Packaging-free, zero-waste grocery store to open this year (video)

Concept to reduce food waste and keep packaging out of landfills.

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Taking the first two 'Rs' in "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle" to heart, the soon-to-open In.gredients in Austin, TX, is much like other natural grocery stores nationwide, except for one thing: everything is sold in bulk. And by everything, they mean everything — local and organic dry, bulk items, dairy, wine, cleaning products and just about everything else you'd find at a similar grocer.

"It's as if the specialty bulk food section rebelled and took over the rest of a traditional grocery store. In.gredients will replace unhealthy, overpackaged junk with local, organic, and natural foods, and moonlight as a community center with cooking classes, gardening workshops, and art shows on the side," states the GOOD feature that recently put In.gredients in the media spotlight.