Thursday, September 17, 2009

Baileys Local Food Buying Club - Weekly Pickup Reminder

If you put in an order this week it will be ready for you to pick up on Friday, September 18 from 3:30 until 7:00PM in Hilliard Hall at the First United Church at 16 William Street West in Waterloo. You can check your order by logging in at http://baileyslocalfoods.ca/ordering.

Have you ever been to the Taste Fresh! Taste Local! event held by Foodlink? Nina and I, with Matthew and Andrew will be there on Sunday to taste all the amazing local food. Vibrant Farms will be there with their tasty organic beef (and will soon be back on our order form!)

Here are some more details if you are interested in joining us:

Taste Local! Taste Fresh! in St. Jacobs this Sunday, September 20th is shaping up to be the best ever!  There's a lot of excitement brewing as the chefs and farms prepare to greet you with a stunning line-up of local food creations.  The long-term weather forecast is even predicting great weather! 

If you haven't already purchased your tickets, you still have a couple of days to do so.  Complete details available at www.foodlink.ca . We'll look forward to seeing you this Sunday!

Here is an update on changes that may affect your order this week:

  • No Dried Beans. The bean farmer is at the Outdoor Farm Show this week.
  • Limited Tortilla products this week due to a death in the McKechnie Family.
  • Eggplants are organic and from Pfennings instead of from Winroe Farms. The price will be a bit higher.
  • Conventional Sweet corn not available. No Spray Sweet Corn will be substituted. The price will be a bit higher.
  • We will have almost enough apples for everyone from Elmeda and Amos Martin. You may get St Lawrence instead of Strawberry. Neither of these apples are good for long term storage, but they are great for saucing!
  • Rundles crackers do not have cumin, even though the label says cumin.
Self Checkout Reminder
We continue to offer a SELF CHECK-OUT option to those of you who are paying by cheque! We hope that this will help speed up the check out process for some of you who want to work out your total yourself. We did all self check-out last year and now we are returning to our roots.
We choose to trust our members. You know that if we lose money due to missing items or math mistakes, we won't survive. We will still have the regular check-out option for those of you who prefer it. If you notice an error (ours or yours), please let us know.

Please enter through the white kitchen door off Caroline Street.
You will find a pickup slip with your name on it listing the items that you ordered this week. Pick up all your items (including those in the fridges and freezer), check out our Spontaneous Table then head to our checkout area.

We will have extra items for you to purchase on our Spontaneous Table in front of the blue cupboards just in case you forgot anything. Anyone can purchase items from the Spontaneous Table. You don't even have to be a Member!

There will be room to socialize and mingle. Expect your pick-up to take awhile.

In out checkout area, please help us and our volunteers by removing all items from your bag for the checkout process. Please be patient as this area will likely be quite busy.

We accept payment in cash or cheque (made out to Bailey's Local Foods). The total from your shopping cart is always approximate. We will try to ensure that you only pay for the items available this week as local food can sometimes be unpredictable and items that are priced by the pound are approximate on the order form.

When writing cheques, please ensure that the date is correct (it's 2009!) and that the numbers you write (digits and words) match. Also, if you make your cheque out to anything other than Bailey's Local Foods the bank won't cash it. We need you to sign it too! Please help us to avoid these costly errors.

You need to bring your own bags to carry your items home. We have boxes, but do not have any plastic bags. A limited number of cloth bags will be available for sale.

If possible, consider walking, biking or bringing a wagon to pick up your order. If you are driving, please Park in the Waterloo Town Square Public Parking Lot. You can access the Waterloo Town Square Parking Lot by Caroline Street, Alexandra Avenue, Willis Way or King Street by the LCBO. We have been asked not to park in the church parking lot.

**Please don't forget to pick up your order! At approximately 6:30PM, if you have not picked up your order, we will call the number you provided (when you registered) with a friendly reminder. At 7:00PM we will pack up your order and add the $15 packing fee to your order total.If you have not picked up your order by 7:30PM (or when we finish cleaning up) your order will be donated - and you still get the pleasure of paying for it. We need to receive payment for this week's order before you can order for the following week.

If you are not happy with what you receive, all claims for missing/damaged items must be made at the pick-up site before 7:00PM that same day. After 7:00PM all sales are final.

Thank you,
Rachael and Nina
Bailey's Local Foods
www.baileyslocalfoods.ca
 

P.S. We can use your fruit baskets and boxes as well as jars from preserves again if you return them.

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