C.W. asks from Los Angeles, CA on January 21, 2008
Food Co-op
Having grown up in the Bay Area I am a big fan or Rainbow Co-op grocery. I have a business and due to rising fuel costs I have noticed a rise in food costs. My husband and I like to eat fairly healthy, we like whole grains, fresh fruit etc. Would anyone be interested in joining a food buying club, where we buy in bulk and then divide the food among the families?
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There seems to be alot of interest. I am located in the south Bay, but when I spoke about the Bay Area and their coops I was talking about San Francisco. Basically it would be a food buying club, we would buy from local farmers, say several cases of an itm of produce (in season negotiated case prices, meat dairy eggs, some I can purchase wholesale. ) We would then divide the cost and food among families. I have about 12 families who are interested. Please send me you personal emails so I can write and outline of how it would work.
More Answers
M.C. answers from Los Angeles on January 23, 2008
I'd be interested. where (what area) is the co-op in? we live in Sherman Oaks.
D.G. answers from Los Angeles on January 22, 2008
What area are you in? I'm in Hollywood. I know a little about co-op's but would love to learn more. Please let me know how this would work. I am definitely interested. I only shop at whole foods and the farmers market on Sundays in Hollywood. I like to by local produce only because shipping from far off freaks me out. It's no longer fresh that way.
Keep me posted and thank you,
D.
E.L. answers from Los Angeles on January 22, 2008
that sounds like a really interesting idea! we usually buy from whole foods.
L.P. answers from Los Angeles on January 22, 2008
I've never done a food co-op before but I'd love to hear how it works as I'm always looking for ways to save money.
J.T. answers from Los Angeles on January 22, 2008
Sure Let me know. We are healthy vegetarians and as I work part time and my husband a student we can't afford the expense either.
Let us know how it would work. It sounds great.
Email me at ____@____.com
Thanks
J.-Robyn
M.A. answers from Los Angeles on January 22, 2008
I usually shop @ Trader Joe's or Whole Foods... mainly because I am fairly picky about what our family eats. My sister is involved in a co-op where she lives and saves quite a bit of money. When you say Bay area do you mean South Bay, are you local? I'm in Redondo Beach...
I'd be interested in joining if I could find
* Organic produce
* All natural cleaning products
* All natural bath / body products, etc.
Let me know if this is what you are looking for in a co-op as well and if you are local to me :)
M. Anderson
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