Health Food/Organic Grocery Stores Near WDW

[jenjersnap]

I answered my own question by calling Goodings. Organic milk only, no produce or other goods. She recommended Chamberlins.

 

[ahutton]

I would swear last time I was at Goodings they carried Earth's Best baby foods, but it was about 2 years ago that we would have bought any there, so they may not now. There is an Albertson's on 7524 Dr Phillips Blvd - that is about a 20 minute drive. The shopping area is very nice, clean, and not hard to find at all. I've gotten some good things from there here at home, and found the store to be well populated with locals when I was there. That is usually a really good sign.

 

[Lesley]

Chamberlins is in the same shopping center as Albertsons. You can see the shopping center from Sand Lake road.

 

[buckler]

We're in Lake Buena Vista! The hotel I'm at has free wireless internet access so I'm checking in on the stuff online. We stopped by Winn Dixie tonight to pick up some organic milk. I went to the store on S. Apopka Vineland Rd. near downtown Disney.

They did not have any organic produce that I could find except for one type of Earthbound Organic salad blend (only a 5oz bag and expensive!). The organic dairy area was seperate from the conventional dairy area. It was in the lunch meat area of all places. They had Horizon Organic milk (reg. price $3.69 on sale for $3). Also, Stonyfield Farm yogurt (more than $1 per cup), organic cheese, organic butter, organic soy milk (Silk Soy brand).

I found a small frozen case with a few varieties of Amy's frozen meal (I recall some sort of mac 'n cheese), Seeds of Change frozen meals, Cascadian farm frozen veggies (definitely had broccoli can't recall other types) and fruit (strawberries, blueberries). They had Van's frozen waffles and some other stuff.

There was another small area in the far right hand back corner of the store past the produce area where they had some nonperishable natural and organic foods such as Arrowhead Mills mixes, Newmans Organics cookies, Garden of Eatin chips etc.

Sorry, I forgot to look at the baby food aisle!

They may have had some other things around the store but it was getting late and the kids were tired. All in all I have to say the pickings were slim at Winn Dixie. Given the choice of shopping there or at Publix I'd probably say to try Publix first based on my experience with them in Georgia. Of course Whole Foods would be by far the best choice if it weren't so far from the parks!

 

[jenjersnap]

We're just back from our 10 day trip to the World and I wanted to follow up. My kids ended up eating so much junk but it was their vacation too; we'll get back on track this week. I ended up ordering grocery delivery from wegoshop.com and, because Chamberlins and Albertsons were next door to each other, they agreed to charge us for only one stop. This way I was able to get the less expensive stuff that didn't need to be organic like bottled water with organic produce/dairy. Best $60 I ever spent! Worked out great for us and I thought Chamberlin's prices were very good compared to the prices we pay in Colorado. The only thing that was priced higher was Brown Cow yogurt (not organic, but antibiotic-/rgbh-free).

Anyway, hoped this might help someone down the line.

 

[MalcolmC]

There is a smaller Chamberlin's Market nearer. We have visited the one in Winter Park Village, but there is also one in Downtown Kissimmee. It is on 17/92 just south of 192 in a strip mall which also has an Albertsons supermarket. I can't remember the proper address but if I find it, I will post.