Our staff is busy sourcing new items and/or substitutes, and it looks like they‘re doing a great job! Sales continue to be strong and will meet if not beat the budget in May.

We want to remind everyone that there is still a mask mandate in place when inside businesses such as the Co-op.

Each month, I report to the board on how we are progressing on our long-term goals, which we call our Ends. These Ends reflect our aspirations—what we want to accomplish—and they are what makes us different from a regular grocery store.

Many thanks for helping keep your co-op safe and healthy.

In a cooperative, that is our goal—the common good. Working for the common good sometimes means we accept policies or outcomes that we might not have chosen ourselves.

Each month, I report to the board on how we are progressing on our long-term goals, which we call our Ends. These Ends reflect our aspirations—what we want to accomplish—and they are what makes us different from a regular grocery store.

Over the years we’ve developed several tricks to cope with the sunlight that dares to enter our building. So now, given the price of both replacing the skylight and coping with mitigating the effects of the sun, we decided to go ahead and re-roof but not replace it.

Seeds have already begun to arrive. This year we have a new local vendor for seeds, Deep Harvest Farm from Whidbey Island (owners Annie Jesperson and Nathaniel Talbot)…

Our long-term goals, which we call our “Ends” reflect our aspirations—what we want to accomplish—and they are what makes us different from a regular grocery store…

We are going to monitor how many shoppers are in the store to keep everyone safe. If you have the flexibility to shop earlier or later in the day, that would help spread the love.

Beginning October 13th when you visit our website and click on the COOP2Go banner you will be directed to our new online shopping platform, still called COOP2Go.

Staff are working hard to find alternative sources or products in the hopes we can continue to fill our customers shopping lists.

Each month, I report to the board on how we are progressing on our long-term goals, which we call our Ends. These Ends reflect our aspirations—what we want to accomplish….

The Food Co-op has had its first report of a staff person who has tested positive for COVID-19……

Co-op staff are committed to making the value of inclusion—one of our seven Food Co-op values—the focus of our internal work in 2021, and we will look at how we can be both more welcoming and more accessible to our diverse community.

We spent much of the recent months ensuring that our staff felt safe,…

As expected, things are changing rapidly, both with our volunteer service and the Co-op’s shopping and curbside pickup service, Coop2Go…….

Recently someone told me that “my mask protects you and your mask protects me” –made sense to me. To many of us, being safe is just plain sensible right now…..

Keep up to date on what makes us different from a regular grocery store.

Thank you for your kind words and patience as we navigate this ever-changing landscape of safely nourishing a community.