Tea Time with Jo | Do You Know About Vitacost?

As the young people say these days “Let me put you up on some game”! I am surprised how many people don’t know about Vitacost when I mention it as a place to get supplements, snacks and pantry staples. Since I recently placed an order, I thought it was good timing to share more information in case it could be a good resource for some of you. Just to be clear, while I may share some affiliate links in this post, I am not sponsored by any of these companies; but I have been a happy customer for many years.

What is Vitacost?

Vitacost is basically a health food store that exists as a website. You can find everything from supplements (for people as well as for pets), snacks, beverages, pantry staples, household items, personal care items and more. They often have good deals and offer free shipping with every order over $49 (or with an order containing $35 or more of their brand name items). Before I moved to NC, I found that their free shipping was actually a good option. Some companies that offer free shipping will take a really long time to process your order and it may take 7-10 days or more for it arrive. With Vitacost, I was getting my order within 5 days. Once I moved to NC, I really got to enjoy their fast and free shipping since their distribution center is located right here in NC! This means I can have orders as fast as the next business day! As a matter of fact, I placed a recent order on a Sunday in which the following Monday was a holiday. I wasn’t expecting for them to get to my order until Tuesday and possible receive it on Thursday. However, I had a shipping confirmation email within 24 hours and the order was delivered within 48 hours. That’s pretty dang fast!

Deals, deals and more deals!

Besides saving money on shipping, Vitacost often has coupons for some of their departments or specific brands. They also will mail out discount codes that apply to your entire order. The best part? You get to combine all of these for a greater reduction in price. For example, they might be running a promotion for 10% off all snack items and I want to get avocado oil potato chips. When I find the chips I like, it turns out that the brand is also offering a 15% discount on all of their items. Rather than having to choose between the 3 offers, I can add all 3 to my cart. That means I get the 10% off the chips for the promotion on snacks, 15% off from the brand plus another 15% off from the coupon I can apply to the entire order. Woo Hoo!

It gets even better...

My amazing hack to compound even more savings is to shop Vitacost through the Rakuten website. If you are not familiar with Rakuten (formerly known as Ebates), they are a website that offers cash back for shopping through their site. There are no strings attached, I have been a member of Rakuten for years and can attest to that. Since Vitacost is a participating store on Rakuten, I just log in to Rakuten and see how much cash back they are offering for Vitacost at that time. They usually always have a 3% cash back offer. At the time of writing this post, they are currently offering 8% cash back on Vitacost orders. Every time you shop with Rakuten, you accumulate cash back. They start paying out once you reach $5 and you can chose to have the money deposited into an account (Paypal, for example) or have a check mailed out to you. 

While I am also not sponsored by Rakuten, I do have an affiliate link with a pretty sweet deal. If you would like to consider signing up for Rakuten, please use this link . If you place an order of $30 or more at a qualifying store (oh yeah, they partner with lots of online retailers, not just Vitacost), you will receive $30 bonus cash back in addition to the cash back you accumulate with your order; as long as you sign up using my link. 

Is it worth it?

Like I said, I have shopped with both Rakuten and Vitacost for years. If you’d like to see my most recent Vitacost haul, you can check it out on my Instagram post here. It may give you an idea of the items you can get. However, if you don’t wish to shop with Vitacost, that is ok, you can get cash back on over 3,500 stores (including The Great Wolf Lodge, Dyson, Expedia, Apple, Cabelas, etc). 

I spend a lot of time recommending supplements and non-toxic items to patients and Vitacost is one of the sites that has the best pricing on some of the items I recommend the most. That is the biggest drive in sharing this information with you. I’m not intending to turn my blog into a page with a bunch of “plugs” for affiliate links. I simply just want to share tips and resources that have been helpful for me, and that may also be helpful for you. It’s a win-win! Happy shopping :)

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