Post details: Things you can buy at the Ypsi Food Co-op
Things you can buy at the Ypsi Food Co-op
It's easier to get the bulk foods if you bring a permanent marker, zip lock bags, plastic tubs and grocery sacks with you.
Following a left hand search pattern:
Herbal remedies and dietary supplements: Everything from spirulina to red clover.
Snacks: Specialty snack chips, salsa, canned vegetables.
Frozen food: Soy ice cream, perogis, lactose free lasagna.
Dried Beans: chickpeas*, lentils*, mung beans*, refried beans (great for camping).
Flours: White, wheat, bran, graham, oat, rice... I think there's 12 varieties in all.
Canned food: spaghetti sauce, falafel mix, soup.
Asian food supplies: chopsticks, soy sauce, transparent noodles, wasabi, bean paste.
Baking supplies: sugar, cocoa, cake mixes, carob chips.
Bulk grains: Rice (japonica*, long grain brown*, wild*, christmas*), oats, wheat berries
Housewares: Incense* (if you get some of the Tibetan pictured, you got there before I did), aprons, food mills, MI beeswax candles.*
Granola: At least 8 varieties. Also "bear mush" and "student mix". I haven't tried either, but both look popular.
Dairy: Milk, eggs, butter, sour cream. The cheese assortment is unmatched. I highly recommend the unpasteurized cheeses.
Snacks: champagne almonds*, tamari almonds*, chocolate covered pretzels*, chocolate granola squares* (with tofu powder!).
Cold drinks: China cola, juice, tea, Orange Crush.
Cleaning supplies & paper goods: laundry soap*, dish washing soap*, paper towels.
Packaged food: Juice, cereal, cookies, popcorn, crackers.
Cooler: Chicken, pizza dough from the Depot Town bakery
Toiletries: Shampoo, soap*, lotion, lip balm
Bulk buckets/bottles: Peanut butter*, oils (safflower, olive, canola), tamari, vinegars (cider, red wine, balsamic), MI honey*, MI maple syrup.*
Vegetables and fruit: sprouts, avocados (almost always ripe avocados available), onions, garlic, squash, bananas.
Pasta: rice pasta, vegetable pasta*, gnocchi.
Discount rack!
Fairly traded coffee: Equal Exchange and Cafe Fair. We usually drink Guatemalan coffee*.
Bulk herbs: teas, echinacea, lemon grass... you name it (50+ herbs/roots etc.).
Spices: catnip*, basil, cardamom pods, cardamom seeds, cardamom powder (50+ spices). The best thing about buying spices at the Co-Op is that you can just buy as much as you need if you're not sure you'll like it. $35.00/lb may seem like a lot, but 8-10 bay leaves for $0.14 is a good deal.
Extracts: lemon, orange, vanilla (also vanilla beans), mint, chocolate.
Bread: bagels, bread from the Depot Town Sourdough Bakery (QC has been sketchy lately, so listen for a hollow sound when you knock the underside of the loaves).
Nuts and dried fruit: dates, figs, pineapple*, papaya*, walnuts*, almonds*, pecans*, philberts, coconut.
Deli food: Sandwiches, olives, hummus, tabouli.
Visit the Ypsilanti Food Co-op website and become a member.
* indicates items pictured
