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Specializing in healthful and nutritious grocery products, fresh organic produce (some locally grown), health and beauty supplies, fresh herbs and spices, a deli and juice bar, bulk items and a friendly staff, the People Grocery Co-op is a small, member-driven cooperative that always welcomes new members.
 | Local Produce |  | Organic Produce Month |
| We're making a special effort to carry locally grown fruits and vegetables from people who have the same natural and healthy values as you. Support your community farmers and remember what good, fresh fruits and veggies really taste like. Selection varies by season. | September is National Organic Produce Month! Stop by and see what we have on special; it'll change every week! | ||
 | Welcome Back |  | Fresh Sales & Coupons |
| The staff at People's Grocery are excited to see all the students, big and little, who are headed back to school. We're happy to see you! Looking for brain food? We have lots of great stuff, including snacks that are perfect to tuck into a backpack or lunch bag. | On the first of September we'll have new coupon books and a new sales flyer. Stop by, pick up your copy, and see what delicious things you can save on as we head into fall. | ||
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From the Board
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By the People's Grocery Board of Directors
Dear Member-Owners As we make our way through the slow and sleepy summer months, People’s Grocery has been abuzz with a vibrancy all its own. We have held sales and promotions, giving away bicycles and reducing prices on some staple goods like milk and bread. We’ve been joined by new members, crossing that important symbolic threshold of 1000 members in June. One of the biggest shifts has been the burgeoning, and often bulging, selection of fresh local foods. Manhattan’s community of local growers seem to have simultaneously discovered People’s Grocery as a willing and winning buyer of their produce, and we can’t be happier about the result. Sure, the products are often a little different than the norm – cute, stumpy carrots being the latest addition – but we are offering products you won’t find at any other store in Manhattan. Gotta love those rare local apricots we had for only about two weeks! This surge has compelled us to accelerate development of our local procurement policy and guidelines. Stacy and her staff have done an excellent job thus far of accommodating our local producers as best they can, but we need a well-defined process to help them in their task and to pave the way for even greater selection of local foods. This policy is nearly complete, and Stacy has already begun to create the forms and guidelines that will set the necessary ground rules for working with local producers. This is a very exciting development, and we look forward to a People’s Grocery that is a leader in our growing local food network. One other major development this summer has been the completion of a member survey. We hope to use these surveys periodically to help us chart our course as we prepare to meet the challenges of new competition and a changing market place. The survey provided us much-needed feedback on staff effectiveness, product diversity/inventory, deli performance, preferred store location, and more. We wish to thank all of those who responded to our online survey as it will greatly help us plan for the future. Summer has been both slow and fast, sleepy and vibrant for People’s Grocery. It has been productive on a number of fronts, but we are definitely looking forward to the fall months. With them comes a return of students, a renewed energy to Manhattan, and new opportunities for expanding our sales as well as our participation in the life of our community. We hope you have all relished in the summer season, and we look forward to seeing you this fall as well. Sincerely, The Board of Directors, People’s Grocery |
