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Weavers Way Monday, Sept. 7 from 9 a.m. stores will be OPEN LABOR DAY to 3 p.m. NEW HOURS IN CHESTNUT HILL STARTING SEPTEMBER 8: MT. AIRY IS OPEN MONDAY - SATURDAY, 7 A.M. - 9 P.M. • SUNDAY, 8 A.M. - 9 P.M. 8 A.M.-8 P.M. EVERY DAY The Shuttle September 2015 Vol. 43 No. 9 Community-Owned, Open to Everyone GM’S by Jon Roesser, ANNOUNCING CO-OP BASICS Weavers Way CORNER We’re cutting prices on more than 100 products to assure you of good deals General Manager on things you buy every day. Check out some of them: HERE DID SUMMER GO? CER- Wtainly this has been a busy sea- Our Co-op Everyday Everyday Everyday son here at the Co-op, in no small part Old Basics Low Price Low Price Low Price due to our preparations for our latest Price Everyday with 5% with10% with 15% initiative, the Co-op Basics program. Low Working Senior/ combined Senior/ If you’ve been in the stores the last few Price Member Food For All Food for All/ days, you’ve probably already noticed discount discount Working Member all the purple signs that have popped discount up in every department. Koch’s ground turkey $5.75/lb $4.99/lb $4.74/lb. $4.49/lb. $4.24/lb. In industry lingo, Co-op Basics is an “EDLP” — Everyday Low Price — Westfield Nature’s Yolk eggs (dozen) $3.15 $2.79 $2.65 $2.51 $2.37 program. EDLP programs are nothing $ $ $ $ $ new to any of us, but Co-op Basics is Natural by Nature Organic Milk (gallon) 4.95 4.45 4.23 4.00 3.78 the most comprehensive of its kind the Baby Carrots (1-lb. bag) $1.75 $1.25 $1.19 $1.13 $1.06 Co-op has ever launched. Spinach (8-oz. bag) $2.99 $2.49 $2.37 $2.24 $2.12 Like all grocers, small or large, natural or conventional, cooperative, Field Day Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil (1 liter) $14.29 $12.99 $12.35 $11.69 $11.04 nonprofit or for-profit, Weavers Way grapples with getting our offerings Field Day Wheat Squares (7-oz. box) $2.95 $2.69 2.56 2.42 2.29 $ $ $ $ $ (Continued on Page 27) Field Day Organic Black Beans (15-oz. can) 1.69 1.49 1.42 1.34 1.27 BOARD Jon Roesser Is Weavers Way’s New General Manager CORNERby Chris Hill, President, ing in a GM. They, too, were impressed. to define clear goals, then holds them Weavers Way Board of Directors Jon has been at Weavers Way for near- accountable for those goals. ly seven years. In that time, besides do- ● He’s a fast learner who knows his S MANY OF YOU MAY ALREADY HAVE HEARD, THE ing a terrific job in Human Resources, he limitations, and seeks assistance when he Weavers Way Board of Directors has hired Jon A has acquired a wealth of experience in the needs it. Roesser as the Co-op’s General Manager. We chose Jon, ways of the Co-op — experience that we who was working as Interim General Manager, and had know will be invaluable as we navigate ● He has the trust and respect of the staff. been the Co-op’s human resources director, after a na- the challenges ahead. (If you are interest- ● He has already helped facilitate solutions tional search assisted by Carolee Colter, a consultant ed in reading a little more of his resume, to long-term problems. with Cooperative Development Services. The Board check out the press release, on the website concluded that Jon was most definitely the best person at www.weaversway.coop/news-releases.) ● He’s a clear and effective communicator, to step into Glenn Bergman’s shoes, and he took over at both in writing and in person. the end of July. Here are some of the qualities we ad- Jon Roesser mire, which we’ve seen in action: ● He knows how to hire and orient talented The Board is excited about having Jon as our new ● Jon shares with the Board an expansive vision for what people. The Board has been impressed GM. Why? We all feel he has exactly the right tempera- by his two new hires this summer — new Marketing and ment and skills to guide us successfully through this in- the Co-op can and needs to be if it is to thrive and Human Resources directors. (Read more about them on teresting and challenging period of growth and competi- grow the cooperative and local economy in this region Page 26.) tion we’re facing … and the staff agrees. We invited them — tempered by an even-keeled pragmatism and good to participate in three group interviews with Jon, and rate business sense. And, oh yeah, he loves the Co-op. him on a set of critical skills and qualities we were seek- ● He’s a great delegator. He works with staff members [email protected] INSIDE What’s in Store. 2 Co-op Specials/Co-op Basics . 14-15 Five Things . 3 Weavers Way Farms. 16-17 Weavers Way Community Programs 4-5 The Passionate Gardener. 18 CHANGE SERVICE REQUESTED REQUESTED SERVICE CHANGE Education Committee. 9 Weavers Way Calendar . 22 www.weaversway.coop www.weaversway.coop 559 Carpenter Lane, Philadelphia, PA 19119 PA Philadelphia, Lane, Carpenter 559 Health and Wellness Committee . 11 Chef’s Corner . 24 Weavers Way Cooperative Association Cooperative Way Weavers Environment Committee. 12 Cooperator of the Month. 26 New on the Shelves 2 THE SHUTTLE September 2015 Editor’s Note What’s in Store at Weavers Way by Mary Sweeten, Editor, Weavers Way Shuttle HERE ARE SO MANY EX- New on the Shelves Tciting things going on around the Co-op — Co-op Basics! A new gener- al manager! Fresh Market just about to by Karen Plourde, Weavers Way All Wellness & Good open! — but I want to write about some- Chestnut Hill Grocery Staff thing else this month: The Pope. Stock up for school with Onyx & Green. Deep Steep is new and on Even though I feel like I already said Bulk & Beyond sale. a lot of what I wanted to say about him in my April column. (What? You missed Raw bulk agave is a sweet More earth-friendly school and office it? Tell me you’re April Fooling.) Main- alternative. Cask 25 balsamic supplies can only be a good thing, ly about how, since he’s an economic-jus- returns. right? Onyx & Green essentials are made tice guy, Francis is always kvelling about If you’ve been considering a switch to of bamboo, cornstarch-based plastic co-ops, because they provide an econom- and recycled materials. Stop into Across On the veggie front, tomatoes are ic model that helps curb the amassing of the Way or Next Door to see the whole making room for local cauliflower, money in a few hands. collection. broccoli and spinach. Oh, the possibilities—stir-fry, soups, gratins . He was at it again on his visit to South America this summer, which you might Meat & Fish Market not have noticed because of the local non- stop Popepocalypse coverage. (Really? New littlenecks from down the Who thinks 2 million people are go- shore, specials on cod and beef. ing to make it to the Parkway on FOOT? A trio of clammers from Egg Harbor, agave from sugar, the Incredible Bulk But don’t get me started.) European-style NJ, went co-op a couple years ago, in Mt. Airy has made it easy to give it a producer co-ops, of which he was main- and now their Eventide Littlenecks try. Wholesome Sweeteners raw agave ly speaking, can be HUGE — Mondrag- are available in the meat and fish syrup is now available in bulk. Agave’s on, the famous Spanish cooperative “busi- cases of both stores. Heritage Shellfish glycemic index is less than half that of ness group,” reported about $13.5 billion Cooperative harvests their cultivated granulated sugar. in revenue last year and counts 74,000 em- clams by hand with a rake in waist- or ployees — but then, I just read somewhere In other Incredible Bulk news, Cask 25 chest-deep water year-round. A three- that Donald Trump collects $40 million a balsamic vinegar has returned to Fusti pound package is $19.99. year in rent alone . speaking of which, Row. Cask 25, from Modena, Italy, is And more good news, fish fans: Samuels the founder and chairman of Fresh Market, aged for several years using a series of & Son cod fillets are $8.99 a pound all Ray D. Berry, just bought an apartment high quality barrels of different sizes. Fill month. from The Donald. The penthouse at 59th up a container, try it with your favorite and Park went for $21,383,250, according oil and compare. to the New York Times. But I digress. Or do I? Ray Berry has certainly made a lot of Goings-On in Grocery money selling groceries. And soon he’ll be Sukhi’s sauces simplify Indian selling them in Chestnut Hill. Just saying. Deep Steep bath and hair products cooking. Talluto’s fresh pastas ■ arrived at Next Door in the middle land in the Hill. of the summer, and we’re taking 20 I wanted to set something straight Yearning for some vindaloo but pressed percent off in September so you’ll give from last month. Jean Friedman-Rudovsky for time? Sukhi’s, a San Francisco area- them a try.