Mindful Indulgence: Savouring the Holidays with Balance

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Mindful Indulgence: Savouring the Holidays with Balance

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.

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Nourish and Protect: Tips to Keep Your Skin Looking and Feeling Its Best This Winter

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Nourish and Protect: Tips to Keep Your Skin Looking and Feeling Its Best This Winter

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.

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Meet the Makers Mini Interview: OG GHEE

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Meet the Makers Mini Interview: OG GHEE

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.

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Customer Appreciation Day 2024

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Customer Appreciation Day 2024

Saturday, November 16th, 2024
Customer Appreciation Day is coming up on Saturday, November 16th at both Pomme locations: Port Coquitlam and Nanaimo! It means the world to us to be part of these amazing communities and to have your continued support. Let’s celebrate together! Shop for 10% OFF storewide (including sale items!), connect with some of our local vendors, who will be in-store offering samples of their products from 10 - 6, and enter to win some fantastic gift baskets filled with premium, all-natural health and wellness products. We can't wait to see you! ❤️

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Meet the Makers Mini Interview: Untamed Feast

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Meet the Makers Mini Interview: Untamed Feast

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! 🍄

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The Versatility of Winter Squash: A Seasonal Delight

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The Versatility of Winter Squash: A Seasonal Delight

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.

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Saving Seeds From Your Garden

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Saving Seeds From Your Garden

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! 🌱

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Top Tips for Natural Summer Hair Protection

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Top Tips for Natural Summer Hair Protection

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.

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Meet the Makers Mini Interview: Benny

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Meet the Makers Mini Interview: Benny

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!

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Meet the Makers Mini Interview: Game Changer Foods

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Meet the Makers Mini Interview: Game Changer Foods

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!

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Upcycled Container Gardening Inspiration

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Upcycled Container Gardening Inspiration

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.

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Meet the Makers Mini Interview: Kula Foods

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Meet the Makers Mini Interview: Kula Foods

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.

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Meet the Makers Mini Interview: The Pretty Ugly Company

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Meet the Makers Mini Interview: The Pretty Ugly Company

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.

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Earth Month Celebration

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Earth Month Celebration

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 💚💙💚

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Meet the Makers Mini Interview: Olivier's Bread

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Meet the Makers Mini Interview: Olivier's Bread

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.

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