Co-op Closed Monday May 28th for Labor Day.

Open Volunteer Jobs:

Happy Cow Pickup/Delivery Person to pick up milk and cheese from the farm and deliver to the Co-op every other Monday. You would use your own vehicle and the markup is 5% if you pick up twice monthly. If you can only pick up one week a month then you would get a 10% markup.  If interested please call Lori Pierce on Mondays at the Co-op between 10am-2pm or email
.Theresa Pizzuto

Friday Day Manager (Weekly): For more information, contact Theresa Pizzuto

Cleaning Person to clean the Co-op weekly. For more information, contact Theresa Pizzuto

2018 Membership Renewals: Memberships are due the first time you shop at the Co-op in 2018. The cost is still $24 for the entire year. Thank you for your continued support!

UPCOMING ORDER DEADLINES & DELIVERIES

• Krause Brothers Citrus & Juice: We order when we meet minimum order requirements.
• Sami’s Bread: An order was received on Thursday, April 29th. There is  bread available in the freezer.
• UNFI: The next order deadline will be Monday, May 21st, available Thursday, May 30th.
• Happy Cow: The next order deadline will be Saturday, May 19th  for delivery on Monday, May 21st.
• Frontier Herbs:
• Split Creek: An order will be placed as needed. Place your orders in the Direct Order book.
• Dimpflmeier Bread: Order received May 3rd. A nice supply is in the freezer. Next order date in Sept-Oct  Please add wanted products in the Direct Order book. 

PRODUCT UPDATES

New Items

Ling Ling Pot Stickers.

• We have Vegetable and Chicken Vegetable.

Gluten-Free: 
Refrigerated:
Quorn, meatless – soy-free grounds , located in Freezer

ORGANIC PRAIRIE Grass Fed Ground Beef – located in freezer:
Jenni’s ice cream. –  We still have Brambleberry Crisp

2018 Seeds have arrived! Check out the vegetable, flower and herb seeds that arrived last week.

Personal Care
Personal Care shelves are being restocked and rearranged.  Many products that seemed to have disappeared are now Back In Stock!
Essential Oils are being ordered through NOW because the caps are easier to open and many cost less than Aura Cacia.   Members can still special order any Aura Cacia product via the UNFI direct order binder.

Happy Cow:

• Happy Cow has Compost to offer! Discontinued until further notice.

Markdown Items:

• Broccoli Plants from Cedar Knoll Farms
• Frozen Woodstock Corn
• All Indigo Wild and Zum wooden balls are sale too!
• Asparagus is marked down Received Broccoli from Cedar Knoll Farm
• Kraus citrus fruit, oranges and grapefruits marked down

Produce:
(Organic or Low Spray)

• Jewel Farm brought in romaine, Swiss chard and kale
• Received Broccoli from Cedar Knoll Farm
• Received curly kale and mixed lettuce from Crescent Farm
• Received Shiitake mushrooms from “Shrooms to Go”

Refrigerator:

• Restocked on Brown Rice Miso
• Assortment of local Kraut and Kimchi
• Redwood Hill Farm goat kefir back in stock
• Bob’s Red Mill Active Dry Yeast (in cooler)
• Bob’s Red Mill Nutritional Yeast
• Split Creek Farm:
  • Feta in oil with olives
  • Assorted varieties of goat milk fudge
  • The cranberry walnut cheese ball  has been put  in the freezer to preserve integrity

Freezer:

• Blake’s Chicken Pot Pies
• Quorn meatless and soy-free grounds
• Wyman’s frozen blueberries
• Jeni’s Splendid Ice Cream ( Brambleberry Crisp).
• Amy’s Pizza Amy’s Cheese Pizza with Cornmeal Crust
• ‘Blake’s Shepherd’s Pie’
• ‘Against the Grain gluten free pizza shells’
• Brussel sprouts

Meats:   Organic Prairie grass fed ground beef

Consignments:

• New consignments by Meg!  Knitted doll blanket and dresses, and Organic Catnip filled Felted Mice

Supplements:

• We can order from Pure Encapsulation, Douglas, Biotics Research, and Endo Met.  All of these are supplements that you usually have to purchase through a health care provider.

Modern Forestry Candle Assortment (great for gifts!)

Discontinued Items: To view the complete list of discontinued items click HERE.

• Canned Santa Barbara brand large black olives
• All flavors of Xyla brand mints
• Bulk organic whole oat groats Nutiva brand Organic Red Palm Oil 15oz is discontinued from the Co-op shelf; full cases of six jars are still available by special order only.
• Reed’s Cherry Brew beverage has been discontinued by UNFI
• SUNSPIRE CHOC BAR,COCONUT 1.75 OZ  by UNFI
• Lucini Italia Artichoke Pasta Sauce  by UNFI
• All Rapunzel bouillon cubes, no-salt, sea-salt, and with herbs, by UNFI

Restocked Items

•  Redwood Hill Farm goat kefir back in stock
• Kraus Brothers Juices and Fresh Oranges and Grapefruit available, juices are in freezer.
• That’s It Fruit Bars (in gluten free area)
• Tinkyada Brown Rice Pasta Spirals
• Brown Rice Miso

Back ordered Items

• None at this time

DEPARTMENT REMINDERS

Split Creek Goat Farms ordering is available again in the Direct Order book.  Orders will be placed when we have enough items to fill an order including what we keep in stock.  Please email Jackie with any questions—jc6m@caldwellcentral.net

Produce

Supplements

Happy Cow

• Good supply of cheese, milk and chocolate milk is available for special order.
• When placing orders you must place your order before Monday.
• You can call in your order and leave a message. Messages are checked early Monday morning before the order goes in.
• Compost available  Discontinued until further notice.

Eggs

• Eggs are stored in the refrigerator by the supplements. We procure from 4 suppliers.
• If you would like to sell eggs through the Co-op please contact Lori Pierce for more information (Mondays at the Co-op or call her at 864-843-2584).

Bread

Gluten-Free

Food Should Taste So Good multigrain tortilla chips
 
Member feedback requested about Gluten-Free product info:

• What products do you like?
• Which items did you try and did not like?
• What type of items or brands would you like to see at the Co-op?
• Email Jackie Caldwell about Gluten-Free product info.
• Always looking for good suggestions for new gluten free products.

Pet Food

Monthly Senior Discount Day:
The Co-op offers a 5% discount to seniors 65+ on the 3rd Saturday of each month. The next senior discount day will be held on  Saturday, May 19th.

To receive the discount please inform the cashier BEFORE you begin your transaction; the discount will not be available after you have already checked out. Your markup will be reduced by 5% for that day; however, no markup can go below 0%.

Recipe Submitted: Please submit recipe to:
secretary2@upstatefoodcoop.com

Prep Time: 10 Minutes
Cook Time: 30 Minutes

Ready In: 40 Minutes
Servings: 8

“These black bean and corn quesadillas are really cheesy, a little bit spicy, and a little bit sweet. My vegetarian husband goes crazy over these every time! Feel free to play around and add chicken or veggies, if you desire. Don’t forget the salsa and sour cream!” You can use vegetarian cheese.
Ingredients:

2 teaspoons olive oil
3 tablespoons finely chopped onion
1 (15.5 ounce) can black beans, drained
and rinsed
1 (10 ounce) can whole kernel corn,
drained
1 tablespoon brown sugar1/4 cup salsa
1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
2 tablespoons butter, divided
8 (8 inch) flour tortillas
1 1/2 cups shredded Monterey Jack
cheese, divided

Directions:

1.

Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Stir in onion, and cook until softened, about 2 minutes. Stir in beans and corn, then add sugar, salsa, and pepper flakes; mix well. Cook until heated through, about 3 minutes.

2.

Melt 2 teaspoons of the butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Place a tortilla in the skillet, sprinkle evenly with cheese, then top with some of the bean mixture. Place another tortilla on top, cook until golden, then flip and cook on the other side. Melt more butter as needed, and repeat with remaining tortillas and filling.

Want to Help?

We have need for people to help with the following: Contact Theresa Pizzuto.

• Happy Cow milk pickup
• Bulk packagers
• Day Managers and Cashiers to work weekly and/or as subs
• Newsletter writers to write short articles for quarterly newsletter.
•  Split Creek Goat items pick
• Associate Manager
• Communications

Calendar 2018 Board of Directors Meetings Dates (5:30pm) at the Central-Clemson Library: TBD please stay tuned for details. To see the full meeting calendar click here.Enjoy your week!

Theresa Pizzuto  2018 General Manager
Anna Hazen 2018 Assistant Manager