co-op news

State of Our Co-op May 2024

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State of Our Co-op By: Matt Stanley, General Manager We are well into our 50th anniversary year as a community-owned grocery store! On Saturday, July 20th, we will throw a birthday bash at the co-op. Mark your calendars and stay tuned for more details! Our First Quarter of the Year Our first fiscal

Mother’s Day Gifts

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Mother’s Day is coming up and your co-op has many gifts for the mother figures in your life! Come check out the rose plants, cards, jewelry, books, puzzles, chocolate, skincare products, candles and more.

Happy Earth Day!

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Celebrate Earth Day by shopping local at your community-owned co-op! We have lots of sustainable items available, from locally grown vegetables and our extensive bulk department to reusable plastic-free products, plant-based meals and more. Since we installed solar panels on our roof in March 2021,

Burrito bar temporarily closed

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The burrito bar is temporarily closed. We are in the process of hiring. We’re hoping to reopen this popular program as soon as possible! If you are interested in applying for this position, please visit astoria.coop/employment

Earth Month Talk: Celebrating Coastal Ecology

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Save the date for a talk at the co-op the day after Earth Day, April 23 at 5:30 p.m. Katie Voelke, executive director of North Coast Land Conservancy, will give a presentation titled “Celebrating Coastal Ecology” about the land-to-sea connection on the coast – from nudibranchs to b

Cheese Madness

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Let’s get ready to crumble! Cheese Madness begins March 1! What’s Cheese Madness? Only the fiercest fromage face-off this co-op’s ever seen! From March 17 to March 31, 16 cheeses go head-to-head to earn your votes, but only one will be crowned the winner. Got a hunch which cheese is the crowd favori

We’re hiring for a Line Cook

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We’re hiring! The Astoria Co+op is looking for a positive, team-oriented person to join the co-op kitchen as a Line Cook! We are looking for candidates with proven experience as a line cook to support the timely preparation of food for our hot bar and other production kitchen programs.   Apply

Honoring the History of Black Cooperatives

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This Black History Month we honor the long tradition of African American cooperation, as written about in the book, “Collective Courage: A History of African American Cooperative Economic Thought and Practice,” by author Dr. Jessica Gordon Nembhard. From mutual aid societies to independe