Hello Wheatsville friends and fans!
Thanks for making the Arts Festival a great success. HUGE thank you to Even coordinator and Arts Festival creator, Judith Craft! This event is practically a one-woman operation and Judith makes it look easy and fun! Great job Judith! Thanks to our neighbors at Spider House, Eco-Clean, ILoveVideo and United States Art Authority and Toy Joy for their various important contributions to a successful festival! Thanks also to our staff for their hard work preparing for Arts Festival and then operating with hundreds of more people in and out over the weekend. I hope you have a chance to enjoy this terrific community event!
Reduce, Reuse, Precycle! This Saturday, learn about reducing and re-using resources by pre-cycling and get tips on shopping in bulk! Wheatsville owner and precycling enthusiast, Lisa Schneider will be teaching a class on this at 11am this Saturday. If you're interested, show up at the Hospitality Desk before 11 and they'll get you set-up!
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Election results
Texas Craft Brewers Mini-Festival THIS Saturday!
Wheatsville can be giftsville
New Holi-deli deliciousness!
Citrus time in Texas!
Ham Ham Ham
Cheesy platters for your cheesy parties!
Co+op Owner Deals
Beer Sale and Bulk Snacks
Co+op Deals = Tasty Savings
Election results in full
Election is over!
Thanks to all of you who voted in our annual election this year and thanks also to the great candidates who ran for the board this year! Congratulations to re-elected board members, Rose Marie Klee and Steven Tomlinson and welcome to newly elected board members Elizabeth Reyna and Mark Wochner! Scroll to the end for complete results including our Community Action Wednesday winners!
Texas Craft Brewers Mini-Festival. Presented by Black Star Co-op and Wheatsville Co-op. Meet our finest Texas craft brewers and sample their wares at this popular Eat Local Week event. Craft brewers will include: Live Oak Brewing Company, Saint Arnold Brewing Company, Real Ale Brewing Company, Independence Brewing Company, Thirsty Planet Brewing Company, Black Star Co-op, Jester King Craft Brewery, 512 Brewing Company, Twisted X Brewing Company, Austin Beerworks, Circle Brewing Company, South Austin Brewery, Hops and Grain (brewery and canine bakery), Buddha's Brew Kombucha, Rahr Brewing Company and more! Join us at Black Star Co-op from 2–5 pm. $15. Click here to purchase tickets through Frontgate Tickets!
We'll be there sampling local goodies and deli food! See you there!
http://www.blackstar.coop/grand-opening/
Local Soaps make great gifts! S.O.A.P. (South Austin People) has put together a great gift set that includes a bar of soap, liquid hand soap, and a washcloth. We have an assortment pack from Austin Natural Soap that features soaps based on all of our favorite Austin fixtures. Also, a Wild Soap Bar has a soap/cedar soap dish combos and don't forget about Santa's Pajamas produced by Lamar Soap Company! All great gifts priced $19.99 and below.
We also have Fair Trade knit items that are super cute and warm and ethical!
Plus calendars, planners, games, chocolate and more!
New Dishes for the Holiday Season from your Wheatsville Deli!
Our Fresh in the Deli recipes for December are divine! From the great cooks at Hunger Mountain Co-op in Montpelier, Vermont, we have the absolutely gorgeous Honey-Roasted Gorgonzola-Stuffed Organic Pears! Ripe, organic Bosc pears are roasted with a drizzle of local Goodflow honey and butter, and then stuffed with real Gorgonzola blue cheese, sprinkled with sea salt, black pepper and fresh thyme, and warmed through once more just to soften the cheese. With such few, wholesome ingredients, this fruity delicacy can certainly be served as a dessert, but would also work as a fancy side to a plate of pork chops or sliced over a green salad.
And from the Whole Foods Co-op in Duluth, Minnesota comes Tuscan Cream Cheese! Some Wheatsville old-timers may remember this savory cream cheese spread from a few years back when we made it regularly! Blending together rich Boar's Head cream cheese with black olives, sun-dried tomatoes, fresh garlic, green onions, fresh parsley and sea salt, this spread is chockfull of tasty bits and is amazing spread on crackers or your favorite RockStar Bagel!
And get ready for our holiday food – including your favorites like Vegan Cornbread Stuffing, Mushroom Gravy, Garlic Chive Cheddar Cheese Balls and an assortment of pies and cakes – to reappear in the coming weeks as we get closer to Christmas!
Deli Owner Deals through December 15th include our beloved vegan Frito Pie, just in time for the chilly weather, $3.99, reg. $4.99! Come in and get your fix of our award-winning vegan Tempeh Chilispooned over Fritos and topped, if you so choose, with cheese, onions and jalapenos at our Deli Counter!
Also on sale now are our Bakery's wonderful Oatmeal Cream Pies, $1.49, reg. $1.99! Sweet tooth? This will satisfy it! Vegan? Absolutely! A filling of creamy, sweet vegan cream cheese frosting is sandwiched between two tender cookies made with organic rolled oats and brown sugar to create a most divine dessert. Come try one today!
Our house-brewed, staff favorite Gingerade is our last Owner Special, 16 oz for just 99¢, reg. $1.69. This incredibly refreshing drink is made with fresh ginger, spices and a blend of three fruit juices, and can be served iced or HOT! If you've only had it cold, it's time to try it heated up! It's an allergy-destroyer and tummy-tenderizer all in one, and boy does it taste good too!
December's Salsa of the Month is the Roasted Tomato Salsa! Oven-roasting adds sweetness to vine-ripened tomatoes and onions, and smokiness to jalapenos – when hand-blended with some fresh cilantro and lemon juice, they create a very tasty salsa, for just $4.99/lb!
Also this month, the Deli Counter will taunt your tastebuds with our creamy, sweet "Very Berry Christmas" Smoothie of the Month! Blending apple juice and soymilk with strawberries, raspberries and banana, this thick and tasty holiday special is just $4.99!
Also on sale at the Deli Counter through the month of December are classic cold cuts: Boar's Head Smoked Ham at $8.49/lb, reg. $8.99 and Provolone Cheese, $4.99/lb, reg. $5.99 – this combo would make a sweet grilled cheese or omelet addition, so be sure to stock up on your lunchables!
Green Grocer news!
We're highlighting Texas citrus this week in the produce department. We grow a heck of a lot of citrus here, and we're proud to bring it to you at the co-op. Come by and try a sample!
Organic Texas Navel – mild, sweet and with very little pulp, they're great for juicing.
Organic Bower Tangerine – sweet, flavorful, a bit tangy
Organic Rio Star Grapefruit– acid levels have lowered substantially since their entrance on the scene, juicy, sweet and getting sweeter.
Organic Bosc Pears are our favorite seasonal item this week. With dense, firm and crisp flesh, the bosc is the first chioce for poaching, roasting, or baking. Bosc pears go great with cheeses, fresh or cooked. Check out the deli's offering of honey roasted bosc pear with gorgonzola cheese. We'll have recipes posted for you to try at home. They're great eating out of hand, too! Their firmer flesh and sturdy skin makes them the ideal lunchbox pear.
Sale items this week:
Organic Garnet sweet potatoes have a moist, orange-yellow flesh and are what most people think of when you say "yam" (they're not true yams – those are an African root vegetable rarely seen inside the US, but that's a different can of worms altogether). They're great fried like French fries, steamed, sautéed, boiled, stir fried, or in my favorite incarnation – sweet potato pie! Come get some for the tasty price of 99¢ per pound!
Organic Blueberries are grown in the southern hemisphere from October to March, and they're in the peak of their season right now. So sweet and delicious! –$4.49 each
Organic Daisy tangerines are my favorite of the tangerines we're stocking right now. They do have seeds, but if you can deal with that, you've got a sweet, juicy, delicious organic tangerine at only- $1.69 per pound
News from the World of Meat
We have a wide selection of Niman Ranch Hams in stock now! With a new addition of the Half Cut Bone-in Spiral Cut Ham for $7.99/lb. We have Boneless Quarter hams and Boneless half hams for $8.99/lb. These hams are delicious and a great way to go if you are looking for something other than turkey to be the center piece for your Holiday meal. Niman Ranch Ham is your choice for a high quality, certified humane, and sustainable holiday meal. Below is a link to their featured farmers the Willis Free Range Hog Farm. http://www.nimanranch.com/featuredfarmers.aspx
In the freezer, Organic Prairie Breakfast Links are on Owner Special for $4.29, reg. $5.49 until December 14th, so stock up while you still can. We will have Grateful Harvest Organic Turkeys for3.49/lb all the way through the Christmas Holidays.
Are you planning your holiday dinner yet? We will have a wide selection of offering perfect to be the focus of your meal. Niman Ranch Flat Iron steaks paired with sustainable scallops and shrimp,Niman Ranch Rib Roast, and Niman Ranch Grassfed Leg of Lamb are a great way to celebrate your holidays.
Wine Sale! Conquista Malbec is on sale $8.99 regularly $9.99. This red wine from Argentina hits all the right notes. An aromatic cherry nose and big round tannins make this a great Malbec.
CHEESE ISLAND
December 25th is right around the corner, but for the next few weeks there will Holiday parties. We have cheese trays to meet everyone's needs. I have a small and simple yet delightful small domestic cheese tray for $15. Also, we offer a large domestic cheese and fruit tray containing 5 domestic cheeses and seasonal fruit, for $50. We offer 2 new trays. One tray is a Local Cheese tray. It is filled with offerings from Pure Luck Dairy, Veldhuizen Family Farms and Brazos Valley Cheese Company for $100. There is also a very elegant Brie and Preserve tray for $50. It will be the star of the appetizer table.
Parmigiano Reggiano is on sale for $18.99/lb, regularly $21.29/lb. Swiss Gruyere is on sale for $15.29/lb, regularly $19.99/lb. Manchego is on sale for $13.29/lb. regularly $16.29/lb. Organic Valley Four Cheese Italian Shreds 10 oz. are on sale for $4.29 ea.
We are now stocking Vermont Butter and Cream's Crème Fraiche. It is $4.99 for an 8 oz tub.
We have brought in a few new cheeses for the holiday. We have two Montechevre goat cheese logs. One is chevre and honey and the other is a chevre with figs. Both are $3.29 each. And I also brought in a Wenslydale with cranberry $15.29/lb. These cheeses would go great on an appetizer cheese plate!!
Co+op Owner Deals are stocked with savings for the holidays! – Brooks Wood, Wheatsville Co+op Deals Assistant
Our Grocery Department is loaded with tremendous savings! Bob's Red Mill Rolled Oats are on Deal for $4.99 reg. $6.49, Holiday flavored Clif Bars are now $0.99 reg. $1.59, Coombs Family Farms Organic Grade A Dark Amber Syrup now $9.49 reg. $12.39, Napa Valley Naturals Organic Balsamic Vinegar now $4.79 reg. $5.89, Emperor's Kitchen Organic Chopped and Organic Pureed Garlic & Organic Pureed Ginger now $1.99 reg. $2.79 and Ghirardelli Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips now $2.99 reg. $3.89.
New bulk snackiness! Our Bulk Department has delicious Sunridge Farms Black Pepper Cashews on Deal for $7.99 reg. $9.99, Sunridge Farms Trail Mix for $5.49 reg. $7.89 and Sunridge Farms Cranberry Harvest Mix now $6.49 reg. $9.49.
Our Frozen Department has several Owner favorites on Deal: Wholly Wholesome Traditional, Whole Wheat & Spelt Pie Crusts now $3.29 reg. $3.99, Rudi's Organic Bakery Gluten-Free Cinnamon Raisin Bread now $4.29 reg. $5.49 and Amy's Single Serve Margherita & Single Serve Pesto Pizza now $4.29 reg. $4.89.
Remember, our Owner Deals are easy to reference. Check them out on our web site @ http://www.wheatsville.coop and click on the Owners link.
Last chance Shiner sale! All Shiner 6 packs are on sale $6.99 regularly $7.99 for a limited time. This includes the runaway hit Shiner Holiday Cheer, an Old World Dunkelweizen brewed with Texas peaches and roasted pecans!
New Snack in Bulk
Hi everybody, I wanted to let you know about a tasty new item in the bulk department. Black Pepper Cashews are roasted and salted cashews coated in black pepper, and they make for a delicious snack! They are currently on special for owners for only $7.99/lb reg. 11.49.
I'd also like to remind you that our Organic Unsweetened Mango is on special through Co+op Deals for the great price of $7.99/lb reg.11.39. This bulk favorite will be on sale until December 14th so don't forget to pick some up!
Tasty goodness and great savings! – Brooks Wood, Wheatsville Co+op Deals Assistant
Cooler weather and comfort food go hand-in-hand. Our Bionaturae Organic Pasta is on Deal this week for $1.99 reg. $2.89, Muir Glen Organic Pasta Sauce now $2.79 reg. $3.99 and Tasty Bite Indian Entrees now $1.99 reg. $3.19. Need a quick and easy meal? Try our Koyo Ramen Noodles now $0.69 reg. $1.19 or Annie's Homegrown Organic Pasta & Cheese 3/$5.00 reg. $2.49 each. Feeding a football crowd? Be sure to grab some Garden of Eatin' Tortilla Chips now 2/$5.00 reg. $3.49 each, Salpica Salsa is on Deal for $2.99 reg. $3.99, Kettle Krinkle Cut Potato Chips are$3.79 reg. $4.99 and Lundberg Family Farms Rice Chips are $1.99 reg. $2.79.
With the holiday's right around the corner, be sure to stock up on household staples like our Seventh Generation Bath Tissue now $2.99 reg. $4.49, Dr. Bronner's Orgnaic Bar Soap now $2.69 reg. $3.69, Jason Toothpaste now $4.59 reg. $5.99, Preserve Toothbrush now $2.49 reg. $2.99 and Planet Dishwashing Liquid $2.99 reg. $4.49.
Wheatsville is loaded with Chocolate Deals! Endangered Species Chocolate Bar is now $1.99 reg. $2.79, Theo Organic Chocolate Bar now $2.49 reg. $3.29, Newman's Own Organic Chocolate Cups are now $0.99 reg. 1.59 and Ah!laska Organic Chocolate Syrup now $3.49 reg. $4.99.
Remember, our Deals are easy to reference. Go to http://www.wheatsville.coop and click on the Co+op Deals link.
I hope you have a most excellent week!
Dan Gillotte
Wheatsville GM and e-mail guy
Full election results
2011 Board of Directors Election and Community Action Wednesday ResultsBoard of Directors | 408 | ||
Rose Marie Klee | 359 | ||
Steven Tomlinson | 328 | ||
Mark Wochner | 255 | ||
Reyna Bishop | 248 | ||
Elizabeth Anderson | 155 | ||
Adrian Cortez | 118 | ||
Laurie Viault | 83 | ||
Community Action | |||
People's Community Clinic | 249 | Caritas | 150 |
Capital Area Food Bank | 248 | Family Eldercare | 150 |
SafePlace | 234 | Green Corn Project | 150 |
Sustainable Food Center | 226 | AIDS Services of Austin | 150 |
Meals on Wheels and More | 212 | Save Our Springs Alliance | 150 |
Ecology Action | 204 | Tree Folks | 143 |
EmanciPET Mobile Spay/Neuter Clinic | 200 | Community Partnership for the Homeless | 137 |
Hospice Austin | 198 | Literacy Coalition | 134 |
Yellow Bike Project | 188 | ACLU Central TX chapter | 128 |
Urban Roots | 179 | All Austin Cooperative Nursery | 83 |
Austin Parks Foundation | 157 | ||
Community Action Write-In Nominations | 0 | ||
OutYouth | 23 | Dell Children's Medical Center | 1 |
Community Cultivators | 16 | Design~Build~Live | 1 |
Inside Books Project | 12 | Earth Share of Texas | 1 |
Animal Trustees of Austin | 4 | Feral Cat Program @ Austin Humane Society | 1 |
Any Baby Can | 3 | Foundation for the Homeless | 1 |
Austin Pets Alive | 3 | Friends of Barton Springs Pool | 1 |
Thundering Paws Animal Sactuary | 3 | GENaustin | 1 |
Casa Marianella | 2 | Gray Panthers | 1 |
Helping Hands Home for Children | 2 | Habitat for Humanity | 1 |
Junior Helping Hand Home | 2 | HAMM | 1 |
Mary House Catholic Worker | 2 | Honk! Community Band Festival | 1 |
Accessable Housing Austin | 1 | KUT | 1 |
Action for Animals | 1 | League of Bicycling Voters | 1 |
All Blind Children of Texas | 1 | Lilith Fund | 1 |
Amala Foundation | 1 | Manos de Cristo | 1 |
Amnesty International | 1 | Monkey Wrench Books | 1 |
ASPCA of Austin | 1 | People's Community Clinic | 1 |
Austin Dog Alliance | 1 | Planned Parenthood of the Texas Capital Region | 1 |
Austin Humane Society | 1 | Samaritan Counseling Center | 1 |
Austin Public Library Friends Foundation | 1 | Sunshine Gardens | 1 |
Austin Shakespeare Festival | 1 | Texans for Midwifery | 1 |
Bat Conservation International, Inc. | 1 | Texas State Rifle Association | 1 |
Best Friends Animal Sanctuary (Kanab, Utah) | 1 | Treasure City Thrift | 1 |
Bikes Across Borders | 1 | Trinity Child Development Center | 1 |
Blue Dog Rescue | 1 | Volunteer Heathcare Clinic | 1 |
Care Communities | 1 | Women and Their Work | 1 |
CASA of Travis County | 1 | Wonders and Worries | 1 |
Charity Craft Volunteer Network | 1 | ||
mailed in ballots | 17 | ||
online | 300 | ||
in store | 113 | ||
TOTAL | 430 | ||
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