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Celebrate!
Saturday, September 28
with a special
Member Owner Appreciation Day
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We've got a lot to celebrate. What's special? Our east parking lot is now greatly expanded and usable by all. The new sign in front of the store is installed. Our beautiful outside dining patio will be open on Saturday. AND there are celebratory events all day (see schedule below).
Member-owners of our Co-op receive 10% off
all day including 10% off our many sale items (see list below). As on other appreciation days there are a few exceptions - tobacco, alcohol, newspapers, and milk cannot be included in the member owner discounts. If you are not yet a member-owner you can join the Co-op on Saturday and immediately take advantage of 10% off all day. You can pay your membership in full or with small monthly payments. There are applications on the cafe tables or any of our staff would be happy to get you a brochure. Return it to the cashier with the payment you choose and that's it. You are now a member-owner of our Co-op.
We celebrate and appreciate our 639 member-owners who have so wonderfully supported our Co-op journey, particularly through our renovations and more broadly in the community. Thank you.
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The Day's Events
What can be better than fresh apple cider on a perfect New England fall day? Mid-morning we will set up an apple cider press near the new patio. The weather forecast is "sunny and beautiful 70 degrees." We'll need a lot of "kid power" to press those apples so bring the family and enjoy as much cider as you can drink.
Also outside, Bart's Ice Cream will be scooping out free samples of their great products. If you are adventurous consider a Cider Float. The Creamery has carried Bart's in cones, cups, and pints for many years and Bart's owners Gary Schaefer and Barbara Fingold are member-owners of the Old Creamery Co-op.
Cider and ice cream will be available until mid-afternoon.
Inside the store, the Wistaria String Quartet will make your shopping experience memorable from 11:30 to 12:30. The quartet is a newly formed ensemble of experienced string players who live in western Mass: Sarah Briggs and Kaila Graef, violins; Delores Thayer, viola; and Rebecca Hartka, cello. This little concert will include works by Jay Ungar (Ashokan Farewell) and Marc O'Connor (Appalachian Waltz) and a bit of Dvorak! The quartet will be in concert at the Bryant Homestead on Sunday. Click HERE for more information.
 Member-owner Alan Weisman's long awaited new book Countdown was published this week by Little, Brown, and Company. This is Alan's follow-up to his best seller The World Without Us. Alan will be on hand to sign your "hot off the presses" copy of this important book beginning at 1:30. Some things being said about Countdown:
"Spirited descriptions, a firm grasp of complex material, and a bomb defuser's steady precision make for a riveting read.... Weisman's cogent and forthright global inquiry, a major work, delineates how education, women's equality, and family planning can curb poverty, thirst, hunger, and environmental destruction. Rigorous and provoking." -Donna Seaman, Booklist (starred review)
"In Countdown, Alan Weisman, a journalist probing whether a sustainable balance between nature and the human population can be achieved, offers a key message to guide future action." -Nature
"This is not a jeremiad but a realistic, vividly detailed exploration of the greatest problem facing our species." -Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"Provocative and sobering, this vividly reported book raises profound concerns about our future." -Publishers Weekly (starred review)
The Co-op has a supply of Countdown for sale at the store. Buy one while they last and be one of the first to take home your signed copy.
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Throughout the day we will have tastings from selected suppliers. This is your chance to experience some new tastes and interesting items sold at the Creamery, and.......
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Here's Some News from the Kitchen
As part of our tastings on member-owner appreciation day, try some of our Creamery-made Cashew Coconut Granola! Made with organic coconut oil and local maple syrup, it's vegan, gluten free, and almost completely organic (this week, the only cashews we could get were conventionally grown, but it's usually ALL organic). Customers tell us they eat it with yogurt, on ice cream, and by the handful. More than one has told us "it's addictive!" Try it on Saturday and let us know what you think!
Also, new on Saturday, for the first time we will offer Creamery-made frozen pizza dough, made from King Arthur unbleached flour, water, yeast, salt, and a little extra-virgin olive oil.
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The best local fruits and vegetables are at the Co-op. Fresh in the store from:
Fydenkevez Farm
Raspberries
Corn
Summer squash
Zucchini
Sugar pumpkins
Delacata squash
Acorn squash
Peaches
Nectarines
Beefsteak tomatoes
And, Fall has arrived with MUMS!
Four Corners Farm Leeks Sun Gold tomatoes Paddy Flat Farm Plum tomatoes Beefsteak tomatoes Sunshine squash Husk cherries Purple top turnips Yellow cherry tomatoes Eggplant Suntan peppers Sweet dumpling squash Burgess buttercup squash Holiday Brook Farm Frying peppers Summit Farm Garlic Scott Farm, Dummerston, Vermont Apples, Apples, Apples! Macoun Cox's Orange Pippin Maiden's Blush Ananas Reinette Opalescent Pitmaston Pineapple Honeycrisp Belle de Boskoop
Reine de Reinette
Black Guiliford (sheep's nose)
Blue Pearmain We will also have Honeycrisp, Jonagold, and Macouns available in little totes Do you have a cider press? We have cases of cider apples for $16/case. When those are sold we would be happy to order more for next week.
See all of our local farms HERE.
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Enjoy savings on top of savings
 Below is a partial list of products that will be on sale this Saturday, if you are a member owner you can take another 10% off these great sale prices. Look for the yellow sale tags throughout the store. |
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Sale Price
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Knox Unflavored Gelatin 4pk
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$2.89
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$2.59
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Silly Cow Hot Chocolate 16.9 oz.
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$7.19
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$6.39
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Domaine Des Virges Hot Dijon Mustard 7 oz.
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$3.19
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$2.79
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Domaine Des Virges Herbal Dijon Mustard 7 oz.
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$4.49
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$3.99
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Pierre French Butter Lemon Cookies 5.29 oz.
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$3.89
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$2.89
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King Soba Org. Black Rice Noodles 8.8 oz.
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$4.79
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$3.79
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King Soba Org. Thai Rice Noodles 8.8 oz.
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$3.99
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$3.19
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King Soba Org. Pad Thai Noodles 8.8 oz.
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$3.99
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$2.79
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Sweet Ella's Org. Smooth Peanut Butter Salted 13 oz.
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$8.99
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$8.19
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Fiordifrutta Org. Wild Lingonberry Spread 8.82 oz.
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$5.99
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$4.99
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Bar Harbor Smoked Kippers 6.7 oz.
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$4.79
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$4.39
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Bionaturae Org. Tagliatelle Egg Pasta 8.8 oz.
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$4.59
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$3.99
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Boves Basil Pasta Sauce 24 oz.
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$6.89
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$5.79
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Boves Chianti Mushroom Pasta Sauce 24 oz.
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$6.89
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$5.79
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California Olive Extra Virgin Olive Oil 33.8 oz.
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$23.99
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$19.99
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Coco Café Latte Coconut Water 330 ml.
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$2.99
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$2.39
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Colavita Extra Virgin Olive Oil 33.8 oz.
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$22.59
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$17.99
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Kalvi Crispy Thin Crispbread 5.29 oz.
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$2.59
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$1.99
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Kettle Buffalo Bleu Potato Chips 5 oz.
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$3.39
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$2.69
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Kettle Cheddar Beer Potato Chips 5 oz.
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$3.39
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$2.69
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Mary's Gone Crackers Org. Super Seed Crackers 5.5 oz.
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$5.69
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$4.89
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Mestemacher Whole Grain Rye Bread 17.6 oz.
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$3.69
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$2.79
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Newman's Org. Balsamic Vinegar 16.9 oz.
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$9.69
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$8.19
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Pacific Org. Unsalted Chicken Broth 8 oz.
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$1.99
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$1.79
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Pacific Org. Unsalted Vegetable Stock 8 oz.
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$1.99
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$1.79
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Scharffen Berger Bittersweet Baking Chocolate 9.7 oz.
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$8.99
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$7.79
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Scharffen Berger Semisweet Baking Chocolate 9.7 oz.
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$8.99
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$7.79
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Scharffen Berger Unsweetened Baking Chocolate 9.7 oz.
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$10.99
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$9.39
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Colavita Org. Balsamic Vinegar 17 oz.
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$8.49
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$6.99
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Green and Black's Org. Dark Chocolate Ginger Bar 3.5 oz.
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$4.49
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$3.99
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Green and Black's Org. Milk Chocolate Toffee Bar 3.5 oz.
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$4.49
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$3.99
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Kind Pomegranate Blueberry Pistachio Bar 1.4 oz.
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$2.19
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$1.59
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Kind Blueberry Vanilla Cashew Bar 1.4 oz.
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$2.19
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$1.79
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Ricola Dual Action Cherry Cough Drops 19 ct.
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$3.59
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$2.99
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Ricola Lemon Mint Cough Drops 24 ct.
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$2.79
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$2.39
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Ricola Original Herb Cough Drops 21 ct.
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$2.79
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$2.39
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Cabot Extra Sharp Cheddar 8 oz.
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$5.49
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$4.39
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Choice Org. Classic Black Tea 16 bags
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$5.19
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$4.39
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Eden Org. Original Edensoy
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$3.99
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$3.39
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Mestemacher Fitness Bread 17.6 oz.
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$3.69
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$2.79
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Do you know someone who is looking for employment in a great place to work?
The Creamery has immediate openings for a part-time cashier/stocker and a full-time grocery leader. Please forward information and interest to info@oldcreamery.coop.
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Stay in Touch! We Love to Hear from You! For questions about Co-op membership, product requests, or suggestions or other feedback, please send a note to info@oldcreamery.coop. We'll make sure your note is sent to the appropriate person and that you get a prompt response. If you'd like to contact the Co-op's board of directors, simply send your email to board@oldcreamery.coop. Emails sent to this address are received only by the board. To reach Karen Doherty, the Co-op's general manager, send an email to gm@oldcreamery.coop. Emails sent to this address are received only by Karen. If you're thinking of becoming a valued volunteer of the Co-op, you can reach Shirley Todd, volunteer coordinator, at volunteer@oldcreamery.coop. There are many opportunities for volunteers. Emails sent to this address go directly to Shirley. |
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Help us spread the word! Encourage your friends to sign on to receive the Creamery's weekly email newsletter. Better yet, encourage them to become member-owners of the Co-op. You can forward this email to your friends and relatives (for best results, use the "Forward email" link in the white space at the bottom of this page). Rest assured, we won't clog their inboxes and we will respect their privacy. We will not disclose your or their email addresses to anyone else. You can unsubscribe at any time. Thank you for your interest, commitment, and support.
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Many items are on sale every week at the Creamery. Look for the brightly colored shelf tags. These items are 15%-45% off regular prices. We work hard to find bargains on many different items, including staple groceries, treats like chocolate, juices, refrigerated items, personal care products, and supplements. The shelf tags indicate when the sale price expires. Some sale items are one-time opportunities that remain on sale until sold out. Many are purchasing opportunities that can be replenished over several weeks at great prices. Enjoy the savings!
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Your continued patronage supports the ongoing success of our community-owned, values-based cooperative. Thank you for supporting the Old Creamery Co-op as a member-owner, as a shopper, as a friend. We value every contribution to the success of the Old Creamery Co-op.
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445 Berkshire Trail
Cummington, Massachusetts 01026
413.634.5560
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