Support local producers rather than
the large supermarket chains!

 

STEP 1. Have a look.   Browse the Co-op Shop

View fresh produce and locally made goods by Producer or category list.

By Producer - see farming practices, ingredients, and where everything comes from.

 

STEP 2. Become a member. Join the Co-op

You need to be a resident of the Northern Rivers

Low joining fee - $10 and $20 annual subscription

STEP 3. Once your membership is approved you can shop

You will be sent a reminder email (with any updates) when the shop opens and before it closes. SMS and facebook reminders also possible.

Log on and click on delivery or pick up, location and payment method, to open a cart.

Use Producer or category list to choose your purchases.
Right click on producer or category to open a new tab with the items for sale

If you want more than 1 of any product, click on "View your cart", change the number, and click on update.

View your invoice for payment and delivery or pick up details.

 

STEP 4. On delivery day (every second Friday)
Your order will be delivered or ready at the pick up place.

Any problems on delivery day phone 0431294905

 

STEP 5. You can have a say in how the Co-op is run

Discuss issues with management on delivery day

Online Forum

Important policy changes are emailed to members for comment

Join the board or a committee

The Co-op values your imput 

General

Only members of the Co-op may buy or sell through our cooperative marketplace. Only residents of the Northern Rivers Region of NSW are eligible for membership
Acting as the agent of producer members, the Co-op posts on the internet, provides a printed list, and publicises the products its producer members have for sale within its marketplace of members.
Acting as the agent for customer members, the Co-op provides a catalog of available local food and non-food products that includes information about how and where the product was grown, processed or,made. The Co-op receives their orders and notifes the appropriate producers, arranges for the products to be delivered, receives and process their payments. For both producer and customer members, we provide a basic screening of products and producers based on our published parameters.
The essential business of the cooperative is to provide a marketplace where willing buyers and sellers who are members of the cooperative can meet. At no time does the cooperative ever have title to any of the products. We have no inventory. The products that go through our distribution system are owned either by the producer, or by the customer who purchases "title" to the product from the producer. An exception to this is when Northern Rivers Region producers are unable to supply products. If that is the case, the Co-op will attempt to procure essential grocery items for sale to Co-op members