Have you heard about
the Utah Co-op? It’s an amazing organization run by volunteers where you can
get great deals on organic produce, specialty cheese, yogurt, gluten free and nutritional foods at a
discount. It is located at 4892 South Commerce
Drive #B, Murray UT 84107. They are open Thursday 11-2pm Friday-Saturday 11-6pm.
They only add .05 - .25 cents above the cost of the item to help pay for rent,
utilities. After paying rent and utilities, profits are donated to a different
Utah charity each month. Click on the highlighted link to see their website and
order produce baskets. http://www.utahcoop.org/
Mercedes Zel-Pappas started
the non profit co-op 6 years ago with the intent of helping low and middle income families
struggling to buy quality food. Anyone
can shop at the co-op, there is no fee and no sales tax. If you like ordering Bountiful
Baskets you can order similar produce baskets from the co-op. What I love about
ordering produce baskets from the co-op is that you can pick up your basket Thurs,
Fri or Sat at a time convenient for you. Not too early like Bountiful Baskets pick up times seem to be.
(I personally like sleeping in on the weekend!)
I love the personal
service you get from Mercedes. Many times I have messaged her through facebook,
inquiring about the availability of different produce items. One time I asked her to check the price on a
case of tomatillos, since I was planning to can salsa verde. She was more than willing to check on the
price for me and pick it up as well.
We have been fortunate
to be able to purchase full wheels of Jarlsberg cheese for around $30 if I
remember correctly. Surprisingly enough,
it didn’t last that long at our house! We are a family of cheese lovers.
Below is a link to
the Co-op’s facebook page. Like it and you’ll be able to see their weekly specials
in your news feed.
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