Yelm Co-op News!

December 2007

2007- The Year of the Co-op

The year of 2007 was been an exciting one for your Co-op! After much disscussion and soul searching, the steering commitie made the plunge and sighned a lease on our new premises. Even though we really did'nt have the money,the staff, nor the expertise, we all agreed, "if not now, when?

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For those of you who have yet to visit us, we took over a 1,000 sq ft space in Frontier Village on the corner of Mossman Ave and 1st Street adjacent to the Yelm City Park. A crew of volunteers went to work cleaning and painting, setting up the shelving we had, bringing in refrigerators and a freezer and then looking at an absolutly empty store! Thanks to many of the brands we chose to carry, much merchandise was provided to us at special promotional prices and all of a sudden, the end of April we opened our doors and the store was more or less full.

Volunteers are the Heart & Soul of the Co-op!

Since those humble beginnings, we have grown way past our initial expectations and are confident that this will continue for a long time to come. This is in great part to the wonderful group of volunteers who have worked hard and long to make this a reality. Not only hav ethey provided the staffing nessasry to run the store, they have also been involved in all the behind-the-scenes work which is equally important. All this has been done for the love of it, since it's certainly not for the money! All volunteers are still unpaid but we are moving to change that.

Loyal Customers help us grow

We also have to give credit to our customers, many of whom have been shopping with us since day one. Even though we didn't have many things we and they would like to have had, they have been loyal to us and made us their first stop on their shopping runs. In addition, they have brought us many suggestions for products to carry which has been really valuable in expanding our offering.

QFC closing brings us new customers

Although we were sad to see QFC go, we have become the only other store in Yelm to offer a wide range of natural and organic foods and other products. Within days of QFC's closing, new faces were seen in the store, happy to beable to get what they wanted without having to drive to Lacey.

Our product range keeps growing

We now carry a wide range of grocery products, either natural or organic, freshly baked breads from a local baker, produce, fruit, eggs and dairy products from local and NW farms. We have Equal Exchanges coffees, organic teas, raw unpasturized milk, soy and hemp milk, organic cooking oils. (including olive oil from 1,000 year old Greek oilive trees!)

We have a range of beauty products, pet foods and a selection of frozen foods. There is also Buy Club which offers our customers the ability to purchase bulk products at special prices.

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Located at: 404 First St, SE.

Yelm WA. 98597 (360) 400-2210

Hours of Operation are Monday-Saturday 10am-7pm

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