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PARTNER SPOTLIGHT: WHEATSVILLE!
10/23/20 — Ada Broussard
Have you ever met a grocery store that you loved at first sight? One that you could instantly tell had isles of wonder both delightful and delicious? Stacks of goods, carefully procured and displayed with attention? That’s how we feel about Austin’s own Wheatsville Co-op and the gregarious group of bakers, butchers, clerks and warehouse staff that make the store sing.
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It feels important to note that Wheatsville is currently baking vegan pumpkin spice donuts. That you can enjoy in a pumpkin patch. Run!
If you’re new to Austin or have been living under a rock, let us tell you a little bit about Wheatsville Food Co-op. Wheatsville is a full service, natural foods cooperative grocery store. It was founded in Austin in 1976, meaning the grocery store is coming up on its 45th birthday! Wheatsville has over 24,000 invested owners who help direct the co-ops growth and community impact through annual elections and meetings. (Are you a member? This year's meeting is virtual and is coming up on the 24th. Tune in!) Members enjoy special shopping perks and discounts, all of which you can stay hip to by subscribing to The Wheatsville Breeze, the store’s version of The Daily Dirt (the name of JBG’s weekly blog). To us, a visit to Wheatsville is more than just a trip to pickup groceries. It's a cozy, intimate, and wonderful shopping experience where you can discover a new favorite flavor of chips, get a warm and affordable lunch, and casually participate in a unique finger of Austin's food system. Through its Community Action Program, Wheatsville donates thousands of dollars every year to local nonprofits, and so there's that, too.
Where is Wheatsville, you may be wondering? Wheatsville has two locations, one on Guadalupe nestled near the heart of UT campus, and another easily accessible (and newer) location on South Lamar, just north of Ben White. You don’t have to be a member to shop at Wheatsville, and their friendly staff welcomes everyone with a startlingly authentic warmth. Seriously… go to Wheatsville and TRY to find an employee that won’t flash you a very friendly smile. We should know, because we’ve been wheeling our way through the Wheatsville doors since 2012. Like any grocery store close to our hearts, Wheatsville makes a point to stock their produce department with a variety of locally grown vegetables... plus all the staples you expect a grocery store to carry.
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JBG & Wheatsville, 2013.
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JBG & Wheatsville, 2020. It looks like the sign got an update, but it's the same great co-op!
We work with Wheatsville year-round, but when cool weather crops start to roll in, Elias, Wheatsville's Produce Manager, really starts ramping up his orders. This week, in fact, the Wheatsville produce sections at both the Lamar and Guadalupe location are brimming with JBG vegetables... we just delivered a fresh harvest yesterday! Specifically, you can head to Wheatsville right now and snag some JBG okra, beets, collard greens, kale, or maybe a divisive bunch of dandelion greens. Do you love ‘em or hate ‘em? We know it’s not always feasible to make it to a farmers’ market on the weekend, so if you're hankering for some JBG produce mid-week… just head to the co-op. If you’re a member, you’re in luck: from 10/22-10/25, owners can receive 10% off an entire basket of your choice. In other words, shop 'til you drop, grab some JBG veg, and save. There are options to Instacart or Curbside your Wheatsville order, too!
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Leafy greens like collards are a common JBG crop you can find on the Wheatsville shelves. Looking for JBG veggies at Wheatsville? Just ask a clerk!
In addition to carrying our veggies in the produce department, both Wheatsville stores are CSA pickup locations. Through this partnership, Wheatsville kindly offers our farm the ability to drop off CSA boxes for customers to pickup - allocating precious floor space and employee attention to help our members. Wheatsville, if you're reading this, we can't thank you enough for your steadfast work as a CSA Pickup location. Through this partnership, our CSA Members can pre-order a CSA box for pickup at Guadalupe on Thursday afternoons and at Lamar on Friday afternoons. CSA Members, did you know you can always switch your pickup location just for one week? If you’d to coordinate your next pickup with a little Wheatsville shopping spree, just shoot us a message.
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We asked our driver Tom to snap some photos of his experience delivering to Wheatsville Guad on Thursdays. Tom usually makes this drop quickly, because as you an see our delivery truck feel especially large in this somewhat small parking lot. Thanks Tom for sending us these selfies. They're just as wholesome as we hoped they would be. At the Guadalupe location, CSA boxes are stacked near the front window. If you're lucky, you'll have a friendly run-in with Joseph who can help you find your box.
Speaking of shopping sprees, we a all know shopping habits have changed across our country since the onset of the pandemic. Consumers are making bigger trips to the grocery store, less often, sometimes cutting out once-regular stops to smaller grocery stores that might not carry all of the items they hope to secure in a single swoop. This week on the blog we simply wanted to remind you of Wheatsville and what a wonderful grocery store it is. If you don’t go for the rainbow of JBG vegetables currently in stock, go for the house-made cashew tamari salad dressing. It’s the perfect companion to this year’s salad season, and after one taste you’ll understand why the dressing has a bit of a cult following around town… and in the JBG office. Thanks Wheatsville! We love you!
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If you know, you know.
It feels important to note that Wheatsville is currently baking vegan pumpkin spice donuts. That you can enjoy in a pumpkin patch. Run!
If you’re new to Austin or have been living under a rock, let us tell you a little bit about Wheatsville Food Co-op. Wheatsville is a full service, natural foods cooperative grocery store. It was founded in Austin in 1976, meaning the grocery store is coming up on its 45th birthday! Wheatsville has over 24,000 invested owners who help direct the co-ops growth and community impact through annual elections and meetings. (Are you a member? This year's meeting is virtual and is coming up on the 24th. Tune in!) Members enjoy special shopping perks and discounts, all of which you can stay hip to by subscribing to The Wheatsville Breeze, the store’s version of The Daily Dirt (the name of JBG’s weekly blog). To us, a visit to Wheatsville is more than just a trip to pickup groceries. It's a cozy, intimate, and wonderful shopping experience where you can discover a new favorite flavor of chips, get a warm and affordable lunch, and casually participate in a unique finger of Austin's food system. Through its Community Action Program, Wheatsville donates thousands of dollars every year to local nonprofits, and so there's that, too.
Where is Wheatsville, you may be wondering? Wheatsville has two locations, one on Guadalupe nestled near the heart of UT campus, and another easily accessible (and newer) location on South Lamar, just north of Ben White. You don’t have to be a member to shop at Wheatsville, and their friendly staff welcomes everyone with a startlingly authentic warmth. Seriously… go to Wheatsville and TRY to find an employee that won’t flash you a very friendly smile. We should know, because we’ve been wheeling our way through the Wheatsville doors since 2012. Like any grocery store close to our hearts, Wheatsville makes a point to stock their produce department with a variety of locally grown vegetables... plus all the staples you expect a grocery store to carry.
JBG & Wheatsville, 2013.
JBG & Wheatsville, 2020. It looks like the sign got an update, but it's the same great co-op!
We work with Wheatsville year-round, but when cool weather crops start to roll in, Elias, Wheatsville's Produce Manager, really starts ramping up his orders. This week, in fact, the Wheatsville produce sections at both the Lamar and Guadalupe location are brimming with JBG vegetables... we just delivered a fresh harvest yesterday! Specifically, you can head to Wheatsville right now and snag some JBG okra, beets, collard greens, kale, or maybe a divisive bunch of dandelion greens. Do you love ‘em or hate ‘em? We know it’s not always feasible to make it to a farmers’ market on the weekend, so if you're hankering for some JBG produce mid-week… just head to the co-op. If you’re a member, you’re in luck: from 10/22-10/25, owners can receive 10% off an entire basket of your choice. In other words, shop 'til you drop, grab some JBG veg, and save. There are options to Instacart or Curbside your Wheatsville order, too!
Leafy greens like collards are a common JBG crop you can find on the Wheatsville shelves. Looking for JBG veggies at Wheatsville? Just ask a clerk!
In addition to carrying our veggies in the produce department, both Wheatsville stores are CSA pickup locations. Through this partnership, Wheatsville kindly offers our farm the ability to drop off CSA boxes for customers to pickup - allocating precious floor space and employee attention to help our members. Wheatsville, if you're reading this, we can't thank you enough for your steadfast work as a CSA Pickup location. Through this partnership, our CSA Members can pre-order a CSA box for pickup at Guadalupe on Thursday afternoons and at Lamar on Friday afternoons. CSA Members, did you know you can always switch your pickup location just for one week? If you’d to coordinate your next pickup with a little Wheatsville shopping spree, just shoot us a message.
We asked our driver Tom to snap some photos of his experience delivering to Wheatsville Guad on Thursdays. Tom usually makes this drop quickly, because as you an see our delivery truck feel especially large in this somewhat small parking lot. Thanks Tom for sending us these selfies. They're just as wholesome as we hoped they would be. At the Guadalupe location, CSA boxes are stacked near the front window. If you're lucky, you'll have a friendly run-in with Joseph who can help you find your box.
Speaking of shopping sprees, we a all know shopping habits have changed across our country since the onset of the pandemic. Consumers are making bigger trips to the grocery store, less often, sometimes cutting out once-regular stops to smaller grocery stores that might not carry all of the items they hope to secure in a single swoop. This week on the blog we simply wanted to remind you of Wheatsville and what a wonderful grocery store it is. If you don’t go for the rainbow of JBG vegetables currently in stock, go for the house-made cashew tamari salad dressing. It’s the perfect companion to this year’s salad season, and after one taste you’ll understand why the dressing has a bit of a cult following around town… and in the JBG office. Thanks Wheatsville! We love you!
If you know, you know.
