Historical November 1981 report or notice. Original dates, prices and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
The Limit Avenue Food Co-operative, Inc., a non-profit food buying group located on the western edge of the city, is accepting new members.
In January 1982, the organization, which will be ten years old, will be opening its fourth storefront at 554 Limit (in the Delmar Loop) and expanding from a weekly pre-order operation to a full, storefront corporation. New members are inducted at monthly programs on Sunday afternoons for a $12.00 annual membership fee.
Presently members work three hours a month for every two adults in the household, in exchange for fresh and staple foods at costs from 50% to 20% lower than retail. Working assignments are chosen on a semi-permanent basis, with trained members serving as supervisors over food packaging, ordering and distribution. Work shifts are offered daily at different times of the day and early evening. Members do everything from tabulating the number of food items to be bought to packaging cartons of eggs and cutting cheese.
As many as twenty fresh fruits and fiftyfive fresh vegetables are offered on a weekly basis rotating on a price-wise, seasonable basis. Butcher-cut meats, twenty different dairy items, frozen foods, and convenience foods may be pre-ordered. Natural cheeses are also sold on a rotating schedule.
The public is always welcome at the “Saturday Store” which is open from 8:30 to 11:00 a.m. Saturday, to sell extra fresh foods such as milk, eggs, cheeses, fruits, vegetables and baked goods. Applications for new members may be picked up during co-op hours, which are: Tuesday and Wednesday mornings; Thursday all day until 8:30 p.m.; Fridays 9 a.m.- 5 p.m.; Saturdays 8:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m.; and Sundays from 4-7 p.m.
For more information about the Co-op or for a membership blank, call 721-1146.
Originally published in The Paper, November 1981.
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