Our Standards

Independently owned community natural whole foods market offering a community outreach program, health and nutritional information, news and more. Visit us!

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We’re all about the joy of food exploration-finding that new lunchbox essential your kids will love or homemade cafe dinner that brings smiles to your family on busy school nights.

Thanks to are high product standards, you can spend less time reading labels and more time discovery your next favorite product (or ten).

A Note From Our Founder Katy Lesser

“In 1986, with absolutely no knowledge of business, I started a tiny market located in the Blue Mall, Dorset Street in South Burlington, Vermont. I truly wanted to feed my family differently, and different choices seemed very hard to come by.

I also had memories of the food markets I knew growing up. I remembered them as community meeting places, where neighbors ran into each other in the aisles. They seemed like much happier places to shop than the sterile, harshly lit supermarkets I visited each week. So, why not own a tiny food market that was dedicated to exactly the kinds of things I was searching for?

And what a journey it’s been since we started! I went from myself and one other person on staff to currently over 300 staff, from 1,200 sq. ft. to 35,000 sq. ft., from putting away the entire order by myself to having a team of grocery folks helping en masse, and from basically knowing zero about business to being pretty darn good at it! Our second store opened in Saratoga Springs, New York, and our newest store is in Williston, VT.

I still love the everyday routines, the customer interactions, the new product excitement, the seasonal changes, and the learning process. All I’ve learned over the years about running a business translates to taking care of people and delivering exceptional hospitality—which is, I believe, a good way to live!”

A Healthy Mission

We’re on a mission to fuel a passion for great food, health, and well-being and be the place where people gather to shop, eat, and work.

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  Rooted in Family Tradition. Grown From High Product Standards.

  Our high ingredient standards mean the only additive is peace of mind! Every food item at Healthy Living is free from the below items:
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  Rooted in Family Tradition. Grown From High Product Standards.

  Our high ingredient standards mean the only additive is peace of mind! Every food item at Healthy Living is free from the below items: