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2020 Gift Guide

December 10, 2020 By Littleton Food Co-op

White Mountain Apiary Sampler Gift Packs

You haven’t had honey until you’ve had honey from Littleton’s native bees.

Upper Valley Coffee Company

This whole-bean, locally-roasted coffee is from South Ryegate, VT. It’s a favorite at the Littleton Farmer’s Market and now you can have it at home!

White Mountain Images 

Gorgeous local landscape prints by Chris Whiton, our Ops Manager – available as cards, prints, calendars, and more!

Bee’s Wrap Reusable Beeswax & Paper

These sustainable Sandwich and Leftovers Wrappers are ec-friendly and will help keep your leftovers fresh.

Co-op Houseplants

Nothing beats the winter doldrums like a leafy plant in a sunny windowsill!

Lake Champlain Chocolate Restore Bars

This scrumptious local chocolate from Burlington, VT comes in eye-catching rainbow ombre wrappers and is made with fair trade certified ingredients.

Everyone for Everybody 3-In-1 Face, Body, & Everywhere Lotion

A universal stocking stuffer that’s great for anyone who wants smooth, soft skin.

Eddie’s Bakery Apple Cider Doughnuts

These aren’t your typical ‘donut’ style doughnuts, no. These are classic, ’59 Bel Airs, doughnuts made the way the great fried creator intended — fresh, homemade, and delicious.

Arvum Balsamic Cream with Spanish Sherry Vinegar

Sweet, smooth, and a little tart: perfect for sauces, dressings, marinades, or desserts.

Side Hill Farm Pear or Plum Paste

Perfect for gifting or put a dollop on your cheese board to add a bit of sweetness.

La Riojana Cooperative Fair-Trade Wines

Great for sipping on a winter evening with a good book, or serve at your holiday table.

Wood Stove Kitchen Mixers

These cocktail (or mocktail!) syrups are locally produced in NH and are infused with fruit and herbs.

Bota Box Minis

500 milliliters of Vine-grown deliciousness to help your Oenophilliac (lover of wine) wind down after a long day. Enjoy responsibly.

Angry Goat Pepper Hot Sauces

Award-winning hot sauces with heat ranging from “mild,” to “tell my wife I love her,” from White River Junction, VT.

Vann’s Spice Blends

Bulk bags of savory spice blends are perfect for anyone who makes their own sausage, or likes to smoke and cure their own meats.

VT Smoke and Cure Gourmet Summer Sausage

Serve some up on your next fancy grazing platter alongside some cheese, olives, and crackers. Or just snack on it straight up, we don’t judge.

Marich Milk Chocolate Covered Maple Bourbon Pecans

A staff favorite here at the co-op! Find these dangerously tasty treats in our Bulk Department.

Littleton Food Co-op Branded Klean Kanteens

Keeps the cold stuff cool and keeps your hot stuff hot — all without adding more plastic to your neighborhood’s landfill.

Littleton Food Co-op Original Canvas Tote Bags

Sturdy, classy, and fashionable — plus they’re produced locally by our friends at Enviro-Tote in Londonderry, NH!

A Littleton Food Co-op Giftcard

Give the gift of Cooperation, available any time the Co-op is open.

Filed Under: Holiday Gifts, The Cooperative Times, The Radish, Uncategorized

September Recipes from Cooking With Chad

September 14, 2020 By Littleton Food Co-op

Grilled Pizza

Ingredients:
Enough pizza dough for the amount of pizza want to make (either pre-made or from scratch)
Enough of the desired toppings (veggies, meats, fruit, herbs, cheeses)
Enough pizza sauce to cover your pizza (can use store-bought or make your own)
Olive or avocado oil for coating the pizza dough.

Directions:
Preheat your grill to medium heat
Roll out dough to desired size of pizza on a lightly floured surface (smaller pizzas are easier to
prepare on the grill and allows for more variety of pizza toppings)
Transfer rolled out dough to a lightly floured pizza pan or flat plate
Lightly coat the top of the rolled-out dough with oil and transfer to the grill carefully by
inverting the plate over the grill with the oil-coated side facing the grill
Lightly brown the dough until it is stable enough to flip (but not cooked through all the way)
Coat the top side of the dough with oil before carefully flipping the dough to lightly brown on
the other side
Remove the dough from the grill and add sauce and toppings and place back on the grill until
the cheese melts and the crust is browned to your liking. Remove from the grill, slice and
enjoy!


Grilled Fruit Kabobs with Spicy Lime Glaze

Ingredients:
A good medley of grill-able fruit (pineapple, mango, papaya, nectarine, peach, strawberries,
bananas, kiwi, melon, pear and apple are good choices)
1/3 cup brown sugar
½ cup orange juice
1 tsp chili powder
¼ tsp salt
1 lime, juiced
1 Tbsp honey

Directions:
Preheat grill to medium heat
Thread fruit pieces on a skewer and place on a baking sheet
Melt the butter in a saucepan or in a heat-proof bowl on the grill – once melted add remaining
ingredient and combine well
Baste the kabobs with the glaze and lay on the grill, grilling each side for about 2 minutes and
basting often. Fruit is done when grill marks appear – be careful not to overcook.


BBQ Corn on the Cob

Serves 6

Ingredients:
1 tsp chili powder
1/8 tsp dried oregano
1 pinch onion powder
Cayenne pepper to taste
1 pinch garlic powder
1/8 tsp salt
1/8 tsp black pepper
3 Tbsp butter
6 ears of corn, husked and cleaned

Directions:
Pre-heat grill to medium-high heat
In medium bowl, combine the spices, then blend in softened butter
Apply mixture evenly over each ear of corn
Wrap each ear in aluminum foil (like a burrito) and place on the grill for about 15 minutes.


Chad’s Grilled Peach Crumble

Serves 2

Ingredients:
¼ Cup Nuts (walnuts, almonds and pecans are great)
1 ½-2 Tbsp Brown Sugar
½ tsp Cinnamon
Pinch of salt
1/16 tsp vanilla extract
1 Tbsp cold butter
1 Tbsp rolled oats
1-2 tsp flour, if necessary
2 fresh, ripe but firm peaches, halved
Ice cream or yogurt of your choice

Directions:
Make the crumble first by placing the nuts, brown sugar, cinnamon, salt and oats in a sealed
plastic bag and crushing the mixture with a rolling pin or wooden mallet.
Add the crumble to a bowl and add vanilla and cold butter – mix into a crumble with your
hands, adding a touch of flour if the mixture becomes too moist.
Cut peaches in halves and grill a few minutes on each side.
Serve peaches in a bowl with a dollop of yogurt or ice cream and a portion of crumble.

Filed Under: cooking with chad, Uncategorized

New Hampshire Stay at Home 2.0

May 1, 2020 By Littleton Food Co-op

On May 1st, Governor Sununu’s Economic Reopening Taskforce announced new guidelines for retail establishments operating in New Hampshire.  We were pleased to see that most of these recommendations and mandates were already being followed here at the Co-op, and had been for quite some time.  Among those many notable procedures not already mentioned above are:

  • All co-op staff must wear cloth face coverings at all times in the workplace.
  • All co-op staff have been trained on proper mask wearing and hand washing.
  • Hand sanitizer stations have been set up in all departments, each register, and around the store for shopper use.
  • All co-op staff are screened daily before reporting to work with a temperature check from a touchless thermometer as well as a series of health questions regarding COVID exposure and symptoms.
  • Signage must be in place inside and outside the store promoting cloth face covering use and 6-foot social distancing reminders.
  • All co-op staff are empowered to monitor and enforce the compliance to social distancing practices of customers and staff alike.
  • Customer self bagging promoted at the front end to reduce exposure of one more staff member per register.
  • Curbside pickup service established to assist medically vulnerable or elderly shoppers.

We are also constantly monitoring the number of customers within the store at any given time to make sure we do not exceed the 50% total capacity mandated by the governor.  As of yet, even during our busiest peaks we are well below that number, but we will continue to monitor to make certain.  We have limited the number of shopping carts to assist in this measure, so if you arrive and there are no carts available, please be patient and wait for the next cart.

Filed Under: covid19, Uncategorized

COVID-19 and the Co-op

April 15, 2020 By Littleton Food Co-op

Many of you are rightly concerned about the Novel Coronavirus, now known as COVID-19, and have asked how the virus is affecting the Co-op. We’re committed to doing the best we can to take care of our customers and our staff, while still keeping our shelves stocked with essentials.

We are actively monitoring the situation and following the advice from the CDC, as well as state and federal officials. We have many procedures already in place to help protect the safety of our employees, members, and shoppers—procedures we rely on to reduce the spread of foodborne illness and seasonal colds and flu every year.

We will regularly update this page as the situation progresses, so please check back for updates.

Keepin’ It Clean

We are making extra efforts to keep the store clean and sanitized, particularly in high-contact and high-traffic areas.

Our janitorial service cleans the store every night, and sanitizes high-contact areas including doors and handles. light switches, counter tops, registers, restrooms, shopping cart handles and more.

Our staff then continues to clean throughout the day. Every two hours we announce a cleaning blitz and each department mobilizes to once again clean those high contact areas.

For health and safety reasons, we have closed dine-in seating in the co-op cafe. The sinks are still available for hand washing as needed.

Our shopping baskets are sanitized each morning. We have sanitizing wipe stations in our entry and exit areas if you’d like to clean your shopping carts and baskets before use.

We have touchless hand sanitizer stations now set up in the entry and exit, as well as near the restrooms, produce area, bulk area, meat department and dairy.  Please look for these grey wall-mounted boxes the next time you are in the store.

Our cashiers disinfect the register belts and bagging stations between each order, as well as sanitize their hands before waiting on the next customer.   Please be patient while this process is taking place as it is for your health and protection.

Please do not bring your reusable shopping bags to the store. This is a temporary order from the State of NH. We have paper bags as well as recycled grocery boxes at the registers for your use.

Our credit card pin-pads are wiped down frequently. Please use the stylus to enter your information, since that is easy to clean between uses. We encourage customers to pay with debit or credit cards if possible, since it vastly reduces the amount of cash we have to handle. We also accept touchless payments such as Google Pay and Apple Pay, which are even safer.

Social Distancing

When you visit the store you will see many reminders about social distancing, maintaining a 6-foot distance, shopping solo and wearing a face covering.  Please keep away from other shoppers as well as our staff while they work, for your own safety as well as ours.

At the registers, we’ve installed plexiglass barriers to protect you as well as our cashiers. There are also marks on the floor so that you know where to stand while you wait in line, and stay a safe distance apart.  We have also discontinued the practice of having additional staff pack up your order.  We felt this introduced one more person handling your food as well as a challenge to proper social distancing at the checkout counter.  Please plan on assisting your cashier in bagging or boxing up your groceries.

In the aisles, please give employees extra space when they are stocking.  It is a difficult and challenging job keeping the shelves full while the store is open.  Please do not reach over employees or other shoppers to retrieve something from the shelves.  Maintain a safe 6-foot distance and ask about the item you need.  Our staff will gladly move aside or reach the item for you.

Here are some grocery shopping tips to keep everyone safe & healthy:

  • Customers should wear a cloth face covering or mask at all times within the store.
  • Stay home and do not shop in the store if you are sick.
  • Please stay 6 feet away from other people while you shop.
  • Shop solo to limit the number of people in the store.
  • Make a shopping list, considering ways to minimize shopping trips.  Shop efficiently (use our map!) and socialize outside.
  • Cover your cough or sneeze, wash hands often, use sanitizer and only touch items you intend to buy.
  • Only buy what you need, and leave some for your neighbors.
  • If possible, pay with a debit or credit card, or use contactless payment, which is far less germy than cash.

Food Safety

Our employees follow a strict set of standard operating procedures when handling products. No employee goes near the Co-op’s prepared foods or other products without extensive training on how to handle them properly and safely.

For the time being we are discontinuing our self-serve hot food stations, including soups, pizza, and self-serve coffee. Pre-packaged grab & go options are still available. All of our fresh-baked items are now packaged.

According to the Harvard Health Blog, it’s not clear if the virus can spread through food. Even if so, it would be highly unlikely. Regardless, health officials cannot absolutely rule out the possibility of transmission from infected food handlers – which is why we ask our staff to stay home when they are sick.

Staff Safety

Because of the increased risk of exposure that comes as a result of working in a grocery store, all of our staff are receiving a hazard pay increase.

Out of care for our community, our policy has always been for staff to remain at home when they are unwell. All of our employees accumulate paid time off to cover sick time.

We have several options in place to provide paid time off for those employees who are self-isolating due to illness or immune vulnerabilities, as well as those who need to stay home to look after their children. There are also many emerging options provided by the state and the federal government to support our employees who cannot work.

Events and Sampling

Out of an abundance of caution, we are discontinuing our all food demos & sampling at this time. We are also suspending all community info tabling events.

We’ve also made the hard choice to postpone our sampling event days, in-store classes and workshops until it seems prudent to bring them back.

In order to promote healthy social distancing practices, we have moved our monthly Board Meetings online. We are postponing the Annual Meeting until a future date, with annual board elections occurring online as well.

We are also temporarily suspending Member Appreciation Days & Senior Discount Days, opting instead to begin a floating member discount that our membership can use on the day of their choice. We want to emphasize that we still love and appreciate our Members, but we don’t want to encourage people to congregate at the store on a specific day.

Supplies

You may have heard stories about grocery stores running out of food and household needs as consumers stock up on the essentials. One of our strengths is that we source from multiple suppliers and don’t pull from a central warehouse.

We are working diligently with our suppliers to keep essentials and pantry staples in stock, but please bear with us as some items may become out of stock or unavailable.

Work with Us

Finally, we ask all of our members, shoppers, and employees to partner with us in this.  Please be courteous and mindful as you shop, realizing we are all working through these challenges together.  Please be patient when needing to wait, or when a product is unavailable due to supplier issues.  Social distancing is key – please stay 6 feet away from other shoppers and store employees.

WHO has great advice on how to be responsible in order to protect yourself—and by extension your community—from the virus.

Please shop solo, shop efficiently and wear a face covering.  Again, we love seeing you all, and we’ll be here when brighter times are back for the usual smiles and chit-chat we all love in our co-op community. But for now we’d like to try to reduce the number of people in the store at any given time, for the health and safety of everyone.

If you are older or in need of assistance with your grocery shopping, please give us a call. At this time we are unable to offer delivery or special shopping hours due to logistics and safety concerns. We do offer a Curbside Pickup service for seniors, people who are highly vulnerable to COVID 19, or people who are sick and staying isolated.

Learn More

More thoughts or questions? Reach out anytime. For general questions please call the store at (603) 444-2800 or email your comments to marketing@littletoncoop.org.  Remember that our employees on the front lines have their hands full with the challenging new essential position they have found themselves in.  If you have a concern or suggestion, please ask for a manager.  You can also email cwhiton@littletoncoop.org.  We will be glad to listen and provide assistance.

If you are a community organization or you would like to find a way to volunteer, please contact our Community Outreach Coordinator, Becky Colpitts, at bcolpitts@littletoncoop.org, or call (603) 444-2800 x 241 and leave a message.

 

Filed Under: covid19, Uncategorized

Beverage of the Week: Neverending Haze IPA

January 8, 2020 By Littleton Food Co-op

More and more of our beers are showing up in the paperboard packaging, which means “NO PLASTIC RINGS!” Help support the companies that are transitioning away from plastics, like Stone Brewing. Here is a description of their latest Hazy IPA offering.

This is a unique IPA! There is a lot of flavor intensity throughout this beer… especially for a 4% ABV IPA. Stone Brewing is known for big beers with ample alcohol, but we have also made beers just as flavorful at a lower ABV and this beer is a shining example. Steve Gonzalez, Senior Manager of Small Batch Brewing and Innovation has been experimenting over the last few years with some different yeast strains, especially a centuries-old – but just recently more available – Norwegian strain called Voss Kveik Ale yeast. This very warm fermented yeast produces intense orange citrus notes, which work perfectly with the intense fruit aromas and flavors of Mosaic and Citra hops. We are excited to kick off another great beer year with this new release!

Filed Under: The Cooperative Times, Uncategorized

6 Brands with A Fair Trade Story to Tell

July 29, 2019 By Anastasia Maher

If you’re looking to become a more conscientious consumer, specifically when it comes to fair trade products, you’re in luck: many of your favorite brands at the Co-op are already fair trade certified! What does this mean? Fair trade is when producers pay what is considered a “fair” price to the farmers they work with. This above and beyond amount, which is known as the “fair trade premium,” can then be used to improve the livelihood of the farmers–things like electricity, running water, and education suddenly become accessible. Fair Trade USA is one of the many organizations that certifies that a product can put a fair trade symbol on their packaging. Here are 6 brands sold at the Co-op with products certified by Fair Trade USA:

1. Annie’s

Read more about Annie’s mission to use sustainably sourced cocoa

 

2. Pacific Foods

Read how Pacific Foods is part of ethical supply chain

 

3. HiBall Energy

Watch and tag along with the founders of HiBall Energy on a trip to see where their fair trade sugar originates

 

4. Kashi

Learn more about how Kashi sources their cocoa responsibility

 

5. I Heart Keenwah

See what happened when the co-founder of I Heart Keenwah saw the effects of fair trade up close

 

6. Larabar

Read about Larabar’s trip that deepened their appreciation for fair trade practices

 

All of these brands use fair trade practices according to Fair Trade USA. To see the full list of products verified by Fair Trade USA, visit their website. 

Filed Under: Fair Trade, The Cooperative Times, Uncategorized Tagged With: buy local, ethical food systems, ethical supply chain, fair trade, fair trade chocolate, fair trade coffee, fair trade products, Fair Trade USA, littleton food coop, Littleton Food Cooperative, slave free, slave free cocoa, supply chain, sustainability

An Update on Rodney

May 30, 2019 By Littleton Food Co-op

Lots of you have been asking for updates on Rodney and we’re happy to report he is doing well and improving every day. We just got an update from his niece Savannah and we thought we’d share it here.
“Rodney is still working hard at therapy every day! He’s been known to say, “I want more!” on several occasions, which is not surprising to us! He’s continuing to work on getting his right side moving as much as it will allow him. He’s getting better and better each day walking with a cane. We’re hopeful he will no longer need the cane before long! At this time, the family is still not sure where Rodney will be going once he’s discharged from the rehabilitation center in a couple of weeks, but we continue to root him on and visit as often as we can! He LOVES to get encouraging cards in the mail and it makes his day! Any cards can be sent to the following address:

 

Savannah Mitton
66 South Main St.
Lisbon, NH 03585

 

Please keep the prayers and positive vibes coming as they have all been working over the past 4 months of Rodney’s recovery! The entire Mitton family is grateful for being part of such a great community!”

Filed Under: Uncategorized

March 29, 2019 By Littleton Food Co-op

 Our Weekly Specials are totally real and you can get them right here!
Providing you with great products, fresh selection, and a wonderful shopping experience is no joke here @ Littleton Co-op. 🙂

 

https://littletoncoop.com/aprilfools/

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Healthy Food Access Fund

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Mt. Eustis Ski Hill

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Organized Acts of Kindness for Seniors (OAKS)

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Ammonoosuc Community Health Services

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Littleton Area Senior Center

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Boys and Girls Club of the North Country

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The Bancroft House - A Family Sanctuary

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Copper Cannon Camp

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News & Updates

News & Updates

LittletonCoopLittleton Food Co-op@LittletonCoop·
January 9, 2021

Our Citrus Sale is happening now! Get a great deal on oranges and grapefruit by the case, through Thu 1/14/21.

LittletonCoopLittleton Food Co-op@LittletonCoop·
December 29, 2020

Yesterday evening we learned that one of our employees tested positive for COVID-19. Full details here: https://www.littletoncoop.com/psa110920https://www.littletoncoop.com/psa122820/

LittletonCoopLittleton Food Co-op@LittletonCoop·
December 9, 2020

The Floating Member Discount is back! From December 11 thru 17 2020, Co-op Members Save 10% on eligible items during one shopping trip. YOU pick the day to save! Standard restrictions apply so see the Service Desk if you have questions.

LittletonCoopLittleton Food Co-op@LittletonCoop·
November 30, 2020

Don't forget to pre-order your holiday roast! Stop by the Meat Department or give us a call at 603-444-2800.

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