MARC and ANTHONY take SEATTLE

November 14, 2012 by Anthony

On October 24-28th, General Manager, Marc BrownGold, and Marketing Director, Anthony Saufley took a trip to Seattle for a seminar by a World Famous Pike Place Fish Market consultant.  The following is an account of that harrowing, adventure filled and legendary journey. Day 1-Smooth Sailing MARC – I packed my bag this morning and was excited to get underway. Seattle here we come. The one thing that we did do was overestimate our wait at the airport. It was empty […]

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Food For Change

October 5, 2012 by Swarthmore Co-op

Take a look at how food cooperatives are changing the food industry for the better in this short clip from the soon-to-be-released documentary, “Food For Change.”

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Discovering New Products for the Co-op

August 23, 2012 by Anthony

Back in May, Marc (Co-op GM) and Marci (Grocery Manager) went to Orlando, to a food show for Haddon House, then in June, Jess (Bread & Cheese Manager), Marc, Anthony (Marketing Director), John (Assistant Grocery Manager) and Marci went to Washington, DC for the Fancy Food Show.  At food shows, there are multitudes of vendors and producers vying for the attention of store managers, owners and distributors. To state that it can be information overload is to do it an […]

Categories: Co-Op, Grocery • Tags: All-Natural, Co-op, Cooperative, Eat, Food, Fresh, Grocery, Healthy, Local, Local Economy, Natural, Sustainable, Swarthmore, Swarthmore Co-op

Eaters, beware: Walmart is taking over our food system

January 5, 2012 by Anthony

WRITTEN AND SOURCED BY:  Stacy Mitchell blogger for http://www.grist.org Aubretia Edick has worked at a Walmart store in upstate New York for 11 years, but she won’t buy fresh food there. Bagged salads, she claims, are often past their sell-by dates and, in the summer, fruit is sometimes kept on shelves until it rots. “They say, ‘We’ll take care of it,’ but they don’t. As a cashier, you hear a lot of people complain,” she said. Edick blames the problems […]

Categories: Co-Op, Education, Grocery, Produce • Tags: Co-op, Coop, Cooperative, Food, Grocery, Local, Local Economy, Organic, Shopping, Swarthmore, Walmart

What is “Local” Food?

December 17, 2011 by Anthony

Did you know (as of 2009)? Hawaii imports 90% of its food.4 In 1866, 1,186 varieties of fruits and vegetables were produced in California. Today, California’s farms produce only 350 commercial crops.5 Communities reap more economic benefits from the presence of small farms than they do from large ones. Studies have shown that small farms re-invest more money into local economies by purchasing feed, seed and other materials from local businesses,6 whereas large farms often order in bulk from distant […]

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