Opening hours on Thursdays

The Coop is no longer open late on Thursdays. It will close on Thursdays at 3 pm as on other days.

Contamination of food from recycled cardboard

When recycled cardboard is used in food packaging it risks contaminating the food. Food rapidly absorbs the mineral oils from printing inks which are contained in recycled cardboard. Food becomes contaminated to many times the recommended limits of mineral oils.

Even if food is packaged in clean boxes, it is contaminated if transported in corrugated boxes made from recycled cardboard.

Reusing has advantages over recycling.

Extended hours on Thursdays to continue

The coop will remain open on Thursdays until 6 pm after a successful trial in May.

Thursday late opening hours

In May the coop is open until 6pm on Thursdays.
Thursday is also one of the days when fresh fruit, veges and bread are available. Fresh veges and bread also arrive on Tuesdays.

Earth Hour 2011

Switch the lights off at 8.30 (or earlier). Maybe even switch them off more often on other days. And the air-conditioners, cars, and other energy wasters.

International Year of Forests

Bees, honey, pollenation and their demise

Biodiversity begins with a bee is about why bee populations are crashing with some ideas about what people can do about it. One of the suggestions is to stop mowing your lawn to give the insects a chance.

from BiodiversityBee via conservationbytes
produced by: Scotish National Heritage

Australia Day Holiday

The coop is closed on 26 January 2011.

Christmas trading hours 2010 to 2011

The Coop will be closed from 3 pm on Thursday 23 December 2010 until 4 January 2011.
Please note the changed date from the Wednesday previously announced!
Look forward to seeing you next year and wish you a peaceful and relaxing summer.

image by dotAtelier

Food Coop on Twitter

The Manly Food Cooperative is now on twitter. You can view the latest tweets in the sidebar under the map.

Greenwashing

How to Greenwash packaging:

"Earth tones, sans serif type, unbleached paper, and emotional messaging are essential components of the deceptive marketing techniques employed by corporations that rebrand their products."

Fresh bread

The coop gets fresh bread on:

• Tuesday: La Tartine bread is available at 10.00 am
• Friday: Fresh wholemeal bread from Common Ground soon after 10.00
• Saturday: La Tartine

image: extract from "Still life with bananas" by
Paul Gaugin