Hooray for the holiday season—the time for delicious treats and festive flavours! The pull to veer off course from our healthy habits is completely understandable with the irresistible array of sweet and tasty treats all around us. But fear not, for there's a way to revel in the festive indulgences while still nurturing your body with goodness. It’s all about balance. We’ve put together a few tips to indulge mindfully over the holidays.

Step outside on a crisp autumn or winter day, and you can practically feel the moisture leaving your skin. As the days grow colder and the air becomes drier, you may notice patches of flakiness, along with redness, dullness, and even breakouts. While we love getting warm and cozy indoors, the constant shifts between chilly outdoor air and heated indoor spaces can wreak havoc on our skin.

Get inspired by this month’s interview with Vresh Naga from OG Ghee. He and his best friend Thomas turned a career setback into the starting point for their successful business—a line of caramelized ghee made from Canadian butter. They channeled their positive energy and passion into products that pay homage to Vresh’s South Asian heritage and Thomas’s food-based family traditions. With a lot of hard work and a good dose of fun, OG Ghee started to gain a foodie following and is now a breakout hit. Let’s hear how it all began.

Meet Eric and Michelle, the power pair behind Untamed Feast, the line of wild mushroom products that bring the earthy flavours of the forest to your table. From wild-harvested dried mushrooms to rich risotto mixes, hearty soups and more, their creations are a true celebration of nature. With a shared history of foraging with their families, it feels like destiny brought these two together to share their love of mushrooms with the world. Read on to discover more about their journey and passion for fabulous fungi! 🍄

Ah, winter squash season—the time of year when these hearty, colourful beauties flood the market, bringing both flavour and festivity to your home. Whether you're into cooking up comforting meals or just love decorating for fall, winter squash is here to bring a little joy into your life. From acorn to butternut, delicata to spaghetti squash, the varieties seem endless, each with its own unique charm.

Saving seeds from your favourite herbs, flowers, and veggies is a wonderful way to continue enjoying the plants you love year after year. Not only does it save money, but it also allows you to cultivate plants that are adapted to your local climate and soil conditions. Over time, the seeds you save will produce stronger, more resilient plants that thrive in your garden's specific environment. Want to learn how? Let’s dig in! 🌱

Saturday, September 14th, 2024

Join us for our storewide Back to School SALE on Saturday, September 14th! We’ve got a fantastic selection of delicious & nutritious snacks, eco-friendly school supplies, and all the essential supplements and vitamins to keep you energized and healthy as we head into fall! 🤗 🎉 

Summer is a time for fun in the sun, but it can take a toll on our hair. Just like our skin, our hair needs protection too! It can suffer from the harmful effects of UV rays, leading to dryness, breakage, and colour fading. Additionally, chlorine from pools and saltwater can strip away natural oils, leaving hair brittle and damaged. However, with a few simple practices, you can keep your locks healthy and vibrant all summer long.

We’re thrilled to introduce you to the inspiring founders of Benny, the Vancouver-based beverage brand making waves in the wellness industry. Paige Cey and Julie Letizia, university friends turned business partners, have created a functional beverage line rooted in their personal journey towards better health. Benny offers jitter-free yerba mate energy drinks infused with brain-boosting adaptogens, crafted with the help of a naturopath. These low-sugar, all-natural energy drinks come in three delicious flavors: lychee peach, elderberry yuzu, and raspberry hibiscus. Dive into their world and discover the magic behind Benny!

This month’s Meet the Maker interview features Vancouver’s Game Changer Foods, creators of deliciously nutritious chickpea bite snacks. A fantastic family recipe full of healthy, high-quality ingredients, along with Arun and PD’s passion for business—have created a recipe for success. This journey wouldn’t have started without a pandemic setback that pushed them to take a leap of faith. Read on to discover more about this inspiring local family business!

Saturday, June 22nd, 2024

Summer is almost here and we're getting ready to celebrate! 🎉 🌞 🕶️ Join us on Saturday, June 22nd for 10% OFF STOREWIDE, a chance to win some amazing gift baskets, and we'll have demos from some of our lovely local vendors.  It’s a great time to pick up some summer essentials and find some new favourites! 🌻🤗 ❤️

Spring cleaning and gardening go hand in hand with these ingenious tips for repurposing unused mugs, pots, and containers into delightful plant vessels, saving money and decluttering in the process. Whether you have a sprawling garden or a modest windowsill, embrace the chance to unleash your creativity through DIY upcycling while nurturing your green companions.

This month we’re introducing you to Asha Wheeldon, the maker behind Vancouver company Kula Foods, who brings us a line of plant-based foods combining vibrant flavours from her cultural heritage with locally-sourced ingredients. Through Kula, Asha is on a mission not only to deliver delicious, Afro-Vegan inspired nourishment, but also to unite people through food—fostering connections, and promoting wellness through events, partnerships, and education.

Awareness of the growing problem of food waste has been on the rise lately, so we’re excited to bring you the story behind another business that’s helping to solve this issue. The Pretty Ugly company saves tomatoes that are still good enough to eat— but not perfect enough for store shelves—and transforms them into some darn tasty salsas. The perfect pairing? Their line of tortilla chips, made with spent grain from breweries. Co-founder Lysanne Bourret shares how this Montreal-based company went from an idea to a successful coast-to-coast business.

Spring has sprung and we can’t wait to dust off our gardening gloves, dig into the dirt and start planting. Gardening isn't just a hobby; it's a fantastic way to get some exercise, relax, and do your part for the planet. Plus, in a few months you’ll have the satisfaction and convenience of fresh garden veggies right at your fingertips!

Saturday, April 27th, 2024 at Pomme Port Coquitlam and Pomme Nanaimo

We’re celebrating Earth Month with a special sales event on April 27th! Everything in the store is 10% off all day, so it’s a great time to stock up on your favourite sustainable and ethically-made products! Plus you can enter to win fab gift baskets full of zero-waste, eco-friendly items. 🌍 👊 We'd love to see you 💚💙💚

Carrying on the family business of traditional bread making started by their father, Olivier, is the brother and sister team of Solal and Thais Audibert who run Olivier’s Breads (Olivier’s La Boulangerie) in Coquitlam. These delicious breads have come to be a favourite at Pomme, enjoyed for not only their taste, but the fact that all their products are made with as few ingredients as possible and nothing artificial. Olivier’s daughter Thais tells us how it all started with her father back in France.

March means spring is almost here, and that has us extra focussed on fresh, green things! Microgreens keep sprouting up in more varieties and continue to be very popular, and we’re not surprised—microgreens are fantastic!

Saturday, March 9th, 2024

Pomme's 10th Birthday on March 9th promises to be an incredible celebration! Enter to win amazing prizes, including FREE GROCERIES FOR A YEAR ($5,200 value)! Enjoy door crashers, a 10% storewide discount, and exclusive 1-day deals. From 10 - 4 we’ll have free cake, coffee, samples, demos, and you can give our prize wheel a spin! Hope you can make it!

We’re delighted to bring you our interview with Gina Arsens, founder and CEO of Vancouver company Yumasoy, maker of OmNoms—those amazingly flavourful, wholesome and scrumptious plant-based meat alternatives. OmNoms was created to help make it easy and convenient to eat a plant-based diet, without giving up taste or compromising your standards for healthy ingredients. With flavours like Mediterranean, Teriyaki, Thai Yellow Curry, and Original (so you can get creative with your own seasonings), your taste buds will be very satisfied. Read on to hear how it all began.

The start of a new calendar year is often a time for reevaluating our routines and setting goals, particularly as it comes on the heels of the (well-deserved) indulgences of the holiday season. It’s all well and good to make plans for a fresh start and a reset if you feel motivated to do so, but implementing too many changes at once, in the depth of winter, might not be a recipe for long-term success. Instead, consider a seasonal approach, aligning shifts in your routines with the cycles of nature.

Supporting local, sustainable farms is a principle we share with this month’s featured Meet the Maker, Desiree Lyver, founder of Hornby Island Tea. She wanted to start a business that would support practices that were good for both our planet and our bodies, and crafting herbal tea blends with local herbs fit this model perfectly. Hornby Island teas are blended in Fanny Bay on Vancouver Island with locally-grown herbs from Hornby Island, along with tea carefully selected from sustainably sourced family-run farms in India and South Africa for unique flavour profiles with health benefits.

Saturday, February 3rd, 2024

Join us for 15% OFF ALL DAY on Super Saturday!! We’d love to see you! ❤️

This month’s Meet the Makers interview is with Rouvé Hembling, the founder of Your Green Kitchen, the eco-friendly company from Nakusp, BC, that helps you transition to using less plastic in your kitchen and home with reusable, organic cotton fabric bowl covers, tea towels, produce bags, tote bags and more—all while enjoying the beauty of nature-themed local artwork. 

This month, we’re delving into the world of coffee substitutes with the herbal coffee alternative, Raven Roast. This Slocan Valley based business was founded by Brendan Murray-Nellis, an acupuncturist and former coffee enthusiast. We checked in with Brendan's wife, Rachelle, who joined the venture in 2017 and shares her husband's deep passion for the soothing blends that comprise Raven Roast's line of mindfully sourced, organic products. These blends aren't just delicious; they also offer a harmonious experience, leaving you relaxed, energized, and in balance, all without the downsides of caffeine.