On 12/1/04 1:02 AM, "Dyna" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I actually have stopped by and attempted to shop at said > "Cooperative". I found most everything pretty much double the price at > CUB or more. The only thing I found to be reasonably priced was a bag > of corn chips on sale. Upon opening the bag I found out why- they were > stale!
While I feel bad about Dyna's negative experience with a bag of corn chips, I think pretty much everyone on this forum could share a similar story or worse, about any grocery store in Minneapolis. For example, I seem to recall Dyna recently complaining about expiration dates on the milk being sold at her preferred Cub. I also don't think it's accurate to say that most everything at our coop is double the price at Cub. I stopped at the coop the other day for to get milk. I buy Cedar Summit Farm milk, which sells for $3.29 per half gallon. Yes, that's more than I'd pay at Cub for Kemps or whatever, but I don't think it's more than double. I could go on with any number of examples, but those of us who are natural foods coop members know that we're not trying to compete strictly on price. If price is ultimately your deciding factor, then a natural foods coop may not be for you. And I'm not trying to disregard folks who may not have much choice in the matter, but the simple fact is that it is about giving people a choice. Dyna doesn't like the natural foods coop concept. That's fine. She doesn't have to shop at one. But for people like me and my 1200 fellow Eastside Food Coop members, we wanted that choice for our neighborhood and we worked to make it happen. How is that a bad thing? How would that be a bad thing if some folks on the Northside get together and bring that opportunity to their neighborhoods? > I should warn you that I'm not accustomed to paying $5 for "coffee" > and $10 for a snack. I've been spoiled by the country co-ops letting my > refill my Cenex coffee mug for well under a dollar and sometimes for > free. Even with a full meal of say, chicken, potato, and maybe cole > slaw I usually get folding money back from a five. And for what a meal > for two would cost at the local yuppie co-ops I can buy enough diesel > to drive all day and a bag of chips too. I'm again a bit confused. I was pretty sure our coop doesn't sell coffee for $5 a cup since the only Starbucks in NE Minneapolis that I know of is located over in the Rainbow at the Quarry, not at our coop. But to be safe, I checked at the deli when I was there last and found that a 12oz cup sells for a dollar and a 16oz cup sells for $1.50. Sure, you can get cheaper coffee elsewhere, but I'll guarantee you it won't be anywhere near as good. Hope some of you can join us for our 1st year anniversary celebration this Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the store. We'll have sampling, door prizes, music, and lots and lots of specials! Our store is located at 2551 Central Ave NE, Minneapolis, MN 55418. Mark Snyder Windom Par REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
