2012 Opening Hours, Saturday Markets, Veg Boxes

Happy 2012 Flame-Folk!

The Co-op opened again this week from Wednesday 4th of January for our usual opening hours:

Wed 2-6
Thurs 10-7
Fri 2-6
Sat 10-4

One exception: The co-op will close for the public holiday THURSDAY January 26. Open as usual on Friday 27 and Saturday 28.

Most of our suppliers are open this week (Jan 4), so we will be getting fresh dairy deliveries on Thursday afternoon and restocking the dry goods throughout the week. We will be unable to get plain and smoked tofu until the following week (11th Jan).

The fresh local organic fruit and veg market which we tried out in the last two weeks of 2011 trading will be continuing this Sat (7th Jan) with extended opening hours, from 10-1:30.  Louisa from Northern Illawarra Organics (http://www.niorganics.com.au) is providing the market stall and she'll also be cooking up some organic egg rolls for brunch this week, so come along and check it out.

The weekend organic market will sit alongside our fortnightly mixed organic vegetable boxes from Dapto Community Farm. Boxes will arrive every fortnight on Thursday afternoons, resuming January 12. They contain a mix of seasonal veggies, cost $30, and can be pre-ordered at the co-op or by phoning 0430 476 034 during shop open hours.

Co-Op Holiday Opening Hours

It's that time of the year again! (No, not winter, though it feels like it!). It's holiday season, and the co-op will be closing for a short period of time, from December 25-January. 3. Here are opening hours for December 2011 and January 2012, or view our calendar here.

Wednesday December 14 2pm - 6 pm

Thursday December 15 10 am - 7 pm

Friday December 16 2pm - 6 pm

Saturday December 17 10 am - 4 pm (+ Laneway produce market 10 am - 12 pm)

Wednesday December 21 2pm - 6 pm (+ Flame Tree stall at the Coledale Twilight Market)

Thursday December 22 10 am - 7 pm

Friday December 23 2pm - 6 pm

Saturday December 24 10 am - 4 pm (+ Laneway produce market 10 am - 12 pm)

Wednesday December 28 CLOSED

Thursday December 29 CLOSED

Friday December 30 CLOSED

Saturday December 31 CLOSED

Wednesday January 4 2pm - 6 pm

Thursday January 5 10 am - 7 pm

Friday January 6 2pm - 6 pm

Saturday January 7 10 am - 4 pm

Organic Fruit and Vegetable Market Trial NOW! Saturdays in December

Drum roll please!

We've been in discussion with a local organic fruit and vegetable supplier, and we have agreed to host a fruit and vegetable market at the Co-op for a trial period.

The first market will be SATURDAY December 17, and there will be another on SATURDAY December 24 from 10 am to 12 pm.

The market will be held in the laneway/ entrance to the co-op store. (Click here for a map if you need one.)

Please come along and try the market, and provide your feedback.Chat with Louise about her products, and where she sources them (she tries to source from local suppliers wherever possible). If you like the market, we'll continue it when the shop re-opens in the new year.

And if you have organically home-grown produce that you'd like to sell, bring it on down and join the fun of the market!

Charity Fundraising Policy

Recent visitors to the shop may have noticed the World Aids Day box on the counter, selling wrist bands, pens and ribbons for ACON. One of our members asked that we place it there, and we did so. If you bought an item, or made a donation into that box, be assured that your money will go to ACON.

 

But selling items like wrist bands and pens and pins, for whatever the cause, prompted some discussion and thought amongst our members. (For example, someone pointed out that plastic wrist bands that end their lives in landfill have potentially disastrous impacts on small animals and birds.) So we've now come up with a clear policy on advertising and collecting for charities at the shop.

Starting in January, we will place a small (very small! we have so little counter space!) charity collection box on the counter. Members who have a charity to promote may nominate their charity for the position of "charity of the month". The steering committe will select charities for each month, and the main selection criteria is that the charity's aims must  be a good fit with the co-op ethics and values.

We'll include a note in our monthly bulletin and on our Events and Causes page about the charity of the month.

If you'd like to promote or nominate your charity or cause as charity of the month, please email us.

Please don't ask us to promote or advertise for-profit enterprises or businesses, or political parties.

Markets Galore!

December is market season! 

FIRST UP: Don't forget SATURDAY December 10 12 pm-4pm at the Co-Op

A celebration and market.

With:

• Music
• Stuff to buy & eat
• Free things (bring stuff to freecycle)
• One banana in pyjamas

Bring your art to sell!

AND, then on December 21 - the co-op will have a stall at the COLEDALE TWILIGHT MARKET.

Save the date, and watch this space for more information!

Annual General Meeting

The Flame Tree Food Co-op Ltd will hold its AGM on Wednesday the 30^th of November at 7pm in the Ocean Breeze room at Thirroul Community Centre.  All current financial members are invited to attend the meeting.

 

The Co-op's financial reports for the 2010/11 financial year can be viewed online via Google Documents. You can also access this link here.

Co-op Market Saturday December 10

!Come one, come all to the CO-OP Celebration and MARKET!

SAT.Dec.10th 12-4pm

at the Flame Tree Co-op (click here for directions if you need them)

you're invited for some fun

*MUSIC..Liz n Andy from the Leisurecoasters, plus buskers

*FREESTORE

*OP-SHOP

*CHAI

*Handmade RockyRoad, Muffins, Retro & Vintage & Co-Op gift ideas & other clever homemade stuff

Anyone wanna sell a suitcase full o'goodies, or busk? email Karen Yello