kurig coffee drinkers out there, think about all the plastic coffee pods hitting the landfill every day. Buy yourself a grinder, a press and find a local roaster.

Thanks Ryan for making us aware of this wonderful store. We need to totally stop our addiction to plastic. 0ver 60% of all clothing in the world is now made of plastic. Even your blue jeans and wool socks have plastic thread in them. Thousands of years from now there will be a layer of plastic demarcating this time in the earth's history. Good to see a store that really cares about the future generations and the mess we are leaving them. One day I went to the neighborhood store to buy one item, I came out with five plastic bags full of groceries and could not find my car., before realizing I rode my bike. It is a learning moment.

I like the glass jar idea. I miss buying my soda in glass bottles then recycling the bottles.

Hi Ryan. It's amazing that you're doing!!!

I love the idea of my pantry being full of glass jars instead of cardboard or plastic. Less bugs. More visually appealing. Also, not having to wash the jars would be pleasant.

This is my favorite video yet Ryan, thank you so much!

Wow this is SO COOL! When you first mentioned a zero-waste grocery store, I was picturing some expensive bougie place filled with scented candles and quirky ingredients. But the fact that they have all the essentials AND it's cheaper than the big chains makes me super jealous. Side note, do you have any recommendations for a brand of bungee cords? Trying to find a good set for my bike rack that will last a long time and won't fray easily.

This was so cool. Thanks for sharing this with us. Amazing.

This is a neat market!👍 it's nice to see this kind of store wish we had one in Arkansas.

OMG, I just found a similar store in my home town. I ride past it every time I bike home. I never even thought of this. I thank you for opening my eyes a little!

Hey Ryan, Good subject matter. Everyone should take a look at mycelium packaging (comes from mushrooms). We really need these alternatives. Thanks Nude Foods for showing the way.

Good stuff, thanks for giving me something to really think about!

Wow Ryan mi amigo, Thanks for the video. I am a plastic hater but is so difficult to get to zero waste. I will check if I have a store like this one close to home. Love it and keep up the good work!

This is a rad concept. Hope this concept grows

This was an excellent video! I just googled zero waste groceries by me and was shocked to find a great option in my tiny town!

All these years in Boulder and only found our way to Nude Foods YESTERDAY. Wonderful. And a Monkey bar will fuel my commute home today (if it lasts until 4:30, doubtful).

nice helmet !! i also use my bike to ride 4 miles to the Walmart for Groceries ! somethings i limit my items due to space in my backpack and facing headwind going back home ! i need a electric bike !! ha ha

Wishing the ladies all the best with their business, great idea.

Such an awesome video. Love this. Gotta see if we have something similar in good ol El Paso

Love this Ryan! Any idea if they plan to open more of these stores?

Love that you’re addressing this again. I would miss going to Costco.

Wow! I learned so much from Waylon and the ladies even with my expertise in zero waste. Your biking is envious too. Wish these stores were everywhere. I love the packaging, glass, had no marketing crap. Cool to learn that packaging is about half the price.

WOW! We need more stores like Naked stores, Whole Foods need to learn and we as consumers need to HATE plastic

More Eco friendly ideas/vids like this please. My 7year old son love watching and learning about plastics and grocery shopping. THANK YOU!

Nice to see that someone can avoid plastic. Here in my city 10% heat with soft coal, 5% heat with hard coal, 40% heat with burner oil, I heat with electric baseboard (getting a heat pump on the 28th) 30% heat with electric basebord and the remainder use Scotian Shelf natural gas. Our power comes from about 30 hydro dams and 1 50 year old CANDU Nuclear reactor on a medium level active fault line. Locally we have a refinery (North Americas largest and newest 2012) that ships one to two tankers of nylon resin to be dumped in the UN approved ocean disposal site off Somalia, (cause of the pirates). Saudi crude leaves nylon where as Alberta Crude has tar as the reminant part. Tar gets used up in construction! Because of the left over unsellible nylon that gets dumped at sea, I am on the fence on using plastic vs ocean dumping nylon resin mixed with unsellable solvents. No question neither is good just which is worse, and which is better! So many factors to everything. _________________________________________________________________________________________________ PS. CO² is likely going to be backburnered by the mass wasting of the arctic permafrost that is melting from our stupid developments above the 60th parallel and not so much our fossil fuel use. The mass wasting releases huge amounts of methane CH⁴ gas. Methane does not absorbe into our oceans, also vegitation does not ingest methane so it can exist for hundreds of years and according to PBS NOVA each molcule is 43 times the greenhouse effect of CO² (Environment Canada says methane is 9X CO²). Eather way both are really bad! We need to stop all northern developments, all arctic ice breaking (except for local harbor clearing) all construction way up there, frankly we need to remove every non aborigional person who lives up there to keep the heat reflective white snowy ground cover everywhere even on the oceans! If we fail we all lose!

This video has to be shared millions of times. Zero plastic grocery stores should be the rule everywhere.

I hope Nude Foods is able to expand to more locations! What a beautiful place with beautiful souls. 🌺

I love grocery biking! I have bags and a trailer and do a huge load. I have front and back racks and a Burly Coho trailer. I’m right next to you in Denver and I went actively car free many years ago

Cool! Happy belated birthday! Hope it was great.

I never thought I'd say this but, wow that grocery store is so cool!!

Thank you for this! And hey, I know people that practice zero waste shopping without a zero waste store. They buy all unpackaged fresh produce and shop at places that have dry bulk foods. Most use paper bags for the bulk foods

Wow! Amazing! So insightful!

Another AWESOME video!!! Gosh dang you're good at this!!! Thank you for the knowledge bomb of how bad plastic sucks!!

You're right about those people at Priority Bikes, they are amazing. I forgot to add the discount code for a $100. discount, several days after my bike came they texted me... and credited me the $100.! Don't ever let me catch anyone takin bad about NYC again... may God bless Priority Bikes and the NY Rangers hockey team!

First time I have been introduced to this Amazing Store! I Love This Idea 💡 Brother 😎. I worked retail for 20ish yrs and the store recycled Cardboard! Big Box Store. Hope Tucson Arizona Desert 🏜️ Gets this Store Soon. ✌️❤️🙏

I wish I had this in my town. One of the downsides of not living close to larger cities.

Happy Birthday !!!

Shopping by bike is fun and so convenient. I can use a shopping bag bungeed on the rack or panniers or even a trailer. At times I just walk since I live in city and areas are still laid out like all inclusive villages around 50% don't own any cars. There's a choice of many buses (peak times every 6 minutes), trains, underground, car share, bike share, taxis, walking and riding. Around the corner has many shops including one similar to your Nude shop. Ours is too expensive to shop in regularly at the moment. Most walk to the shops because it's too much of a hassle to be driving around finding the limited parking places. That takes up more time than the 5-10 minute walk to get there. I found that out when they did a local survey. I use the bike when I want a ride or want to shop further away or I'm passing by on my work commute. I also use it when I want to carry a lot. It's great to take stuff to the reuse/recycling centre too.

I love riding my bike to get groceries. I have an online store so I take my packages each day and stop by our small local grocery store to get just what I need for dinner or lunch the next day. It's a thirteen mile trip in total. I did it every day for 7 days and lost 5 lbs. Our grocery is smaller than the produce section in most big grocery stores but I almost never have trouble finding what I need and I know all the people who work there. I see them every day.

I wish we had a bulk store like that closer! Very cool.

My bicycle grocery shopping Pro tip is the fact that ortlieb panniers can actually clip on to the side of the most grocery carts. I fill the panniers as I shop that way I know it all fits. Then at the register everything gets scanned and goes right back into the panniers, no grocery bags needed.

Obviously this is awesome. All shopping should be like this. BY LAW!!! I wish there was one of these by me.

This was a wonderful video. Wish all city had this type of store. I am changing my life style I am trying to bike to my every day errands. Targets only one mile from my house “why do I drive?” The groceries store is presenting a bit more of a challenge, I will have to ride the stroud at one of the intersections that merges on the by pass. Though I am a confident rider my special needs son loves to go to the grocery stores with me. So I have not yet figured out how to take him with me. He also has therapy once a week that I would love him to ride a bike there(along side of me) but at this point I have not figured out a safe way to get there.

As always SUPER. We need one of these stores in Gunnison.

"sourcing", beautiful. I was thinking the next best thing might be to attach a Bobtrailer to the Gates\Pinion Priority. I'm just thinking of the future for when I might can do that with plus sized tire on a priority.

Love this dude.

Hi Ryan love your channel I lived in Boulder for over 20 years as a sports ski wear designer. Moved back to Australia 4 years ago and love seeing Boulder Creek rides. Now living the urban farm life PS tell your buddy he needs to go see what happens at a screen printing business🤷‍♀️ talk about toxic plastic…my pet peeve talking about clean living and wearing big plastic printed sweats, Just saying sharing your vids with friends in Boulder. ❤

Thank you for this video. It’s really inspiring to here you and Waylon talk! Also it’s really interesting to learn about the differences between 🇺🇸 and 🇸🇪. In all Swedish cities there are small recycling stations in abundance. There everyone can deposit plastics, carton, metall products, glass etc etc. it’s really easy available. In Sweden we don’t have any land fills and everyone goes to their city recycling stations. There you can deposit bigger things like sofas, bigger things of metall, old freezers, cell phones etc. If you have any nice things you don’t need anymore you can put them in a special house for the Red Cross to sell in their shop. Also there is an extra fee when you buy certain containers of plastic and aluminum (such as Coke cans etc). You got your money back when you recycle the container. Where I live, riding you’re bike to work/school and the grocery store is a normal everyday thing. Although many people are really relying on their cars. It would be really interesting to learn about you’re situation in the US compared to this. What are you’re options when it comes to recycling in your everyday life? It would be so interesting to see a video about this!

Awesome! A great way to make a difference to the world. Love to go shopping witn my Brompton. 👍🏻😊

Awesome!!!! I really love content like this - it's really inspiring and makes me want to pick up my challenge properly again. I've been wanting to do a challenge where I measure my trash over a year and then have to go on a big bike ride carrying the weight of it to put it in perspective. Nothing like biking up a big hill to make you feel every pound!

OMG this store is great! I wish everyone would have a place like this to shop. WE HAVE TO CHANGE OUR MINDSET ON PLASTIC!!!! I actually gringe everytime I use plastic.

Amazing store! Want one like it here in my town, in DK! We do have some that run clipse, but not this cool!

Yo! Wish we had something like this in Philly!

Inspiring, thanks!

What an excellent vid, thank you Ryan 👌

Would love a Nude Foods near me. I lack the business acumen, maybe these ladies could franchise their idea. And another note. One kind of rice? Sorry. Jasmine rice for Thai, aged Basmati rice for Indian and Persian, brown rice for the rest.🤔 Seriously. Really liked this video. And speaking of Costco, looks like they are offering Priority bicycles