Q. Coffee center has names of drinks but no descriptions of what
ingredients [are]. It would also be more attractive with a more decorative
display.
A. Information about the coffee is available with the bulk coffees.
What sort of decorations do you have in mind?
Q. Your bike rack is terrible, but even worse is the location.
Please move it to the front door. Yes, displace a car! Make a statement
that bikes are better!
A. We’re working on having a member build a new rack. We cannot
displace the handicap parking spaces. Yes bikes are better, and we’ll have
to figure out how to make that statement.
Q. Eco string bags with short handles, not shoulder length,
thanks!"
A. We carry Eco string bags to provide an environmentally
sound option, although they do not sell well. The short handle sells
worse. You can knot the handle to shorten it.
Q. A lot of people have been asking for mason jars — maybe we could
start carrying them.
A. We will not be carrying them this year.
Q. Please make some of your deli recipes available (on website
perhaps) for those new to things like seitan, tempeh, etc.
A. We’re currently updating our website.
Q. Many people are on a No Salt Diet. How about some baked goods,
soups, and deli items without salt?
A. The baked goods require some salt for the leavening process.
We’ll look into some salt-free soups and deli items.
Q. There is no whole wheat sour dough Berkshire Bread on
Saturdays. Please get more!
A. OK.
Q. Can you provide a gluten-free bread maker mix? I think
Gluten-Free Pantry makes
A. We’ll get some.
Q. The organic sweetened cranberries don’t say what they’re
sweetened with.
A. They are sweetened with organic (certified) evaporated cane
juice. We will update the sign as well. Thank you for pointing this out.
Q. Please keep Annie’s ranch-flavored bunny crackers in
stock. My daughter is in love."
A. We aim to keep them in stock.
Q. Tins of loose tea? Where’d they go?
A. Which tea are you looking for?
Q. Organic Valley whole milk in quart size please.
A. We’ll get some.
Q. Lids for plastic containers need to be as substantial as
containers. They are getting more and more flimsy these days.
A. They substituted substandard lids on the last order. We told our
supplier.
Q. The Red Mill Scottish Oatmeal that was on sale in October
was great. Will you carry it as a regular item?
A. Yes we will.
Q. Would it be possible for you to stock Herbatint hair
dyes? I believe they are from Europe.
A. We will gladly special order some for you. You may speak with a
HaBA representative and it will arrive in a few days.
Q. Have a member worker open the door for shopping carts. It’s a
struggle by yourself.
A. We’ll take it into consideration.
Q. Could you sell organic, clean, frozen fish?
A. We carry a small selection of wild, sustainably grown and
conscientiously harvested fish. If and when our fish referendum passes we
may expand our selection.
Q. Boca Italian sausage… also please Boca smoked sausage."
A. The buyers have received a lot of criticism for carrying Boca.
At this point we have not been expanding the line.
Q. Please bring back Walnut Acres Peach Salsa. The entire
family loves it!
A. We have it back in stock.
Q. Bliss Bars — why does it takes 6–10 weeks to restock?
A. We have to order a lot to make their minimum.