Welcome to old and new members! We are happy to announce that it has been three months since we re-opened and this email is to update all our co-operative members on our status and achievements. The quick summary is that we are in a good position! Keep reading below for more details. First of all, […]
Weekly Ordering is Back!
It’s an excited day – we are back to weekly ordering! Thanks to everyone who has been a part of our re-launch and working with us as we get back up to speed. The store will be open this weekend for all pick-up locations. The list of delivery days is below – PLEASE LOOK THROUGH THE LIST – […]
One Week Later
It’s hard to believe it was just three weeks ago I came on board. We had an unstocked warehouse and a rough plan of how this could work. And then yesterday, thanks to the help of an amazing group of volunteers we packed our first orders and are doing our first round of drop-offs today! […]
Our New GM and An Official Launch Date
This is the moment we have all been waiting for! We’re excited to make two big announcements today: We have a General Manager AND we have a re-launch date! Relaunching the Store Ordering will resume FRIDAY APRIL 28th, with deliveries the following week. As mentioned in our previous update, we will be alternating between Grey-Simcoe […]
ELGB is Hiring a General Manager
As always it has been a busy week behind the scenes over here at Eat Local. The most exciting bit of news being that we can finally announce that WE ARE OFFICIALLY HIRING!!! We are looking for a full time in person General Manager. This is a dynamic role for someone looking for a challenging […]
Eat Local Grey Bruce Update: Here’s What We’re Working On
After the invigorating experience of the AGM, and welcoming a fantastic team of new board members (you can check them out here if you haven’t done so already), ELGB 2.0 had its first official strategic planning meeting. Last Saturday, members from the new and previous board of directors connected for an afternoon of strategic planning. […]
Annual General Meeting Announcement
Annual General Meeting Announcement As you know we have reached our crowd-funding goal. We are still in the process of moving all donations from Indiegogo over to Eat Local (consider this your gentle nudge to do that if you haven’t done so already!), but we definitely have a much stronger footing going forward than we […]
Take the ELGB 2.0 Survey
Take the Survey As we move towards a re-imagined Eat Local Grey Bruce 2.0, we’d like to get your input and vision for this cooperative. While our core services will stay the same, we’re looking to make a number of operational changes that will help improve efficiencies and quality of service. We’re also hoping to […]
Member Update – Jan 9
We are halfway through the crowdfunding campaign and, as you all know by now, the board and committee members have been analyzing our organization and the business that lives inside of it, assessing the ways it has been functional and dysfunctional through the six first years of its life. It feels like we’re in labour […]
Member Update – Jan 3
For the first time since the inception of Eat Local (2016) producers and eaters are getting the same newsletter. We (the board) are doing this quite intentionally, because we recognize that one of the major mistakes we’ve made as an organization is a failure to effectively engage the broader membership. We’ve always strived to be […]