Frequently Asked Questions
Got questions? We got answers! Here you will find answers to some of the most commonly asked questions, plus useful links to our guides on craft salt, Himalayan salt blocks, chocolate, and even fermenting sausage. We regularly update this page.
Updated November 20th, 2024
Shipping
Christmas: Please place your order by 12/13/24
Valentine's Day: Please place your order by 2/6/25
Mother's Day: Please place your order by 5/5/25
Father's Day: Please place your order by 6/9/25
Holiday Processing Time: We pick, pack and ship orders around the clock. Most orders will be processed within 4 business days of receipt. Many orders are shipping sooner than that! Please note orders are not processed or shipped on weekends or holidays.
Please allow an additional 4-5 business days for the package to get to you once it leaves our shop. If you need your order by a certain date, please place your order with 7-10 days wiggle room to ensure it gets to you. We are picking, packing and shipping orders around the clock. Thank you for your understanding and support!
We are happy to accomodate bulk shipping orders. Please email us at hello@themeadow.com with your request.
Returns
We want to make you happy. If, for whatever reason, you are not completely satisfied with your purchase, your items may be returned for a full refund within 14 days of purchase (in shop orders) or receipt of your shipment (online orders).
However, due to health and safety regulations, we are unable to accept returns and all sales are final on the following items: chocolate bars, caramel sauces, drinking chocolates, anything perishable or otherwise edible (chips, caramel corn, nuts, etc)
Local Pickup
Yes! "Porchside" Pickup at The Meadow SE Hawthorne
- 3731 SE Hawthorne Blvd, Portland, OR 97214
- Every day
- "Porchside" Pickup hours: 11am to 7pm
How it works:
You can order one of two ways in Portland:
- Call to place order: 503-288-4633
- Place your order online and select "Local Pickup" at checkout.
- Your order will typically be ready for pickup within 24 hours.
- You will receive an email notification when your order is ready for pickup.
Yes! Send us an email at hello@themeadow.com and we will arrange this for you! Please note our online inventory is tied to our physical Hawthorne retail shop, so when using our website, this is our default pickup location.
Product Stock
It happens; sometimes tiny makers hit a snag in production, or we underestimate how much you love something, and your favorite goody sells out. But if you’re flipping out, imagine how hard people work to bring to you a thing worth flipping out over! Shoot us a note and we’ll let you know the moment it’s back in. The best things are precious, and often rare!
Order Details
Please respond to your order confirmation email or email us at hello@themeadow.com within 2 hours of placing of your order:
- Subject line Help for TM#XXXXXXX
- Your Gift Note
- Your updated shipping address
- Anything else
- Phone number
Yes, we most certainly received your order! Sometimes our confirmation emails go to spam folders. Please check there for an email from hello@themeadow.com with order details. All orders start with TM#. If you'd like to triple confirm any details of your order, please email us at hello@themeadow.com
Please check your tracking link again in 24 hours. It takes time to activate. Your package will get where it's going! And USPS, UPS and the like are really good at getting packages to people. *Our Heroes*
Yes, we are here to help. Please email us at hello@themeadow.com with the following information:
- Subject line New Order for TM#XXXXXXX
- Item(s) you'd like to order
- Name of products and variants/size if applicable
- Quantity of each item
- Your first and last name
- Email address
- Shipping address
- Billing address
- Phone number
Upon receipt of the information above, we will send you a link to "Complete Your Purchase", where you will enter your payment information. Please allow 48 hours for us to send you the information to complete your purchase.
Discount Codes
All discount codes or promos must be applied at the time of checkout. Only one discount code may be used at a time. Unfortunately, we are unable to retroactively apply discount codes after checkout. Thank you for your understanding.
All promos or sales must be applied during the promotion window. Unfortunately, we are unable to retroactively apply any sale or promo deals after the offer expires. Please sign up for our mailing list, or follow us on facebook and instagram @atthemeadow to stay up-to-date on any promos or sales.
Not at this time. If you are a restaurant, bar, chef, food manufacturer or retail shop interested in wholesale salt offerings, please connect with us at Bitterman Salt Co. or sales@bittermansalt.co
Salt
Yes, we do. Here at The Meadow, we call it Kala Namak Indian Black Salt. It's commonly used in vegan/vegetarian dishes, as it lends a sulfuric, eggy taste to many dishes, like tofu scrambles. It's also fantastic on curry!
Himalayan Salt Blocks
YES! *Brags for a moment*
We wrote the first ever book, in the history of ever, on Salt Block Cooking. It's called... Salt Block Cooking by Mark Bitterman (owner of The Meadow). And with more than 400,000 copies sold, we are dang proud of this book. Check it out! If you've ever watched a video on YouTube where someone's cooking on a salt block, you've likely seen content in action from this book.
Also, for BBQ lovers: We wrote a new book for grilling on a salt block called, you guessed it, Salt Block Grilling.
Yes, you sure can. We will be updating our guides to cooking on salt blocks. In the meantime, check out these old school, vintage guides we created some time ago.
Himalayan Salt Blocks 101 | Guide to Himalayan Salt Blocks
Chocolate
We are lucky to carry an amazing selection of naturally vegan chocolate from an amazing community of beautiful artisan chocolate makers. That is to say, so many of the chocolates we sell contain only 2 or 3 ingredients: cacao, cocoa butter (vegan; naturally plant-derived from the cocoa pod); and sugar! We also just launched our own line of organic chocolate, much of which is vegan!