Hello & Welcome! We are the Garcia family and like many of you, we have recently become increasingly aware of the impact that we have on the planet and have become more conscious of the trash and waste that we produce. Over the last few years we have made gradual changes and started small when implementing them. We started by packing school lunches in reusable containers, committed to carrying water bottles and coffee mugs with us everywhere we went, and switched over to cloth napkins and paper towels in our kitchen.

But, after several years of making changes in our family to reduce our waste, we still found that there was one aspect of our daily lives that was super hard to change — the way we shopped at the grocery store. Despite bringing our own shopping totes, eliminating plastic produce bags, and utilizing the local farmers’ markets year round, we were still forced into buying lots of groceries in plastic wrap or cardboard boxes with cellophane windows. There simply wasn’t another option in our community for so many of the products on our shopping list! And when we did find bulk suppliers, they did not cater easily to the idea of BYOC (bring your own container) — which we feel is truly the way to repurpose, reuse and reduce waste. This is the way that shopping used to be generations ago, but had easily become lost in the era of convenience and online purchasing. And so, in an effort to change all of that, Dry Goods Refillery was born!

Our plan became to bring the idea of package-free shopping to our community by sourcing products from some of the best suppliers we could find. We strive to work with eco-conscious companies who work to push the mission of sustainability throughout every aspect of the supply chain. In addition, we partner with many brands who give back to the planet, promote carbon neutrality, and focus on their efforts to make a difference through fair trade practices, small family organic farming and electric delivery vehicles. We are constantly pushing ourselves to partner with the best sources for our products and to find ways to better service both our community and our planet — all while enjoying some of the finest, most delicious foods we can find.

Come visit us in Montclair, NJ to see what the refill revolution is all about. We are located at 193 Bellevue Avenue in the heart of the uptown commercial district, just 15 miles outside of New York City, and several blocks from a direct train from NYC.