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Fresh in, acoustic soup and playback theatre

This week…
Acoustic soup is next week, Wednesday 10th April
Canberra Playback’s presentation of Magic is on TOMORROW at the Co-op at 7.30 tickets at the door $10/15!
This week and next are ANU holidays, so there will be no lunches
But the cafe is still open!
Fresh In!
This week we’ve got so much fresh produce…
Spanish onion – $3.60
Kipfler potatoes – $6.10
Butternut pumpkin – $6.90
Zucchini – $6.00/kg
Snow peas – $3.00/bag
English cucumber – $8.10/kg
Eggplant – $8.10/kg


Roma tomatoes – $7.50/kg
Nashi apples – $3.60
Rhubarb – $3.00/bunch
Kiwifruit – $10.40

Acoustic soup
Acoustic soup is on next week, Wednesday 10th April. Music and soup kick off around 6.30, bring your friends, it’s gonna be great!

Volunteers definitely welcome on Wednesday anytime from midday or on Tuesday afternoon/evening.

Getting involved in the Co-op
There are heaps of different ways you can get involved at the Co-op. Volunteering in the shop, helping out with lunches or acoustic soup, being a coordinator or joining the MC are just a few!

If you’re interested in getting involved in any of these (or any other) ways, drop us a line at food.coop.shop@gmail.com

Hoep you’re enjoying the change of season and looking forward to autumnal delights.

-The Food Co-op Team!


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Playback theatre at the Food Co-op

The playback theatre performance next week promises to be an enormous balloon of entertainment!

Wed 3 April2013 at 7:30PM

Come one, come all!

our theme for the evening:  M a g i c

Magic – does it exist? When have you experienced the magic of Santa, fairies, angels, dreams, drugs, spiritual encounters, random acts of kindness, or serendipity? Magic takes many forms. It arises in precious moments shared between children as they write letters to Santa. It arises in national achievements and international wonders shared among millions like the Olympics, and magical historical moments like when we sent men to the moon. Magic is a matter of interpretation and observation. Have you seenor felt magic recently? Where is the magic in your life?

      Please join us for our first 2013 show , to share magical stories.

Wed 3 April 2013 at 7:30PM

The Food Co-operative Shop

       3 Kingsley St, Canberra City

       (opposite Toad Hall and around the corner from Barry Dr)

TICKETS
Tickets available at the door – $15/10    cash only


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this week, short and sweet

This week…
is a short week at the Co-op…
…we’ll be closed this Friday and next Monday (due to Easter)
and next week is ANU holidays, so there will be no lunches
BUT our cafe will still be open next week and we’ll have vegan Funky Pies galore!
Fresh In!
This week we’re excited about

Figs $12.00/kg
Juicing oranges – $2.00/kg
Rhubarb – $3.00/bunch
Limes – $2.00/each

Eggplant – $5.50/kg
Butter beans – $6.75/kg
Basil – $3.00/bag
Tomatillos – $12.00/kg

Tomatoes – $7.50/kg
We’re also excited about…
Sundried tomatoes – $23.85
Organic wholewheat bakers flour – $3.60/kg
Organic black beluga lentils – $9.00/kg
Organic decaf tea bags – $10.65/box of 40
Thanks
Massive thanks to everyone who helped out at the Co-op’s stall at the Harvest Festival on Saturday, what a gorgeous day for such a fun, chilled out festival!

And speaking of festivals, the You Are Here festival was a great success and the trio of events held here last Thursday were so much fun! A big thanks to the folks at You Are Here and to all of you who came along and joined in! If you want to check out the photos from the events, check out the You Are Here facebook, or flickr pages.

Coordinators
So, you know what’s a great way to get involved at the Co-op? Becoming a coordinator! Coordinators are those fabulous folk who serve you when you buy your goodies, help you find your goodies in the shop, help out our volunteers and generally make the Co-op a friendly and functional place.

If you’re interested in finding out more about becoming a coordinator, drop us a line on food.coop.shop@gmail.com, or drop in and have a chat with one of the managers during the week!

Management Collective recruitment
Dear members,

This is a call for interested people to nominate to fill several vacancies on the Food Co-op Management Committee (MC).

The Food Co-op has gone through a lot of changes in the last few years and with these changes have come new opportunities (such as the cafe) as well as challenges (accommodation costs). While the MC requires a diverse range of skills and interests, we are particularly interested in hearing from people with a background or interest in finance/accounting/business.

The MC meets fortnightly and is responsible for setting direction and policy for the co-op in consultation with managers, volunteers and the wider membership. If you are interested in joining the collective please send an email tofood.coop.shop@gmail.com introducing yourself, and include details of how you believe you could contribute to the Food Co-op’s future through joining the MC.

Thank you,
Food Co-op Management Collective

Hope you all have a great long weekend and we look forward to seeing you soon in our Co-op!

-The Food Co-op Team!


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Fresh In, MC Recruitment and You Are Here Festival

This week…
The new busway that runs past the Co-op opened this week!!
The cafe is open 8.00am – 2.00pm, Monday – Friday
Lunches are available ($5 members & students/$6 everyone else) 12.00pm – 2.00pm, Tuesday – Thursday
Fresh In!
Goodies fresh in this week include:

Rhubarb – $4.65/kg
Kale – $5.40/bunch
Limes – $2.00/each

Rockmelons – $7.20/each
Spanish onion – $5.95/kg
Purple Mangosteen – $3.00/each

Nashi pears – $5.25/kg
Cherry tomatoes – $7.50/kg
Chestnuts – $21.60

Leeks – $2.95/each
Kumera gold – $6.00/kg
Ginger – $30.60/kg

Almond Milk – $5.95/each

We also have Rolled Oats back in stock! Thanks for bearing with us on this one folks, after much back and forth with our suppliers, they are here to stay!
And, we got a huge delivery of toilet paper (4-pack – $3.85) and paper towel (2-pack – $5.30)!

Easter weekend
The Food Co-op will be closed for the whole Easter long weekend (Friday 31/03 – Monday 01/04), reopening Tuesday 2nd April…

…speaking of Easter did you know we have delicious spelt hot cross buns (chocolate chip, wholemeal and apricot) in at the moment?

Management Collective recruitment
Dear members,

This is a call for interested people to nominate to fill several vacancies on the Food Co-op Management Committee (MC).

The Food Co-op has gone through a lot of changes in the last few years and with these changes have come new opportunities (such as the cafe) as well as challenges (accommodation costs). While the MC requires a diverse range of skills and interests, we are particularly interested in hearing from people with a background or interest in finance/accounting/business.

The MC meets fortnightly and is responsible for setting direction and policy for the co-op in consultation with managers, volunteers and the wider membership. If you are interested in joining the collective please send an email to food.coop.shop@gmail.com introducing yourself, and include details of how you believe you could contribute to the Food Co-op’s future through joining the MC.

Thank you,
Food Co-op Management Collective

Harvest Festival
The Canberra Harvest Festival is THIS SATURDAY 23rd March from 12.00pm – 4.00pm at the Canberra Environment Centre.

The Co-op will have a stall and we are looking for people to help out for an hour or two…if you’re interested, please email: food.coop.shop@gmail.com.

You Are Here Festival
You Are Here kicked off its Co-op events last Sunday with an evening imagining what Australia might look like in 2050. Some of the ideas are still on the windows in the Co-op, come in and have a squiz!

This Thursday we have a trifecta of You Are Here at the Food Co-op. On offer will be the Festival breakfast (at a very respectable 11am), One Pot Punk Rock cooking show (midday) and the short flat long black white dance performance at 1.00pm. The cafe will be open and lunch will be on as per usual and we’d love to see you here.

Have a great week, look forward to seeing you at our Co-op.

-The Food Co-op Team!


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Fresh In, Acoustic Soup and You Are Here Festival

This week…
…Acoustic soup is TOMORROW…
…You Are Here Festival at the Co-op starts this Sunday…
…and we have amaranth flour – $16.20/kg - we’re excited and intrigued and looking for a recipe or two…does anyone have one they can share with us?
Fresh In!
We have lots of delicious organic fruit and veggies such as…

Mixed salad greens – $27.00/kg
Grapefruit – $5.75/kg
William Pears – $8.40/kg

Mangoes – $5.40/each
Rockmelon – $7.20/each
Pink lady apples – $8.60/kg
Elephant heart plums – $7.20/kg
Bananas – $8.15/kg
English cucumber – $7.00/kg
Zucchini – $6.00/kg

Kale – $6.30/bunch

We also have drinking coconuts back in stock – $3.20/each

International Women’s Day Pedal Powered Cinema
Thanks to everyone who came along to the Co-op cinema last week for International Women’s Day! It was a great way to begin our series of pedal powered cinema screenings for the year.

Big thanks also to everyone who helped out on the night and in the preparation to make it all happen! We’re looking to put together a crew of people who are interested in running future screenings. If you’re interested please emailfood.coop.shop@gmail.com.

We’re also looking for vollies to help with an in-store signage project! If you’re interested, please contact us at the email address above!

Acoustic Soup
The next Acoustic Soup is on this Wednesday 13th March! Food and music from 6.30pm, members and students $8, everyone else $10. Come along for some delicious dinner and to hear the tunes of:

Night Cafe
The Burley Griffin
James Fahy
Ardalan Haddad
You Are Here Festival
We’re excited to be part of the You Are Here Festival this year! The first event to be held here will be  Australia 2050, Sunday 17th March.

You can guarantee a place at this event by pre-registering.  There are 30 pre-registration places available, leaving 15 places available for door entry (no pre-registration required).

To register please contact Danielle Stevens (Danielle.Stevens@csiro.au, phone 02 6246 5627).

You can also check out the festival program for details about the Festival breakfast, One Pot Punk Rock and short flat long black white, all being held here Thursday 21st March.

Harvest Festival
The Canberra Harvest Festival will be held Sunday 23rd March from 12.00pm – 4.00pm at the Canberra Environment Centre. The Co-op will have a stall and we are looking for people to volunteer to help out on the stall for an hour or two. If you are interested, please email: food.coop.shop@gmail.com.

Look forward to seeing you at our Co-op.

-The Food Co-op Team!


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Fresh in, Pedal Powered Cinema, Acoustic Soup and You Are Here

This week…
We’ve got our first pedal powered cinema for the year…
Applications for Co-op and lunch manager positions close…
We’re looking for vollies to help out at our stall at the Canberra Harvest Festival…
Lunches are on Tuesday – Thursday and they are delicious…
Acoustic soup is next week…and
You Are Here Festival the week after!
Fresh In!
We have lots of delicious organic fruit and veggies in this week including…

Mixed salad greens – $27.00/kg
Leeks – $2.70/each
Cherry tomatoes – $7.50
Pink lady apples – $8.60/kg
Nashi apples – $3.60

Mangoes – $4.65/each

Golden nugget pumpkins – $2.50/kg

Peaches – $10.10/kg

International Women’s Day Pedal Powered Cinema
International Women’s Day is this week!! We are super excited about our pedal powered screening of Black Chicks Talking tomorrow, Wednesday 6th March.

Doors open at 7.30, screening begins at 8.00pm. We’ll have all kinds of tasty snacks and drinks for sale, to help you settle into ‘movie mode’. Entry is by donation, with proceeds raised going to support the YWCA and the Co-op.

Join the event on facebook, or just rock up on the night. All welcome, women and men, members and non-members!
Recruitment
Recruitment is open for the three Manager positions at the Co-op. The job descriptions are on our website. If you have any questions, please email food.coop.applications@gmail.com. Applications are due by 6th March 2013 (tomorrow).

We are also looking for another person to join the team as lunch coordinator. You will be responsible for preparing and serving one lunch a week, working with Co-op volunteers and staff. Details are available on our website. Please email your applications to food.coop.shop@gmail.com by 6th March 2013 (also tomorrow).

Harvest Festival
The Canberra Harvest Festival will be held Sunday 23rd March from 12.00pm – 4.00pm at the Canberra Environment Centre. The Co-op will have a stall and we are looking for people to volunteer to help out on the stall for an hour or two. If you are interested, please email: food.coop.shop@gmail.com.

Acoustic Soup
The next Acoustic Soup is on Wednesday 13th March (next week)! Food and music from 6.30pm, members and students $8, everyone else $10. Look forward to seeing you there.

You Are Here Festival
We’re excited to be part of the You Are Here Festival this year! The first event to be held here will be  Australia 2050, Sunday 17th March.

You can guarantee a place at this event by pre-registering.  There are 30 pre-registration places available, leaving 15 places available for door entry (no pre-registration required).  We would like to thank you for your participation and time with a $50 gift voucher.  Those who pre-register by 6 March can choose from the following range of gift voucher options:

Food co-op: 
http://foodco-opshop.com.au/

Ebooks:
http://www.ebooks.com/gift-certificates/

EPIC Farmers market:
http://www.capitalregionfarmersmarket.com.au/

The Canberra Centre: 
http://www.canberracentre.com.au

Bunnings: 
http://www.bunnings.com.au/gifts-guide_gift-cards.aspx

Donation to Yellow Van Food Rescue: 
http://food-rescue.commsatwork.org/yellow-van-food-rescue

To register please contact Danielle Stevens (Danielle.Stevens@csiro.au, phone 02 6246 5627).

You can also check out the festival program for details about the Festival breakfast, One Pot Punk Rock and short flat long black white, all being held here Thursday 21st March.

Hope you’re enjoying your first week of Autumn, look forward to seeing you at our Co-op.


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Fresh in and Pedal Powered Cinema for International Women’s Day

This week…
We’re really back into the swing of things now with lunches, the cafe and upcoming events galore! Next week is International Women’s Day and to celebrate we’ll be holding our first pedal powered film for the year, Black Chicks Talking.

Fresh In!

We have lots of delicious organic fruit and veggies in this week including…

Red Chilli – $34.20/kg
Mixed salad greens – $25.59/kg
Rhubarb – $3.75/bunch

Grapes – $5.25/kg
Pozier Pears – $4.65/kg
Home grown Nashi Pears – $5.25/kg

We also have pineapple rings – $36.00/kg back in stock!
Lots of white chia seeds – $29.60/kg!
And have you tried our very own Co-op made muesli – $9.60/kg??

Big thanks…
…to all our vollies who helped out with O-Week and Celebrate Sustainability Day and welcome to our new members and subscribers who signed up at, or as a result of those stalls.

And a huge thanks to everybody who volunteers at the Co-op. It takes a lot of people to keep this place running and we are grateful for all the support we get from all our volunteers…and our shoppers too!

If you are interested in volunteering at the Co-op, please drop us a line at food.coop.shop@gmail.com.

International Women’s Day Pedal Powered Cinema
International Women’s Day is next week, so to celebrate and to kick off our pedal powered cinema screenings, we will be showing the documentary ‘Black Chicks Talking‘ on Wednesday 6th March.

Doors open at 7.30, screening begins at 8.00pm. We’ll have all kinds of tasty snacks and drinks for sale, to help you settle into ‘movie mode’. Entry is by donation, with proceeds raised going to support the YWCA and the Co-op.

Join the event on facebook, or just rock up on the night. All welcome, women and men, members and non-members!
Acoustic Soup
Acoustic Soup will be held the second Wednesday of each month in 2013…which means the next one will be Wednesday 13th March! Food and music from 6.30pm, members and students $8, everyone else $10. More details about the bands who will be performing coming soon, so watch this space.

Recruitment
Recruitment is open for the three Manager positions at the Co-op. The job descriptions are on our website. If you have any questions, please email food.coop.applications@gmail.com. Applications are due by 6th March 2013.

We are also looking for another person to join the team as lunch coordinator. You will be responsible for preparing and serving one lunch a week, working with Co-op volunteers and staff. Details are available on our website. Please email your applications to food.coop.shop@gmail.com by 6th March 2013.

You Are Here Festival
We’re excited to be part of the You Are Here Festival this year!  To find out more about these events, check out the facebook event for the Australia 2050 event, being held here at the Co-op Sunday 17th March, and have a look at the festival program page for details about the Festival breakfast, One Pot Punk Rock and short flat long black white, all being held here Thursday 21st March.

Hope you all have a great week, look forward to seeing you in our Co-op!

-The Food Co-op Team!


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Fresh In, Lunches and Recruitment

This week…
Lunches are back, we have amazing vegan soy free ‘ice-cream’ in the freezer, the white nectarines are divine and we’re excited to be seeing so many of you walking through the doors!

Fresh In!

We have lots of delcious organic fruit and veggies in this week and moslty we’re having a bean party!

Mangoes – $3.90/each
Nashi – $9.90/kg
Banana – $6.70/kg
G&M Brooke Kelly White nectarines – $15.60/kg

Kale – $4.50/kg

Basil – $3.00/100g
Beetroot – $7.00/bunch

Butter beans – $6.75/kg
Purple king beans – $5.25/kg
Green beans $6.75/kg

Did you know…the Co-op has a great selection of Japanese goodies, including pickled ginger, miso and wakame?

Acoustic Soup
The first Acoustic Soup of 2013 was last week and was a great success!! Thanks to everyone who came and all those who volunteered, especially our tireless Acoustic Soup coordinators!

Lunches
Delicious organic launches have started again and what a tasty start it was!

Lunches are available every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday during ANU term time from 12.00pm. Students and members – $5, everyone else – $6.

We’re always looking for vollies to help with lunches, if you’re interested in getting involved, please email lunchatthefoodcoop@gmail.com.

We are also looking for another person to join the team as lunch cooridnator. You will be responsible for preparing and serving one lunch a week, working with Co-op volunteers and staff. Details are avilable on our website. Please email your applications to food.coop.shop@gmail.com by 6th March 2013.

Manager recruitment
Hopefully you all saw the email from the Management Collective advertising three Manager positions at the Co-op. The job descriptions are on our website. If you have any questions, please email food.coop.applications@gmail.com. Applications are due by 6th March 2013.

Celebrate Sustainability Day stall
ANU’s ‘Celebrate Sustainability Day’ stall is this Thursday 21st February from 10am – 2pm. The Co-op will have a stall as part of this celebation and we’re looking for people to help us run the stall on the day. If you can help for an hour (or two!) please send us an email :-)

Even if you can’t help out, we hope you can drop by the stall and say hi!

Hope you all have a great week, look forward to seeing you in our Co-op!

-The Food Co-op Team!


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Recruiting for a Lunch Coordinator

The Food Co-op is looking for someone to join our awesome lunch team! We’re looking for a lunch coordinator to work with our great vollies and staff to prepare and serve one lunch a week.

Questions about the position? Email us or call 6230 7505.

Please send your applications to food.coop.shop@gmail.com.

Lunch Co-ordinator Feb 2013.docx


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Recruiting for Co-op Managers!

The Food Co-op will soon be interviewing for manager positions at the Co-op. If you have any interest please have a look through the job descriptions below.

Applications will close by the 6th of March 2013.

Please include a cover letter and resume with any applications and send them to food.coop.applications@gmail.com    

In cooperation,

The Food Co-op

Stock Manager

Volunteer and Staff Manager

General Administrative Manager

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