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Rutabaga Rap THE Winter 2019 RUTABAGA RAP BRAIN FOOD: AND OTHER WAYS TO IMPROVE MEMORY WHO OWNS YOUR GROCERY STORE: CO-OPS IN THE AGE OF GROCERY GIANTS 2018 FARM BILL: WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT B E C O M I N G A N ABUNDANCE SHAREHOLDER: HOW AND WHY POWER UP YOUR BREAKFAST: FUEL YOUR DAY WITH HEALTHY OPTIONS GM Musings Chris Pepe, Abundance General Manager Since joining Abundance last October it’s health nut and enjoy helping others find been my pleasure to meet many of the their healthy happy space as a personal store’s Shareholders and shoppers, and trainer and fitness consultant. work with the talented staff that keep the store full, fresh, and abundant every day! Looking ahead, I’m optimistic and excited In addition to the faces you’ve come to about the opportunities ahead for know here we’ve added a few new team Abundance. It’s no secret that the waters members. have been a little choppy over the last few years, but as we prepare to celebrate Jon will be here on Monday, April 15, Pat Dalberth joined us in November as our 18 year anniversary in April we have preceding the May release of his new the Deli Manager and has made great lots to look forward to. We continue to book on the topic. Stay tuned for more strides building out our prepared foods offer Rochester a unique member-owned details on this event and the discussions offerings. There’s always something grocery experience. Our strength comes we’ll have as a community about the role new and full of flavor cooking in the from those Shareholders who believe, as Abundance plays in the grocery-sphere. Abundance Kitchen. much as we do, in offering local farmers and food producers a space on the Check us out on Facebook to stay current Melinda McAuliff joined the team in shelves and in our kitchens. with events, our daily deli menu, flash December as our Marketing Manager. sales, new items and more! We’re also on She’s collaborating with the rest of In this issue of the Rutabaga Rap you’ll Twitter and Instagram. the team to help enhance our visibility hear from Caroline, whose been with as Rochester’s co-op, increase our Abundance from the beginning, about I look forward to seeing you in the store! Shareholder base, and introduce the store what makes this place special (page 3) and to new shoppers. Jon Steinmam, author of Grocery Story: The Promise of Food Co-ops in the Age If we haven’t met yet, a little about me - I of Grocery Giants about the value of co- am a Rochester-area native with 25 years ops in local economies and the challenges of experience in the grocery business, we face in the “big-box” environment working at Wegmans. I am also a bit of a (page 4). CONTACT Philippa Proudfoot Jacob Snell, Front End Supervisor 571 South Avenue, Rochester, NY 14620 [email protected] Seb Sanger, Front End Supervisor tel: 585-454-2667 Skylar, Front End Supervisor email: [email protected] STAFF DIRECTORY Marketing website: www.abundance.coop General Manager Melinda McAuliff, Marketing Manager Chris Pepe Sherri Cromwell, Merchandiser BOARD OF DIRECTORS Max Gianniny, President Administrative Produce and Treasurer Debbie Loo Anderson, Finance Manager [email protected] Caitlin Holcombe, Produce Manager Francis Barrow, POS Manager Saqrah Houck, Produce Buyer Paula Hansen, Vice President Richard Rowley, Financial Assistant [email protected] Richard Sauvain, IT Coordinator Newsletter editorial team: Karl Abbott, Secretary Center Store Margie Campaigne, Co-editor [email protected] Diane Banks, Bulk, Refrigerated & Melinda McAuliff, Co-editor, Peter House Frozen Foods [email protected] Nazareno Runfola, Senior Grocery Buyer Advertising & Design Emily Sniezyk, Beer Buyer The Rutabaga Rap is Abundance Food Chris Whitebell Steven Standhart, Wellness Buyer [email protected] Co-op’s quarterly newsletter. With articles, notes, and recipes, we explore the food, Monique Marollo Deli values, and way of life that matter most to our [email protected] Pat Dalberth, Deli Manager co-op community. Allie Push, Bakery Manager Jon Greenbaum [email protected] Front End © Abundance Food Co-op 2019 Payton Marovich, Front End Manager Rutabaga Rap | 2 | Winter 2019 | Abundance Food Co-op Why I Shop at the Co-Op Caroline Zane, Shareholder I can’t recall why I first wandered into in 2001, a reality. It was Co-op member the old Genesee Co-op Foodstore on Liz Litwiller who came up with the fitting Monroe Avenue about three decades ago, name Abundance and John Kastner, who but it made a big impact on my life. created the original, playful logo. As the mother of a young child, I had Several years ago, I was among those started taking more of an interest in the circulating an anti-fracking petition. The food I was buying. Thanks to the Co- Co-op was the perfect place to seek op, I learned about the value of organic signatures because shoppers cared about supplements produce, which wasn’t well known or easy fracking and wanted to learn more about • Friendly and knowledgeable to find back then. I came to appreciate it. We were allowed to petition right employees and volunteers these imperfect looking fruits and outside Abundance, which we could never • Sales for all shoppers and a once-a- vegetables and other items I found there. have done at a major supermarket. month discount, plus special deals, for shareholders It surprised me that there was more that The move to our new location on • A spacious room for eating and I wanted to purchase in that little store South Avenue on Earth Day 2017 was events, and a smaller room for than in one of the giant supermarkets. I expensive and divisive, but it opened up meetings was also impressed by the employees and new opportunities. There is now nearly • A place to find and leave information volunteers, who actually cared about what double the space and a larger Rochester about the community, environment they were selling. neighborhood to serve. and food • Fundraising for worthy organizations I remember asking one of the managers if There are many other things I appreciate • A free quarterly newsletter with the store carried a particular product. She about Abundance, including: articles on the Co-op, environment told me it didn’t. I realized that the reason and food was a matter of principle, which was an • Members have a say in the store’s attitude I had never encountered before. operation With all that it has to offer, Abundance • Locally grown, organic, non-GMO, has become a unique and important When the Foodstore had to close, I, like and fair trade food Rochester institution. It’s up to us who many others, was happy to contribute a • A large bulk section that saves money care about the store to help it thrive by little toward a cooperative store. Some and packaging shopping more and spreading the word to worked extremely hard to make the new • Alternative non-food items, such friends and neighbors. store, which opened on Marshall Street as personal care products and “Brain Food” and Other Ways to Improve Memory Edith Mann, Shareholder Being a Co-op shopper, some of us are routine. Positive effects include improved: already attuned to the benefits of certain glucose metabolism, cardiac function, foods and practices. If you are a Boomer, blood pressure, weight loss, respiratory as I am, there are certain things we can physiology, and cognition. do to help our memory and help retain what we’ve got for as long as possible, and Mental exercise uses working maybe even to enhance our memory. memory, calculations, and abstraction. Working memory allows you to follow a Physical exercise does not mean that recipe to make a great batch of brownies. learning to play a new instrument. you have to go for a run or a bike ride, Calculations allow you to determine if but you can if you’re able. Ideally it means you can afford to purchase a better car Mindfulness is the ability to doing some form of regular activity for next year given your income. Abstraction intentionally pay attention to the present thirty minutes five days a week, like going allows you to picture the Porsche that moment without judging your thoughts, for a walk. Having an exercise partner you would really love to be driving next which will wander. It often helps to use helps with the commitment. A slow warm year as you daydream outside the realm of one’s breath as the focus for staying up and a cool down are part of this. Using your actual budget. Well, mental exercise in the present. When you find your the stairs, or parking farther from your could also include doing crossword thoughts have wandered you acknowledge destination are good ways to add to your puzzles, learning another language, or “thinking” and come back to your breath. You can become more attentive and continued on pg 10 Rutabaga Rap | 3 | Winter 2019 | Abundance Food Co-op Who Owns Your Grocery Store! In the age of monolithic grocery giants, food co-ops offer a promising alternative. Jon Steinman, author of Grocery Store: The Promise of Food Co-ops in the Age of Grocery Giants - reprinted with premission Who owns the grocery store you categories researched, the report found books are full of examples of efforts shop at? I love this question. It’s an four or fewer companies controlled at to combat the concentration of wealth important one, a solid entry-point into least 75 per cent of sales.
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