Nutrition Tours at Choices Markets

Hungry for knowledge? Sign up for a fun, informative, FREE store nutrition tour. Hosted by a member of the Choices Nutrition Team, you will learn how to choose healthy and delicious foods for yourself and your family. We cover all the healthy eating basics – with plenty of love for a whole food-based, locally-focused eating plan. Come with your nutrition questions and leave armed with knowledge!

Group size is limited to 10 participants to ensure a relaxed and engaging experience.

If our planned tours don’t fit your schedule, we are also able to accommodate private, custom tours for groups of 5 or more at any of our stores. Whether you are a naturopath who wants to help your clients build practical healthy eating skills, a running club trying to figure out how to best fuel your training or a group of moms who needs ideas for packing healthy lunches – we can help.

Current Schedule of Nutrition Tours

30 Minute Meals - 90 Minute Tour

Our 30 Minute Meals Tour is designed to teach you how to build a healthful, balanced diet using whole foods in 30 minutes or less. Label reading and basic nutrition literacy (what IS an omega 3 fat?) is included. We believe in a balanced approach to healthy eating – one that supports local and organic foods and doesn't exclude any eater based on allergies, culture, cooking ability, budget or chosen eating style.

Kelowna: 1st Tuesday of every month; 10:00-11:00 AM
White Rock: 2nd Wednesday of every month; 6:45 - 8:15 PM
Burnaby: 2nd Wednesday of every month; 6:45 - 8:15 PM
Kitsilano: 2nd Wednesday of every month; 6:45 - 8:15 PM
Yaletown: 2nd Monday of every month; 6:45-8:15 PM

Gluten Free Living - 90 Minute Tour

Our Gluten Free Living Tour is designed to help those new to gluten free eating navigate the transition and for seasoned gluten free eaters to boost their nutrition and discover new foods. Be both gluten free and healthy! Topics include using our gluten free tagging system; how to keep a strictly gluten free home, sniffing out sneaky sources of gluten; how to boost fibre, iron and calcium and how to manage additional food sensitivities or restrictions while being gluten free.

Kelowna: 2nd Tuesday of every month; 10:00-11:00 AM
White Rock: 3rd Wednesday of every month; 6:45 - 8:15 PM
Burnaby: 3rd Wednesday of every month; 6:45 - 8:15 PM
Kerrisdale: 3rd Wednesday of every month; 6:45 - 8:15 PM
Yaletown: 3rd Monday of every month: 6:45-8:15 PM

Tours are complimentary but you must pre-register as tours with no registered participants will not be held and therefore walk-ins cannot be guaranteed.