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We order every 4 weeks from
United Natural Foods Buying Clubs
(formerly Northeast Cooperatives)
subsidiary of United
Natural Foods, Inc
Deliveries are currently on Mondays
(UNFI delivers are slated for
August 18, Sept 15, October 13, Nov 10, Dec 8,
every fourth Monday ...)
generally within a time frame of 1:30 - 4 pm.
You must be able to be very flexible regarding the delivery time
as any number of variables can impact the ETA of the truck.
Delivery times & updates
are announced on our
email list
as soon as we receive an ETA
or update from the UNFI warehouse in Atlanta.
One adult member from a household are interested in joining our co-op should
participate in at least
one
delivery before submitting an order. This gives you a chance to see our process
in action so you can decide if our co-op fits within you family's needs,
lifestyle and time commitments. The delivery & distribution process takes
approximately 1.5 to 2 hours. Everyone is expected to arrive 15 - 30 minutes
before the truck's ETA, work unloading and distribution, pitch in where needed,
verify the pick sheets of members involved in weighing and check-out, help clean
up the area. Folks may not check out until all items have been distributed.
There are no non-working memberships available at this
time. Work involves participating in unloading the truck, sorting, weighing, distributing the items, verifying the pick sheets of members involved in weighing & check-out, & generally pitching in where needed & helping clean up the area.
Children are generally welcome at delivery. Many of the co-op families are
also homeschooling families so we can usually find some work
for post-toddlers on up.
Children too young to help must be under the
control of an older sibling,
in a stroller, sling or backpack.
Older children
who come but opt not to work
will be asked to sit on a bench
so they do not get
in the way of or distract those children who are working.
If a parent has to spend most of his/her time dealing child(ren)
at delivery then s/he can't contribute fully to
the delivery & distribution process.
We use an online ordering system for the UNFI orders. Unfilled cases
are processed in rounds.
Our email list is
http://groups.google.com/group/marketplace-co-op
and everyone is expected to check his/her email
frequently during the ordering & delivery
phases of the cycle.
We ask folks to be subscribed to the email list for at least one ordering cycle
before ordering from
the co-op
to get a feel for the process and type of items
that we split.
We often have hardcopies of the catalog at deliveries so folks can see the
items offered & pricing.
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