Monday, June 28, 2010

Canada Day in Roseisle

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Coming up to July 1, Canada Day, when the popular destination is Roseisle for the full day of events, starting with the pancake breakfast and culminating in the evening fireworks display, we want to welcome all travelers, campers, old and new friends of the community.

The co-op will be open Canada Day, as every day, 8 am to 8 pm Monday to Saturday and 11 am to 6 pm Sundays, ready to serve you.

As well as suiting all the needs of summer vacationers,(ice, gas, diesel, propane, insect repellent, snacks,) the store has several new specialty products on the shelves to interest you.

We carry a line of natural sunscreens as well as Aloe gel for summer skin care and a big selection of locally made natural soaps and skin creams and balms from Babcock naturals, and are expecting their natural insect repellent any day now.
For summer beverages, we have great organic lemonade, sweet crisp carbonated whole apple cider, and a popular line of Blue Sky natural sodas, all these in the cooler and on the shelf.
Making your own summer fruit drinks and iced teas and want to avoid the high sugar content in now in most commercially made drinks? We have the natural sweetener STEVIA in liquid and powder form that is sweeter than sugar.

Our selection of Local/Natural Beef, Bison, Elk and pork products for your summer BBQ, camper breakfasts and snacks now includes Berkshire pork Blackburn Country
sausages, and new "pepperettes" and jerky.

Our fine Nature's Pasta selection has been re-stocked, including multi-coloured "shells" that make a great cold pasta salad, and a new tomato basil fettucine.

New in our GLUTEN-FREE selection: organic vanilla "animal cookies" for the kids in all of us, and chocolate hazelnut wafer bars.
We also remind you that several of the Berkshire pork sausages are made with gluten-free ingredients...look for the labels, tags, or ask the staff for the list of gluten-free and wheat-free foods.

In our John Russell honeys we now have Wildflower and Clover in 1kg. size. These are some of a selection of Manitoba's finest pure source and fruit-flavoured honeys we have to offer.

For fresh summer salads from your garden, we now have organic red wine vinegar.

A new variety of canned organic soups is on the shelf.

A new delivery of whole-grain Spelt and Kamut baking from the brick oven of Integrity Foods in Riverton has just been received, including hot dog and burger buns as well as bagels, cookies, pitas, muffins and unleavened breads. These items sell out fast, check the upright freezer near the deli.

In our environment-and-user-friendly Nature Clean department there are 2 new products: laundry stain remover and auto-dishwasher rinse agent.

At the checkout counter, pick up a colorful tin of mints or pastilles from the selection of fine organic, all-natural, gluten-free VERMINTS (from Vermont), see how good a candy can be!

We continue to offer these products to you who want (or need) something out of the ordinary, and remind you that in the interest of your particular health concern, or your desire to support the small producer or local family farm, or just your curiosity, we can and will make special orders. Just make a request of the store manager, and better still, email us, or make a comment on this blog! We appreciate your comments and questions. We're all in this together...

Enjoy your summer!