National Food Bank Day
When you exit the Common Market, you may have noticed a wooden cart to your right. This isn’t there just for decoration—this cart is for food bank donations. In addition [...] Read More
“cooperative” Archives
Never Go Grocery Shopping Hungry
They say never go grocery shopping hungry or you’ll buy everything you set your eyes on and not use most of it. But at the Common Market, you can solve [...] Read More
About Food Package Dates: Understanding Food Waste, Part 2
“Best if used by.” “Sell by.” “Use by.” We see these phrases on almost every grocery product we purchase, but what is their purpose? Do they really help us, as [...] Read More
What is Food Waste and How Can it be Avoided?: Understanding Food Waste, Part 1
Have you ever stopped to consider how much food you throw away in a week? In a month? It’s something I hadn’t really given much thought to until I had [...] Read More