Committed to Sustainability

 We live in one of the most pristine locations in the western US and are committed to leaving it this way for many generations to come. Twain Harte Market aims to improve the quality of the shopping experience and to become better stewards of the natural resources that go into our business. Our staff continually looks for healthier food choices, all natural cleaning products, and food products that address dietary restrictions. We have the largest selection of gluten free products as well as natural and organic selections in the county.

  • Our journey to become more energy efficient.

    There was an enormous amount of energy upgrade opportunities in our store. We began replacing old worn out equipment with newer and more efficient refrigeration and display fixtures. For more expensive projects, we calculated cost/savings and payback period, waited for rebate opportunities from our local electricity company, and then obtained loans from our local bank.

  • Overhead lighting upgrade.

    In 2008, our initial project was replacing all overhead lighting to high efficiency lamps and ballast. After rebates, the project cost was $13,000 which was financed with our local bank. Estimated payback with cost savings was 3 years.

  • High efficiency refrigeration.

    Our latest project includes $100,000 of super high efficiency refrigeration cases that will cut our kilowatt usage by another 15-18%. This project is being funded by a PG&E loan. The projected savings from the decreased energy usage will payback the loan in just five years.

  • Trash audit.

    Our trash audit revealed that the biggest opportunities to reduce our overall waste output and monthly trash bill were to focus on wax cardboard, plastics, and organic waste. We have continued to look for ways to diminish the product going into the landfill and have cut the trash volume by 60% since our baseline was taken in 2007. This has been accomplished by recycling wax cardboard and plastic products with our corrugated cardboard collectors.

  • Working with local ranchers.

    We also work with local chicken and pig ranchers to pick up and feed their animals with our produce and dairy product waste. We began with four trash bins, we now have two. We also recycle beverage containers consumed on premise by our staff and customers.

  • Digital only advertising.

    Our latest project is what you see today in 2019. We moved all our adverting to a online only model. This not only is convent for our shoppers allowing them to access to our ad anywhere there is a internet connected device. It also removed our use of paper in advertising.

  • Encouraging reusable bags

    Twain Harte Market encourages customers to bring their own reusable bags when shopping with us. Currently, we offer two different styles of Twain Harte Market logo bags for purchase.