Co-op Market

Grocery & Deli

Monday - Saturday: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Sunday: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
526 Gaffney Road
Fairbanks, AK 99701
907.457.1023

Are You Ready to Save? Truckload Sale This Weekend!

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It’s time for our 4th Annual Truckload Sale! Time to stock up and save up to 50% off when you buy by the case! Sale hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, May 19th, and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, May 20th.

We’ll be offering cases and bags of shelf-stable pantry stockers at significant discounts. Look for great deals on dozens of items, including sustainably caught canned tuna and salmon; organic grains, beans, dried fruits and nuts; coconut and olive oil – and much more. The list of items and pricing is available here.

We’re hoping to make this year’s sale a little easier to shop, so please look for the table marked “Start Here” for instructions and a tally sheet. We’d like for you to shop with the tally sheet in hand, marking down the quantity of items you want. We’ll load your purchases up while you do your regular grocery shopping and pay inside. This should save time for everyone.

We’re celebrating our 5th birthday, so please join us for a free hot dog or veggie dog from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday and free cupcakes and ice cream from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday.

As if that’s not enough, we’re also celebrating Owner Appreciation Days! Now thru Sunday, Owners receive 10% off all regularly priced items on one entire shopping trip. (As always, the Owner discount excludes our already deeply discounted Co+op Basics and sale items. Although we don’t stack discounts, you always automatically receive the biggest available discount.)

Please note that all sales are good while supplies last. If there’s something on the list that you really want, please be sure to get here early. Many items sell out quickly, and we cannot offer rainchecks.

Alaska from Scratch Cookbook Signing May 12th

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Come to the co-op and meet Maya Wilson, Alaska food columnist and author of “The Alaska from Scratch Cookbook.” Maya will sign copies of her new book from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 12.

This is her only Fairbanks event, so mark your calendars. It’s also Mother’s Day weekend and the perfect opportunity to get a lovely Alaskan gift for somebody special.

About the Author
In 2011 Maya moved from California to Alaska and launched the food blog Alaska from Scratch — a website dedicated to beautiful, approachable recipes for home cooks, along with frequent glimpses of Alaska’s unrivaled scenery and unique lifestyle. Since then, her site has grown to be Alaska’s premier food blog, reaching a global audience in the millions each year. Maya is also a chef and food columnist for the Anchorage Daily News and lives on the Kenai Peninsula with her family.

The Alaska from Scratch Cookbook is so much more than a collection of delicious recipes with gorgeous photos. This is a cookbook well worth reading and savoring, whether you ever intend to cook the dishes or not.

“Nothing about life is perfect, and food doesn’t need to be perfect either,” Maya writes. “Food shows up in the messiness of our daily lives, grounding and sustaining us through all the moments, whether mundane or celebratory or grief-stricken. Amid the noise and chaos of the daily grind, we should be able to come to rest at the table…. I want people to feel welcome, to kick their feet up, and to have the freedom to be themselves around my food.”

Cookbooks are available for purchase at the co-op. If you’ve already picked one up, be sure to bring it back on Saturday to have it signed.

Click here for more information about Maya and Alaska from Scratch.

Listening Sessions: You Can Help Us Plan for the Future

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What do you value about your co-op? When you think about Co-op Market in five years, what do you envision? If you shop at the co-op, our board of directors and management want to hear from you.

Our doors have been open for five years now! Before that we spent six years preparing to open.

Since opening we’ve grown from $2.5 million to almost $4 million in annual sales.

We work with 52 local vendors and are looking for more.

We opened our doors because of you. More than 115 co-op Owners made loans to help us open, and more than 3,700 Owners have invested in our co-op through member equity.

We will be paying back loans for a few more years, so it isn’t quite time to begin planning for expansion. But now is the time for the board and management to start working on a five- to 10-year strategic plan.

Your input will help us hammer out our core values and craft a shared vision. You can help create the framework for making important decisions about our co-op’s future.

As part of its strategic planning process, the board is hosting a series of listening sessions. Please join us on one of the following dates for good food and conversation about the future of your co-op.

• Sunday, April 22, 5 to 8 p.m.
• Tuesday, June 5, 4 to 7 p.m. (Postponed. New date to be announced.)
• Tuesday, July 31, 1 to 4 p.m

All sessions will be held at JP Jones Community Development Center, 2400 Rickert Street.

For more information on the listening sessions and strategic planning process, please email Anduin McElroy, board chair, or Mary Christensen, general manager.

Everyone is welcome!

How Sharp Are Your Kitchen Knives?

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Has it been awhile since you had your knives sharpened? Every good chef knows you’re much less likely to cut yourself with a sharp knife than a dull one. And we can help you out.

We’ve invited Trevor Burns and Ryan Keener of Sharp Again to set up their sharpening station at the store from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 20th, during our Truckload Sale.

Bring your kitchen and hunting knives (and scissors, too) and have them sharpened while you shop.

Knives are 90¢ per inch with a $5.50 minimum, and most scissors are $10. Trevor says they can handle almost all knives and scissors – including pinking shears. Most can be done on the spot, but a few may need to go back to their shop and be picked up later.

If this event is a hit, we’ll do it again this summer so you can be ready for filleting your salmon and skinning your moose.

Stock Up and Save at Our Truckload Sale!

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Stock your pantry and save this weekend at our 2nd Annual Truckload Sale! Look for big bargains under the tents in our parking lot from 10 to 6 Saturday, May 21st, and from 11 to 5 Sunday, May 22nd.

Everyone is welcome to shop this sale!

Buy by the case and save as much as 50%. We’ll have organic beans, rice, flour and oats; cranberries & dates; bone broth and jarred tomatoes; recycled paper products; and so much more!

Click here for the final list of products and savings.

In addition to the case sales, you’ll also find deep discounts on a few select close-out items.

Note: Owner Appreciation Days (May 18-22) + the Truckload Sale (May 21-22) means lots of opportunities to save. We always make sure our Owners receive the best discount available. So while we can’t offer you an additional 10% off an item that’s already on sale, we will always give you whichever sale price is lowest.

All sales are while supplies last. Sorry: No rain checks.

May Ownership Drive: Help Us Grow!

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OwnItSliderWould you like to see a hot food item offered in the Deli? Want to see new products in the store? You can help us grow!

We’re holding an Ownership Drive throughout the month of May. Our goal? 110 new Owners and $25,000 in Owner equity.

The more people who join Co-op Market, the stronger we become! And your investment will enable us to make several much-anticipated improvements:

• A food warmer so the Deli can offer a hot item.
• New shelving in the Bulk Foods department.
• New shelves and carts for the Grocery Team so we can get stock out on the floor faster.
• New store fixtures so we can offer more products.
• A new endcap for bread.

If you’ve ever thought about becoming an Owner, now’s the time! Invest in May and receive your choice of a Co-op Market mug or a reusable shopping bag with our logo on it.

Already an Owner? You can help us, too, by paying off your investment balance. If you do this during our drive, you can also choose a mug or a bag.

Paid-up Owners should not feel left out! Bring in a new Owner and you’ll get $10 in Co-op Cash.

The week of May 16th thru May 23rd will be fun for everyone, with lots of samples and prizes, deals and even a Truckload Sale! We’ll be giving away another folding bicycle from Honest Tea and a garden wagon from Woodstock, as well as baskets of goodies from the store.

Stay tuned for more details!

Of course, mugs and prizes and sales aren’t the only reason to invest in your co-op. You also get the satisfaction of knowing that you own a grocery store. And not just any grocery store, but a true community business that is working to create a more sustainable local food system. Click here to learn more about the benefits of Co-op Market Ownership.

Key Ingredients: America by Food

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We’re pleased to announce that we’re partnering with UA Museum of the North and the Downtown Association to bring a free exhibit to UAF’s Community and Technical College this fall. Key Ingredients: America by Food was produced by the Smithsonian Institution as part of the Museum on Main Street initiative. It is touring the state thanks to a grant from the Alaska Humanities Forum. While in Fairbanks, the exhibit will feature local photos, recipes, stories and more.

Key Ingredients dovetails beautifully with Co-op Market’s emphasis on good, healthy, sustainable and local food. As Co-op owners and shoppers, you know and care more about the foods you eat than the average person. We’d like to tap into that knowledge and help build the story of food in Fairbanks. Do you have family recipes that use local ingredients? Do you have a special way with caribou or salmon or blueberries? Do you grow your own food, or wild harvest it, or hunt and fish for it? Please share your stories, recipes and photos with us! You’ll be adding key Fairbanks ingredients to the Smithsonian’s exhibit.

To learn more – and to share your Fairbanks food lore – click here.

Thank You!

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Thanks to all who helped out with Auction 2010.

Thanks to the Auction committee who prepared for this event: Robert Leach, Helen McLean, Sharon Alden, Shaun Lott, Barbara Bradley, Catherine Whitney and Mary Christensen.

Thanks to our Dinner Sponsors: Cook, Schuhmann, and Groseclose, Kenneth & Susan Risse, Homegrown Market, Huffman Ranch/Mid-State Meats LLC, Spinach Creek Farms, Calypso Farms and Rosie Creek Farms.

Special thanks to Chef Jameson Kapec, who prepared a fabulous supper.

Thanks to our Dance Demonstration Sponsors. Loren and Victoria Rotroff, Jenny Holland and Lillian and Jeff Misel

More special thanks to Jersey Jones for his lively and fun auctioneer style.

And to The Flyers for making the evening even more special and memorable with wonderful rock and roll tunes.

Thanks to Sue Sprinkle of 5th Avenue Design for her contributions to the art and graphics you see in all of our publications. And to Johanna Carson for yet another beautiful poster.

Thanks to those who volunteered the day of the event or helped get ready. Terese Kaptur, Suzanne Kowalsky, Barbara Bradley, Amy Nordrum, Rhema Demoski, Catherine Whitney, Mariah Tarhaar, Christopher Friar, Sharon Alden, Helen McLean, Ben Berthold, Mike McLean, Mikey McLean, Heather Angeloff, Lorrie Arthur, Tom Bradley, Susan Wilsrud, Jackie Sunnyboy, Rilene Ann, Flyn Luddington, Sandi Trumbower, Kate Millburg and Aaron Stierle.

Thanks to the dancers who gave fabulous demonstrations. Felix Bambury Webbe, Mary Christensen, Melanie Johnson, Rulon Jensen, and Lara Lotz. And special thanks to Okaijda Afroso for sharing the music of Ghana with us.

Finally to the many people who donated auction items! A Taste of Alaska Lodge, Alaska Awalim, Alaska House Art Gallery, Anytime Fitness, Arctic Traveler’s Giftshop, Ballroom Dance Club of Fairbanks, Felix Bambury Webbe, Basically Basil, Anna Berge, KG Bergmann, The Magic Carpet, The Wheelhouse Pottery, Doug Sims, Calypso Farm and Ecology Center, Chartreuse, Annabel Christensen, Ross Coen, Denali Mountain Works, The Great Alaska Bowl Company, Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival, Far Above Rubies, Fireweed Consignment Boutique, Homegrown Market, In My Element, Chi Jones, Nikki Kinne, Dave Lanni, Donna Lanni, McCafferty’s, Helen McLean, Northern Originals, Pangaea Adventures, Risse’s Greenhouse, Riverboat Discovery, Leila Ryterski, Stan Stephens Charters, Kim Stone, Mariah Terhaar, Mary Anne Borchart, Holly Byrnnes, The Whispering Willow, Valdez Museum, We’re No Angels, Catherine Whitney, Bill & Cheryl Wood, Mariska Wright, Deborah Koons and Kathy Turco.

And to those who brought such gorgeous desserts: (to be added by end of the day Monday, November 29)

 

 

All about our Dessert Auction

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With the theme of Food and Fun in the Land of the Midnight Sun (It’s Not Just Desserts Anymore!) we are planning a fun packed evening with Live Auction items related to Food and Fun around Alaska PLUS silent auction tables full of Delicious Desserts just in time for Thanksgiving.

Special Musical Guests are The Flyers – Pat Fitzgerald, Robin Dale Ford, Alex Clarke and Ron Veliz. They will play during dinner before the Live Auction and again at 9 pm for two sets.

Put this day on your calendar! It’s going to be FUN! Saturday, November 20, 2010

  • Dinner and Silent Auction – 5 pm
  • Live Auction – 7 pm
  • Music by The Flyers – 9 pm

All this will take place at Pike’s Waterfront Lodge. They have a warm, inviting atmosphere and a great space for events. Plus, they provide us with a no-host bar.

Admission at the door is $25.00.

But, you can get a better deal by purchasing advance tickets for $20 each at the following places:

(Call about Family Rates for Advanced Tickets – available only at our office.)

542 4th Ave. Suite B100

Call 907-457-1023 for information or email Co-opMarketOutreach@ak.net

Businesses (or individuals) can participate in the following ways:

  • Donate an auction item or dessert
  • Sponsor our Locally Grown Dinner
  • Sponsor our “Fun in Fairbanks” Auction items

Call Sharon Alden at 388-6895 to donate a dessert, Helen McLean at 388-4330 to sponsor dinner or Mary at 457-1023 to sponsor “Fun in Fairbanks” auction items.

Treasurer’s Report for Annual Meeting – September 11, 2010

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Membership Equity dollars raised as of 9 am, Saturday, September 11 – $97,949.45

Inventory Value for Fundraising – $6,537.17

Wells Fargo Checking Account Balance – $1,394.94

Wells Fargo Savings – $87,364.89

Sales from Fundraising in 2009 and 2010 totaled – $25,001.55

  • Goods Sold – $12,846.55
  • Desert Auction and donations – $7909
  • Breakfast Series – $4,246

Additional updates will be added to this report within the next week.

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