How does Ipswich Food Coop work?
Ipswich Ripple Food Co-op opened in April 2007. We sell vegetarian and organic wholefoods, locally or ethically sourced. We add only 5% onto the wholesale price of goods (to full members), making them affordable, improving access to healthy foods.
As a voluntary community project, the Food Coop is run by and for its members. We open once a fortnight, on Saturdays - see News and Events for our trading dates. We are in the Meeting Room of 19 Tower St, the building which houses the Citizens Advice Bureau. map
Shopping at the co-op is not like shopping in a supermarket. Many of our products come in bulk, members weigh out their own goods and look up the price from a list. It's a hands-on experience that comes as bit of a culture shock when compared to supermarket shopping.
Brown paper bags are provided for decanting dry goods into the quantity you need, but try to use your own containers. Some liquids are sold from big drums with a funnel, so bring along your old washing up liquid bottles
We have a fairtrade cafe, lending shopping a sociable, relaxed atmosphere. Friends and groups use us as a meeting place. We welcome those with special dietary needs and stock many gluten and dairy-free items. We hold information on local events and organisations, run educational workshops, and hold feasts.
We also take private orders so that you can get items we don't normally stock. There is now a tool to help you prepare these on the member's page
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Next day's trading is 20-02-10
Ipswich Food Co-op is at the Citizens Advice Bureau building at 19 Tower St
We are open 10-2pm alternate Saturdays, selling cheap healthy organic and vegetarian wholefoods to our membership.
We've been open for two years now, and were based at the Salvation Army hall on Bramford Rd. We're pleased to have found a home right in the town centre and hope for more trade from the increased visibility.
Come along to our fourth session there to see how we work: it's not like supermarket shopping, its more people-friendly and more fun!
Our current list of Trading Dates
can be printed out as a diary
Newsletter
Pictures on Photobucket
Upload any photos you take of the food coop or its events. You can email them to foodcoop.78560@uploads.photobucket.com
Try and make them 300 dpi, ie. high resolution
Access to member's area:
Ask for the password using the contact page