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
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12/27/03 @ 01:15 Permalink
12/27/03 @ 01:22 Permalink
12/27/03 @ 11:50 The pre-packaged food is expensive, but I think the bulk items are reasonably priced. The peanut butter was $2.65/lb, champagne almonds were $3.65/lb, DEA-free laundry soap was $13.96 (~$0.11/front load). I shop at the Co-Op for the higher quality and variety rather than organic food though, and that's the expensive stuff.
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02/06/04 @ 13:59 If 85% of US cherries are produced in the Great Lakes region, why February?
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02/06/04 @ 16:16 Permalink
02/09/04 @ 10:44 I totally agree. The Ypsi co-op is pretty neutral I think. Every once in awhile, someone will tell me about the wonders of flaxseed or that osteoporosis is a myth perpetuated by the milk lobby. I've been identified as a frequent shopper though... I don't think they tell everyone that stuff.
I'm curious about "political monitoring" on the list of things they need help with at the Co-op site. I should ask about that.
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02/10/04 @ 10:18 I found your year-old reference to the sourdough bakery and thought I'd write. I visited Ypsilanti last week and was intrigued to come upon the bakery, which was not open. I'm interested in traditional baking, and wonder who runs this bakery and how the bread is. I tried to call the number on the door but only got a machine. Part of what gives the place so much mystique is that it's hardly ever open. And of course the fact that it's got a wood-fired oven. Is this where you get your loaves (via the co-op)?
Best,
Natalie
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