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Our store renovations are wrapping up
Behind our closed doors last Thursday, our staff, many volunteers, a wonderful crew of four from Berkshire Co-op, and employees of United Natural Foods completely reset the store in 16 hours of intense reorganization.
Surrounding all this activity, carpenters, plumbers, electricians, excavation crew, and George Propane were hard at work bringing to a close their various parts of this long project.
 Our new propane tank was buried behind the store, carpenters were hard at work finishing up,  and the parking lot lighting was installed,
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All shelving and equipment is in its final place.
All products have been consolidated by category with complementary products next to each other.
No need to guess about pricing.
We have shelf tags on nearly everything in the store.
Many new and lower-priced products have been introduced.
We have installed signs at the end of every aisle to greatly reduce your need to go on a hunting expedition.
And the aisles are brighter with additional lighting.
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The new and expanded bulk section is complete with dozens of new products added.
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And a long road it has been
Almost three years ago when we started planning the store renovations, we asked you to contribute your ideas in design charrettes for staff and community, in co-op conversations, and through staff and customer surveys. You contributed over 250 responses. Based on your feedback we established the following renovation goals:
- Add shopping space
- Improve customer flow for shopping
- Improve customer flow for deli
- Improve customer flow for checkout
- Improve flow for staff: kitchen, deli, stocking
- Create delivery-receiving space outside shopping areas
- Expand storage
- Expand parking
- And preserve, to the fullest extent possible, the Creamery's character and warmth
Let us know how well you think we accomplished these goals and share any feelings you have about these many changes.
And if you're planning to use a credit card for your purchases, try the new Florence Saving Bank Smart ATM in the outside dining area so you can pay with cash and help us reduce our credit card fees.
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ON SALE, AND CLEARANCE SALE
We have many items that we have put on Clearance Sale as part of our store reset. Check the shelves closest to the produce department and take advantage of great discounts while they last.
Also, see the list of our many regular sale items by clicking HERE
We add sale items every week and leave those products on sale for two or more weeks depending on our ability to purchase at discounts that we can pass on to you.
Look for the brightly colored shelf tags that indicate when the sale price expires. Enjoy the savings!
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REMINDERS
If you ordered one of those delightful Diemand Farm Turkeys, pickup is any time next Wednesday the 27th.
And, the Creamery is closed on Thanksgiving day.
We wish all of our staff and all of you a warm and wonderful Thanksgiving with family and friends
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Round out your Thanksgiving preparations with fresh LOCAL fruits and vegetables
Cape Farm and Cranberry Company Organic Cranberries Kitchen Garden Farm Butternut Squash Kohlrabi Beets: Golden and Chioggia Shallots Paddy Flat Farm Sweet Dumpling Squash Acorn Squash Husk Cherries Scott Farm (Ashfield, Mass.) Apples: Spencer Macoun Cortland Greenings Buttercup Squash Butternut Squash Blue Hubbard Squash Scott Farm (Dummerston, Vermont) Apples Roxbury Russet Baldwin Newtown Pippin Bromely's Seedling D'arcy Spice Knobbed Russet Karmijn de Sonnerville Black Oxford Belle de Boskoop
Lady Apple Esopus Spaitzenburg Holiday Brook Farm Sunshine Squash Bunch Beets See all of our local farms HERE. |
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Cheese of the Week
 This week's tasting cheese is Cabot Clothbound Cheddar fro m Jasper Hill Farm. Old English tradition meets New England flavor in Cabot Clothbound Cheddar, made solely with milk from cows raised in Peacham, Vermont, on George Kempton Farm. Cabot's single-breed, small-batch cheddar is cave-aged in Jasper Hill Farm's Greensboro, Vermont, cellars. This delicious cheese has a distinct buttery flavor and velvety caramel undertones. Cabot Clothbound Cheddar won best in show at the American Cheese Society in 2006 and was gold-medal winner at the 2004 World Cheese Awards in London.
Stop in this Saturday for a taste, and remember, we'll take 10% off the regular price all day. |
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Complete your holiday meal with a Creamery-Baked Pie
Order today! The ordering deadline for Thanksgiving is the end of the business day (7:30 p.m.) on Monday, November 25. Please place your order with the cashier.
The pies, made with an all-butter crust, come in two sizes: small (6-inch) for $12.99 and medium (8-inch) for $14.99. Your Apple, Apple Cranberry, Blueberry, Cherry, Chocolate Walnut, Pecan, or Pumpkin pies will be ready after 2 p.m. on Wednesday, November 27 (unless you specify otherwise).
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Get an early start on your holiday week
The literary world is talking about an extraordinarily important book, Alan Weisman's Countdown. The book is important because it is well-written, exhaustively (literally) researched, global, and local. But transcending all these virtues, it is important because of the hard questions it asks and the bright, brave ideas it unearths.
The subject is no less than how humans can make peace with Mother Earth and make ourselves something the earth can afford. The questions and the answers challenge the orthodoxies of economics, foreign policy, agriculture and religion.
Alan will be taking a break from his book tour to talk about all these issues, answer questions, and sign copies of Countdown at a benefit for West Cummington Church, at the church, 7 p.m., Sunday, November 24 (all profits will go directly to the church.)
Those who haven't read the book fear that it will be glum. Those who have read it know that there is hope! Come find out.
Alan's previous book, The World Without Us, was also a bestseller.
P.S. Countdown is also available at the Creamery.
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Remember those in need at this time of Giving Thanks
The Creamery is proud to support the efforts of Tapestry Health again this year.
Tapestry Health is a locally grown, community-based nonprofit in western Massachusetts that offers affordable, high-quality family planning services, reproductive health exams, STI screenings, HIV counseling and testing, needle exchange, insurance enrollment, outreach efforts, and a WIC nutrition program. Many of its clients are unemployed, poor, and/or homeless and cannot afford such basic items as clothing and blankets. As the days get shorter and the nights grow colder, these clients face a long winter. Help Tapestry keep them warm during this time.
Now through December 13, Tapestry has a large plastic bin for your donations just inside the west entrance to the store. Donate blankets or warm articles of clothing (socks and underwear must be new), and for "giving the heat" the Creamery will warm you up with a free cup of coffee, tea, or hot cider. Thank you.
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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 the Co-op's general manager, send an email to gm@oldcreamery.coop. Emails sent to this address are received only by the general manager. 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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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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