Toronto, it’s time to cut that plastic addiction and go bare!
At Bare Market, we’re on a mission to help you reduce waste. As Toronto’s first one-stop shop for package-free goods, we offer affordable and locally sourced bulk food, body and home care products that are good for you and good for the planet! What’s our aim? To make sustainable and ethical living easy and accessible for people from all walks of life!
Ready to go bare? Find us at one of our pop-up locations until we find the perfect permanent home. Be the first to know where and when by following us on Instagram and Facebook.
Upcoming Pop-Ups:
Sunday Jan 13th: Patagonia Toronto (500 King St W), 11am - 5:30pm
Monday Jan 21st: University Centre, University of Guelph (!!) (50 Stone Road East), 12pm - 7pm
Sunday Jan 27th: Patagonia Toronto (500 King St W), 11am - 5:30pm
So what do we mean by “package-free”?
To pass the Bare test, packaging should NOT be designed to end up in the dump. No, we don’t expect you to carry your olive oil and lentils home in the palms of your hands! What we mean by package-free is that our store is free from any single-use (or made-for-the-landfill) containers. Specifically, we do not carry or sell products that come in packaging that cannot be reused or composted.
Need a simpler option? Use one of our donated containers for free or participate in our container-lending program for a small, 100% refundable deposit.
You do you
Trying to reduce the plastic in your life, but nowhere near a zero-waste lifestyle yet? Same here. We’re not here to shame you or tell you how you should be living your life; you do you! Any effort to reduce your plastic packaging consumption—whether you’re trying to cut back on your bottled water purchases, baring it all by going toilet paper free or switching to DIY toothpaste—is okay by us! You know what’s realistic. We’re just here to offer affordable and accessible solutions towards whatever a more sustainable lifestyle means for you right now.
How does it work?
We want to make your life easier, not harder! So even though you won’t find single-use packaging in our store, there are two ways you can fill up on our goodies!
BYOC: Bring Your Own Container
Bring any container you’d like; we don’t discriminate!
Ziplock bag? Yup.
Wine bottle? Certainly.
Beeswax wrap? BOOM.
Yogurt container? Check!
As long as it’s clean, dry and unchipped, you can use it to refill your favourite food, body care and household products in-store.
Forget Something?
Forgot your container at home? Don’t sweat it. Join our Bare Container-Lending Program because sharing is caring! Join the program to use one of our Bare Containers for a small, 100% refundable deposit. Bring it back next time, and you’ll get your money back! We also have paper bags to use and an abundant collection of bottles, jars and cloth bags available for purchase.
Follow our 4 easy steps to bare it all:
Prep Time
Get bare-ready; weigh your container of choice and jot down the weight on one of our reusable tags (psst, the cool kids call this ‘taring’).
Fill ‘em Up
Stock your container with as much or as little as you’d like (wahoo!) and then write the product code on the tag.
Cha-ching
Head to the cash, where we’ll weigh your goodies. We’ll subtract the weight of your container so you’re only charged for what you’re buying.
Happy Dance
Optional, but highly encouraged! You just saved money, reduced waste, and supported local and sustainable producers. Celebrate how you see fit.
We’ve Got It All
Bare Market is your plastic-free, one-stop shop. Wondering exactly what's at Bare? At our pop-up markets you can expect to find refillable, bulk, locally and/or sustainably sourced body care, DIY ingredients, home care and food items. We work with our pals at The Eco Well who review the claims and ingredients of every single body care product and home cleaner we source to ensure they are safe for you and safe for the planet. We do the research so you don't have to.
Body Care
We’ve got the good stuff! Think shampoo, body lotion, makeup and bubble bath. Ahhhhhhh, soak that up!
DIY ingredients
From your essential oils, butters and minerals to carrier oils, extracts and clays. We’ve got what you need to make your lotions and potions, you witchy vixens, you!
Home Care
Our home products include laundry detergent, bamboo toothbrushes, non-plastic cleaning equipment, eco-friendly toys, and so much more! Yipeeee.
Food
We got your regular old bulk dry foods like nuts, seeds, beans, grains, pastas, rice, flours, cereals, oils, vinegars, sweeteners, spices, superfoods, candies, dried fruit and veggies, coffee, tea and condiments. We also carry bulk cheese, dairy products, proteins, and ready-to-go prepared foods made right here in the GTA. Think hummus, coconut yogurt and tofu (for our meatless and vegan buds). No, your stomach's growling!
Have a product that you think we should be stocking?
We’re always on the lookout for new local, sustainable and ethical products and brands.
E-mail us at info@baremarket.ca