Annette, who runs the Peaceful Pantry buying club, has been with us from almost the beginning. She is the single person running the club and continues her success using BuyingClubSoftware.com. We invite you to check out their story and wonderful video about their buying club story.
What makes The Peaceful Pantry a success?
Chelsea and Daniel Sutton are your typically awesome small family farm offering organically raised meats. Â Serving the Eastern North Carolina area, they offer meats grown on their own farm pasture. To round out their product offering, they offer dozens of other products from other local farmers.
Why do we love these guys?  They aren’t just our clients, but from our view they are doing great work.  They have a video series about using fresh and healthy ingredients on a budget, they write in their blog about GMOs. Simply put, they get it.  If these words are foreign to you, I might suggest checking out their website and diving in to learn! Â
We are happy to announce this upgrade after a long hiatus on official updates. More and more, we move closer to a final v1.0 version providing the software we have imagined from the beginning. Along the way we’ve had tons of suggestions and feedback, and we thank everyone who participated in those types of discussions. We have all pitched in to this effort, and behind the scenes we are extremely grateful for those in the buying club communities.
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The subject of the most recent TEDx Manhatten was “Changing the Way We Eat.” As part of the event, Michael Rozyne speaks about one of the biggest challenges to local food movement: distribution. As the co-director at Red Tomato, he is very familiar with the issues surrounding logistics and moving from global distribution to a … Read more
In 2013, some of our buying clubs began final preparations for becoming full retail stores in the next couple of years. With this, they are achieving their long term goals for a community market with a social and environmental consciousness that keeps money flowing to local farmers.
Buying clubs are sometimes just buying clubs. Groups of friends or neighbors who order food in bulk to save some money. But some, and more and more, are growing and using the buying club to eventually open a community store. I’m happy to present two of our clients that have made it to that point. … Read more
Here is some info about a food council and forum event that involves BuyingClubSoftware.com’s Jeremy Bloom as an organizer and co-chairman of the Urban Agriculture Subcommittee of the Mayor’s Initiative for Healthy & Sustainable Food Systems. For more info: http://www.internet-farmer.com/2013/10/food-activism/portland-mayors-initiative-holds-followup-forum-at-merrill-auditorium-in-portland-wednesday-october-23rd/
The software they speak of is your’s truly. We are super psyched to work with this motivated person to create a COSTCO alternative! SEATTLE — Want to get great deals on bulk food but don’t feel like signing up for a Costco membership? A Seattle-area woman has a deal for you. She is starting a … Read more
In terms of my day to day work I don’t always get to see the people I work with. It’s usually by phone or Skype. Today was a special treat to spend it with the Boondocks Buying Club in Bethel, ME.
One face in the room was a familiar partner, but the rest were those taking on the seriousness of growing a buying club meant to reduce prices, create relationships with farmers, and make food more accessible to folks who don’t make it to the local farmer’s market. Folks like senior citizens and those for whom the timing of the market doesn’t work out consistently.
What a great idea, and a nice show of creativity within a buying club. They’re saving money, being involved in the community and giving. What more can we ask for? Read full article…