Contact Us 1609 Trumansburg Rd Ithaca, NY 14850 Phone: 607-319-5150 Fax: 607-319-5156 food@regionalaccess.net
Office Hours Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm
Warehouse Pickups Thursday & Friday 12pm - 4pm
Order Guidelines Your order must be received by Monday at noon for same-week delivery or pickup. You may call, fax or email your order to us using the contact information above.
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 February Specials This month we are seriously focusing on drawing down our inventory levels. We have consolidated our specials sheet onto one comprehensive one. Take a look! February 2011 Specials
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News
According to a recent New York Times article, one third of all new years resolutions are broken by the end of January! So, now that we've had time to change our diets, unroll our yoga mats, and get adequate sleep - and change our diets back and roll those mats back up - we are ready to get down to some serious off-season projects.
This year, you'll notice the face of Regional Access will begin to change. You may have noticed our phone system is different already and maybe (hopefully) you've noticed our catalog getting more organized and user friendly. We are taking some time to pare down products that we are often out of stock on (if we can't get it, we shouldn't tease you by listing it in our catalog), ones that are too similar to others, some that just don't sell for us and some that are just too hard to get. Our catalog WILL be more manageable this year. But, please bear with us during this transitional period. You may experience more out of stocks than usual until we get that worked out.
We are also examining many cost saving measures; some that will affect you and many that won't. One way in which we'd like your help is in going paper-less. Please see our "help us" section below to see how you can help up save some time, money and paper.
Next, we want to let everyone know that we have expanded our Warehouse Pickup hours by 4 hours each week. They are now Thursday and Friday from 10am - 4pm. Please be aware that we can no longer accommodate warehouse pickups outside of those days and times. In the past, we have been flexible on this but it has become so disruptive that we are unable to properly focus on our workload. Thank you for understanding our need to focus our attention.
Lastly, a note on recent price increases. Recently the price of diesel fuel has reached very high levels. Fuel represents one of the single largest expenses for a distribution company and we are no exception. As operating costs go up, so must our prices. Please know that we don't WANT to charge you more. We HAVE to. Your prices may have gone up, but you are still buying wholesome, artisinal and local foods from a values-based distributor who buys from producers who's mission echos our own. We hope that you understand that everyone's cost of business is going up.
We look forward to another great year of providing both producers and consumers with ethical, sustainable access to wonderful food! Please keep the calls, faxes and emails rolling in.
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 Help us go paper-less
In an effort to reduce our paper waste we would like to start emailing you your old invoices rather than sending monthly paper statements. We would also like for you to take this opportunity to update any email addresses you've already given us. Please take a moment to fill out the attached request and either call the information in or fax or email it to us. It'll only take a couple minutes of your time but will save us big money. We and the environment thank you from the bottom of our paper-less hearts!.
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 Omega Meats
It was almost a year ago that we decided we wanted to start the Omega Meats program. As our catalog of locally sourced foods was growing we realized that the area where it fell short was in the meat department. So we decided to find a source of high quality, 100% grass fed, grass finished beef.
We scoured the Finger Lakes region, visiting farms and talking to farmers trying to find the combination of experience, expertise and herd genetics necessary to create consistent, high quality beef. After an extensive search we chose two local farms with great reputations for growing high quality beef.
When done right, grass fed and finished beef is exceptionally flavorful and has naturally high levels of omega-3 fatty acids. These farmers are doing all the right things. They have started to do their own breeding and have herds of beautiful cattle with exceptional angus genetics. These cattle have been selectively bred and managed for high quality meat production on grass. They are raised on 100% foraged diet and rotated to new pastures daily. Routine antibiotics and growth hormones are not used and the animals are treated with respect and affection.
We are selling whole animals, quarters, primals, various steaks, ground beef and other cuts, too. This beef is well marbled and was dry aged for at least three weeks before being frozen. We are amazed at the quality of the meat we are receiving! And even more of you have told us how much you love it.
This is a pilot program for you so please keep the feed back coming!
Omega Meats price list.
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 All Purpose Dry Rub
With all the amazing meat we have to offer, we thought a dry rub recipe was right on time.
Ingredients:
2 tbs Kosher salt
2 tsp ground black pepper
2 tsp paprika
1 tsp cayenne pepper
1 tsp dried oregano leaves
1 tsp granulated garlic
1/2 tsp ground cumin
Directions:
Mix the ingredients together in a bowl and apply rub to meat 2 to 4 hours before cooking. Refrigerate meat for a minimum of 4 to 6 hours to enhance flavor. This rub can be stored for several months in an air-tight container, in a dark, cool place.
Cook meat as intended and enjoy!
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