In September, over 2,300 owners completed our two-question “Net Promoter” survey and received a 10%-off coupon. The survey results yielded our “Net Promoter Score”—an index that measures the willingness of customers to recommend a company’s products and services to others; this in turn indicates whether customers will remain loyal as grocery competitors open stores. On…
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RAFI Revisited
In July of 2007, I visited the Rural Advancement Foundation International (RAFI) in Pittsboro to learn more about the nonprofit. Last month’s Curds & Crafts Festival raised $4500 for RAFI!
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Win a case of wine! At each upcoming wine show, we’ll sell raffle tickets for $5. Win, and you can fill a case with your favorites from the Fall Wine Sale. The raffle is sponsored by one of our local credit unions, Coastal Federal Credit Union, and all the proceeds go to our Cooperative Community…
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Fall Wine Sale is Here
The Fall Wine Sale is here! From October 5 to November 1, we’ll have 35 wines on sale at deeply discounted prices, up to 51% off. This season’s sale includes 8 organic wines, 5 co-op produced wines, and 4 fair trade wines. Click here for the list of wines on sale. Come to one of our three wine shows to taste…
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Interactive Map of the Co-op Fair
In September 2016, we hosted a Co-op Fair at our Food House. Visitors walked through our kitchen and bakeries, watching demos by staff and learning about our food. They met local vendors and the winners of this year’s Cooperative Community Fund grants. If you missed the fair, check out our interactive map, with videos and…
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Have Your Pumpkin and Eat It, Too
Pumpkin season is upon us! The orange (and tan and blue) squashes are filling our produce departments, just waiting to decorate or be eaten… or both. As always we have carving pumpkins, small decorative gourds, and baking pumpkins. Fairy tale pumpkins are back, with their wide, flat bottom and perfect creases. New this year are…
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TSDesigns Cotton Harvest Tour
TSDesigns Cotton Harvest Tour is coming up October 15. If you’ve never been, you don’t want to miss it. Spaces are limited, and the tour is only $5! TSDesigns is committed to traceable clothing with a minimized travel footprint. As part of its Cotton of the Carolinas program, TSDesigns produces tee shirts using local cotton that…
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WSM’s CCF to Receive $1,000 in Matching Funds for Dividend Donations
The CCF grants Weaver Street Market awards each year go to local nonprofits for community projects that focus on “Access to Healthy Food.” The grants come from our Cooperative Community Fund (CCF), a sustainable endowment fund for community donations administered by Twin Pines Cooperative Foundation. We grow the fund through contributions from owners and shoppers,…
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Riojana Wines: One Year Later
American grocery co-ops have raised over $25,000 in the past year for community projects in rural Argentina! A year ago, we began selling Riojana wines from La Riojana cooperative in Argentina. In addition to carrying the wines, we introduced the wine co-op to other American grocery co-ops and offered to split shipping containers of incoming…
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Photos from Mills Family Farm and Back Creek Farm
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