• Next time you come into the store, try using all three of your eyes to find your perfect breakfast! 👁🥯👁 Or lunch, or dinner - bagels are for any time of the day, after all! The Co-op receives deliveries of fresh bagels (as well as the most incredible pita bread and sliced sandwich bread) every morning from local Goleta bakery Ethnic Breads. Ethnic Breads was started by Peter Zadeh, an immigrant from Iran who escaped a war zone before opening his now decades-old bakery business in partnership with longtime Santa Barbara baker, Sheldon Kaganoff. What an incredible origin story for our morning fresh bread 🤗 Check out the SB Independent article with a more thorough background on the bakery, which we keep hanging on our bread rack! 🌻 Swipe to see our favorite ways to style a bagel. What are yours? Let us know in the comments! 🌻 #goodmorning #islavistafoodcoop #bagels #knowthehandsthatfeedyou #todayatthecoop #cooperatenotcorporate #grocerieswithheart
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    Next time you come into the store, try using all three of your eyes to find your perfect breakfast! 👁🥯👁 Or lunch, or dinner - bagels are for any time of the day, after all! The Co-op receives deliveries of fresh bagels (as well as the most incredible pita bread and sliced sandwich bread) every morning from local Goleta bakery Ethnic Breads. Ethnic Breads was started by Peter Zadeh, an immigrant from Iran who escaped a war zone before opening his now decades-old bakery business in partnership with longtime Santa Barbara baker, Sheldon Kaganoff. What an incredible origin story for our morning fresh bread 🤗 Check out the SB Independent article with a more thorough background on the bakery, which we keep hanging on our bread rack! 🌻 Swipe to see our favorite ways to style a bagel. What are yours? Let us know in the comments! 🌻 #goodmorning #islavistafoodcoop #bagels #knowthehandsthatfeedyou #todayatthecoop #cooperatenotcorporate #grocerieswithheart
  • Yummy new fruit cups in reusable glass jars! 🍊🌱🍈🍓 • Looking for a quick, organic, & fresh snack while reducing your waste? This ones it! We have melon, mint & berries or tangerine, blackberry, & vanilla! 👀👅 These flavor combinations will change depending what’s in season locally! 🥳 The glass jars can be reused to keep drinks, oils, bulk items, or anything else you can think of! ♻️ • • #supportlocal #gocoop #zerowaste #reuse #vegan #islavistafoodcoop #cooperate #organic
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    Yummy new fruit cups in reusable glass jars! 🍊🌱🍈🍓 • Looking for a quick, organic, & fresh snack while reducing your waste? This ones it! We have melon, mint & berries or tangerine, blackberry, & vanilla! 👀👅 These flavor combinations will change depending what’s in season locally! 🥳 The glass jars can be reused to keep drinks, oils, bulk items, or anything else you can think of! ♻️ • • #supportlocal #gocoop #zerowaste #reuse #vegan #islavistafoodcoop #cooperate #organic
  • What’s that sticker on our Mad Pesto container say? 👀 🌻 PLANTS not PLASTIC! 🌱 We’re officially beginning the transition away from plastic containers for most of our little deli’s products! This is a very exciting move for us. If you’ve been with the Co-op for some time, you might remember when we used to use compostable packaging - we switched back to plastic since we didn’t see enough resources for the proper disposal of compostable items at the time, and they mostly ended up (incorrectly) in the recycling bin and cluttering up the recycling waste stream. Fast forward to now, though, and the tides have shifted here in Santa Barbara County and our Isla Vista community to the point that industrial compost is a viable alternative and much more widely available! 🌻 ➡️ To properly dispose of your Co-op Deli compostable containers, take them to one of the yellow 💛 Big Belly compost bins located on campus or in front of the Pardall Center. These will be taken to an industrial composting facility which can handle bio-based container breakdown! ♻️ Remember that bio-plastics are NOT recyclable, and throwing them in the blue bins does more harm than good. 🌻 #littledelibythesea #islavistafoodcoop #plasticfree #cooperatenotcorporate #todayatthecoop
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    What’s that sticker on our Mad Pesto container say? 👀 🌻 PLANTS not PLASTIC! 🌱 We’re officially beginning the transition away from plastic containers for most of our little deli’s products! This is a very exciting move for us. If you’ve been with the Co-op for some time, you might remember when we used to use compostable packaging - we switched back to plastic since we didn’t see enough resources for the proper disposal of compostable items at the time, and they mostly ended up (incorrectly) in the recycling bin and cluttering up the recycling waste stream. Fast forward to now, though, and the tides have shifted here in Santa Barbara County and our Isla Vista community to the point that industrial compost is a viable alternative and much more widely available! 🌻 ➡️ To properly dispose of your Co-op Deli compostable containers, take them to one of the yellow 💛 Big Belly compost bins located on campus or in front of the Pardall Center. These will be taken to an industrial composting facility which can handle bio-based container breakdown! ♻️ Remember that bio-plastics are NOT recyclable, and throwing them in the blue bins does more harm than good. 🌻 #littledelibythesea #islavistafoodcoop #plasticfree #cooperatenotcorporate #todayatthecoop
  • Jess has arm-loads of fresh baked loaves from D’Angelo’s Bakery 🥖🌻🥖 Every morning we get a delivery of incredible, artisanal European-style bread from this downtown Santa Barbara staple! They provide us everything from French baguettes to soft ciabatta to rustic whole-grain sourdough, all of which make the perfect base for avocado toast 🥑😎 Get some before we run out! 🌻 Also, check out those beautiful (pesticide free!) flowers - we always carry a selection from local farms, such as @fairviewgardens and @harvestmooncarpinteria 💐 🌻 #todayatthecoop #islavistafoodcoop #bread #grocerieswithheart #cooperatenotcorporate #localfood
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    Jess has arm-loads of fresh baked loaves from D’Angelo’s Bakery 🥖🌻🥖 Every morning we get a delivery of incredible, artisanal European-style bread from this downtown Santa Barbara staple! They provide us everything from French baguettes to soft ciabatta to rustic whole-grain sourdough, all of which make the perfect base for avocado toast 🥑😎 Get some before we run out! 🌻 Also, check out those beautiful (pesticide free!) flowers - we always carry a selection from local farms, such as @fairviewgardens and @harvestmooncarpinteria 💐 🌻 #todayatthecoop #islavistafoodcoop #bread #grocerieswithheart #cooperatenotcorporate #localfood
  • Here at the Co-op we have our fair share of bulk bloopers! 🤣Using our bulk bins can come with a learning curve, but with over 475 items available in bulk and these new, super handy bags, we encourage you to give it a try anyway to save both packaging and money! 🌻 These versatile bags are made of durable cotton and come in 3 sizes so you can stock up on everything from candy to dried fruit to beans and rice. Each is pre-printed with the weight of the empty bag, so you don’t have to pay for that in addition to whatever you choose to fill it with! They’re $3.39-4.99 each, making them an affordable option for avoiding plastic, and can even be used for storing veggies - just dampen them slightly to keep crisp veggies from wilting in the fridge 🥬🥒🥕 🌻 Did you hear about our Bulk Saturdays yet? Every second Saturday of the month, come by and get 10% off all bulk food items! The next one is this weekend, Saturday the 10th - grab a bag and get ready to bulk up with us 💪 🌻 #islavistafoodcoop #todayatthecoop #grocerieswithhumor #bloopers #bulkbins
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    Here at the Co-op we have our fair share of bulk bloopers! 🤣Using our bulk bins can come with a learning curve, but with over 475 items available in bulk and these new, super handy bags, we encourage you to give it a try anyway to save both packaging and money! 🌻 These versatile bags are made of durable cotton and come in 3 sizes so you can stock up on everything from candy to dried fruit to beans and rice. Each is pre-printed with the weight of the empty bag, so you don’t have to pay for that in addition to whatever you choose to fill it with! They’re $3.39-4.99 each, making them an affordable option for avoiding plastic, and can even be used for storing veggies - just dampen them slightly to keep crisp veggies from wilting in the fridge 🥬🥒🥕 🌻 Did you hear about our Bulk Saturdays yet? Every second Saturday of the month, come by and get 10% off all bulk food items! The next one is this weekend, Saturday the 10th - grab a bag and get ready to bulk up with us 💪 🌻 #islavistafoodcoop #todayatthecoop #grocerieswithhumor #bloopers #bulkbins
  • We think summer is in full swing - look at this bounty of locally-grown produce! 🍓🥒🍑🌽🥬🍈🍇 Every week, our Produce Department tracks the percentage of produce dollars that go to our local farmers 👩‍🌾👨‍🌾 since it’s important that our customers know what their purchases are supporting. We are at 47% for last week, so let’s get it above ⬆️ 50% this week! Come enjoy a seasonal explosion of stone fruit, berries, and melons and vegetables such as zucchini, corn, and heirloom tomatoes, all while supporting our local food economy. 🌻 We have a special strawberry 🍓 sale happening right now, too - 2 for 1 punnets, otherwise known as $4.99 for 2 containers of delicious, organic berries! Snag them before they’re gone! 🌻 #islavistafoodcoop #seasonalproduce #supportyourlocalfarmer #todayatthecoop #cooperatenotcorporate
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    We think summer is in full swing - look at this bounty of locally-grown produce! 🍓🥒🍑🌽🥬🍈🍇 Every week, our Produce Department tracks the percentage of produce dollars that go to our local farmers 👩‍🌾👨‍🌾 since it’s important that our customers know what their purchases are supporting. We are at 47% for last week, so let’s get it above ⬆️ 50% this week! Come enjoy a seasonal explosion of stone fruit, berries, and melons and vegetables such as zucchini, corn, and heirloom tomatoes, all while supporting our local food economy. 🌻 We have a special strawberry 🍓 sale happening right now, too - 2 for 1 punnets, otherwise known as $4.99 for 2 containers of delicious, organic berries! Snag them before they’re gone! 🌻 #islavistafoodcoop #seasonalproduce #supportyourlocalfarmer #todayatthecoop #cooperatenotcorporate