​Hi Everyone

It is amazing what a little warmer weather can do for all of our spirits. More shoppers were out and we sold out of many things in just a few days. It was so nice to see so many of you, but I feel bad when we run out of products so soon. One of my reps always tells me not to worry, I will never get the guessing game of ordering down right. Ha he is so right.

There are still products and produce I have not been able to get back in the store due to this past year of Covid issues, but I continue to bring back the favorites as I can get them. I know many are waiting for the Super Acerola Vitamin C.  I still have no estimated time frame for getting them back.  Great  news, a digestive enzyme called Mega Zyme is finally back in as of today.  We have been out for a few months. There is still a problem with many suppliers of obtaining the glucosamine supplements.
It looks like the dairy free yogurt KiteHill will not be arriving again this week. It has not been  available the past two weeks. 

I am bringing in a couple new sparkling waters to try and a new milk salsa.  Muir Glen organic mild salsa has not been available for awhile but it looks like maybe I will be able to get it back in the coming weeks. 

I want to thank everyone that stopped by to shop, offered loans and made donations this past week. We are so fortunate to live in such a great community and extended community that has put their trust in us.

We are still taking applications for part time staffing for 15-20 hours per week. Interviews have not begun.  You can stop by for an application or find one on our website at islandcityfoodcoop.com

All of the following produce are organic unless listed as local.   We never know what surprises we find when the truck actually arrives. The following is what should be here.


Apples:
  Pink Lady     Honey Crisp     
Asparagus
 Avocados  
Bananas   I ordered 2 cases again this week.
Beets  Red
Blueberries in a pint container  $5.25 each  I only ordered one case this week, so let us know soon if you want some reserved.
Brussels Sprouts    Down in price per pound
Broccoli   Crowns 
Cabbage  Green and Red  
Carrots    Orange 
Carrots Rainbow "assorted colors"
Cauliflower
 Celery    
Cucumbers       NO cucumbers this week                          
Garlic bulbs       Local Johnson's  
Ginger Root 
Kale  Green
  No Kiwi yet this week.    
Lemons  2 lb bag or by the each  
      
Lettuce  :
   Slippery Hills Farm :  
      Local Bibb Lettuce 
      Local:   Hydroponic Bibb ___   
      Local Romaine  
     Local Cilantro    1 left reduced price no more available for a couple of weeks  
 
Romaine  Full Head
Limes
Mushrooms :  crimini  "mushrooms flew out last week, I have ordered extra"
Onions Organic in 3 lb bag  or by the each
Onions  Red by the pound
Oranges Navel    By 5 lb bag or each
Parsley
Parsnips
Pears D Anjou   
 Peppers  Red Bell     Down in price per pound
Potatoes    
    Russet potatoes      5 lb bag $6.75    or   $1.45 lb     
Radishes in 12 oz bag 
Shallots Organic
Spinach     " I have ordered 2 cases so hoping nothing happens to the spinach"
Spring Mix
Sweet Potatoes   orange garnet_____  White ____ 
Tomatoes :  
    Grape tomatoes in a pint clam shell

 Assorted types of Microgreens from local grown Mindful Microgreens, Cumberland
   Note:  Large assortment of broccoli arrived. Seems this one has been the first to go. Thanks Tami for increasing the containers to select from.
The Microgreens have been a real treat.
    
A reminder that we are open Monday through Fridays 8 to 6 

Curbside orders are welcome 
Masks are required for in-store shopping.  
Fresh bakery is delivered Tuesdays and Thursdays.  Please contact us by the night before for your special orders to be delivered on those two days

Thanks for your continued support
Judy

Hi Everyone

If you haven't looked at our website recently, please take the time to check out all of the improvements made weekly. It has a new face lift along with the product catalog. At this time, you are able to add items to your list but apologize for not being able to send that list by e-mail.  There is an extra monthly charge for that feature and until we know there is enough interest, we are holding off on that expense. Please send your input as to whether this would be a help for your orders.

Looking at the website, I was reminded of a Membership option that I haven't reminded you about. 
* A one year membership from the month of purchase is only $25/household
With winter sales down, if anyone is able to help out the co-op with an interest free loan,  we have the following options:
* 1 year free membership with a 1- year interest free loan of $1,000
*2 years free membership with a 2-year interest free loan of $2,000
*5 years free membership with a 3-year interest free loan of $5,000

Also, I want to thank all of you that continue to use our credit voucher system. To those new to the co-op, for every $98 voucher purchased you receive $100 credit for future purchases. This helps our co-op with more cash on hand for purchasing inventory and you do not have to worry about carrying your card or checkbook. 
We have not yet started the interviews for the two part-time positions needing to be filled, so if you are interested in joining the staff, please pick up an application at the co-op or on our website. A variety of hours are needed to be filled including Saturdays in the spring.

We have a delivery of Bare Chicken fillets and boneless thighs arriving Wednesday morning. They arrive as a refrigerated item and we freeze them right away. If you are interested in a package of either that are not frozen let me know before 9 am and  I will keep them refrigerated.  We have a good supply of the whole chicken and bone-in thighs in stock that are frozen.

We also have a limited supply of pasture raised, non-gmo fed pork from the Crowe farm of Luck. We have pork chops, sausage both original and Italian and pork hocks for soup. 

All of the following produce are organic unless listed as local.   We have no way of knowing until we unload Wednesday morning if the shipment has survived the cold from tonight on the truck. Crossing our fingers that we have all of the produce listed below.


Apples:
  Pink Lady     Honey Crisp     
Asparagus
 Avocados  
Bananas   I ordered 2 cases again this week.
Beets  Red
Blueberries in a pint container  $4.95 each  I only ordered one case this week, so let us know soon if you want some reserved.
Brussels Sprouts    Down in price per pound
Broccoli   Crowns 
Cabbage  Green and Red  
Carrots    Orange 
Cauliflower
 Celery    
Cucumbers       NO cucumbers this week                          
Garlic bulbs       Local Johnson's  
Ginger Root 
Grapefruit, Rio Star  only by the each
Kale  Green
  No Kiwi yet this week.    
Lemons  2 lb bag or by the each  
      
Lettuce  :
   Slippery Hills Farm :  
      Local Bibb Lettuce 
      Local:   Hydroponic Bibb ___   
      Local Romaine  
     Local Cilantro      
 
Romaine  Full Head
Limes
Mushrooms :  crimini 
Onions Organic in 3 lb bag  or by the each
Onions  Red by the pound
Oranges Navel    By 5 lb bag or each
Parsley
Parsnips
Pears D Anjou   New delivery
 Peppers  Red Bell     Down in price per pound
Potatoes    limited supply for this week
    Russet potatoes      5 lb bag $6.75    or   $1.45 lb      
Shallots Organic
Spinach    NO spinach arriving on this order. The truck didn't make it to the warehouse from the west.
Spring Mix
Sweet Potatoes   orange garnet_____  White ____ 
Tomatoes :  
    Grape tomatoes in a pint clam shell

 Assorted types of Microgreens from local grown Mindful Microgreens, Cumberland
   Note:  Out of Broccoli until Monday 2-22-21
    
A reminder that we are open Monday through Fridays 8 to 6 

Curbside orders are welcome 
Masks are required for in-store shopping.  
Fresh bakery is delivered Tuesdays and Thursdays.  Please contact us by the night before for your special orders to be delivered on those two days

Thanks for your continued support
Judy

​Hi Everyone

The extreme cold we are enduring since the weekend and the forecast for Monday-Tuesday-Wednesday of this week, led me to a decision of not placing the regular weekly order this week. Our truck leaves the warehouse in the early hours of Tuesday morning and is on the truck overnight until it arrives Wednesday morning. My past experience with this extreme cold is that most of the produce is frozen and even some of the grocery items frozen and broken. With this in mind I did not make the order but will have a truck as usual for next week. It will still be cold next week but not the extreme below zero temps as we have this week. 
We have a good stock of most of the staple organic produce like celery, spinach, mixed greens, kale and romaine but we will not have bananas and tomatoes. We have a few bunches of bananas left as of this morning.  Slippery Hills Farm will be delivering their hydroponic lettuces on Wednesday as usual. A new batch of microgreens were delivered Monday.

I am sorry for any inconveniences but if the produce arrived frozen and is not saleable, we still would not have it for sale. Hopefully this is our last severe cold spell for this winter.

We have not yet started the interviews for the part-time positions so if you are interested in joining the staff, please pick up an application at the co-op or on our website. 
All of the following produce are organic unless listed as local. "


Apples:
  Pink Lady     Honey Crisp      Granny Smith "green skin" tarter

 Avocados  
Bananas  limited supply
Beets  Red 
Brussels Sprouts  
Broccoli   Crowns 
Cabbage  Green and Red  
Carrots    Orange 
Cauliflower
 Celery    
Cucumbers                                 
Garlic bulbs       Local Johnson's  
Ginger Root 
Grapefruit, Rio Star   pink/red inside by each or bag
Kale  Green
  No Kiwi yet this week.    
Lemons  2 lb bag or by the each  
      
Lettuce  :
   Slippery Hills Farm :  
      Local Bibb Lettuce 
      Local:   Hydroponic Bibb ___   
      Local Romaine  
     Local Cilantro      
 
Romaine  Full Head
Limes
Mushrooms :  crimini 
Onions Organic in 3 lb bag  or by the each
Onions  Red by the pound
Oranges Navel    By 5 lb bag or each
Parsley
Parsnips
Pears Bartlett  low stock
 Peppers  Red Bell   
Potatoes  
    Russet potatoes      5 lb bag $6.75    or   $1.45 lb      
Shallots Organic
Spinach 
Spring Mix
Sweet Potatoes   orange garnet_____  White ____ 
Tomatoes :  
    No tomatoes available this week.

 Assorted types of Microgreens from local grown Mindful Microgreens, Cumberland
    

 A reminder that we are open Monday through Fridays 8 to 6 
Curbside orders are welcome 
Masks are required for in-store shopping.  
Fresh bakery is delivered Tuesdays and Thursdays.  Please contact us by the night before for your special orders to be delivered on those two days.

I want to thank all of you that sent a nice reply email last week after sharing my feelings. It meant a lot.

Buy Local or Bye Local
Thanks for your support
Judy