Tidal Creek Cooperative Food Market

by Justin Murphy
At the time the National Cooperative Grocers Association (NCGA) awarded Tidal Creek Co-op with an opportunity for a Tidal Creek employee to go on a trip to Thailand with a fair-trade company, called Alter Eco US, I wasn’t yet an employee of the store. But just before I joined Tidal Creek, the person [...]

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Thirty years ago, Tidal Creek Cooperative began as an idea. A group of people routinely got together at the city salvage/dump to reclaim recyclables from being put into a landfill. It was this group trying to reduce waste and support the environment that had an idea. They wanted better food for themselves and their families. [...]

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Tidal Creek Co-op 30th Anniversary History Exhibit
Tidal Creek Co-op celebrates its 30th Anniversary in 2012, having incorporated as a cooperative in July, 1982.  Staff and owners are collaborating with the nationally recognized UNC-W Public History Department, to research and document the rich history of Tidal Creek Co-op in the Wilmington community and surrounding area.  This [...]

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With great expectations for the New Year, the Board of Directors would like to celebrate Tidal Creek’s 30 year anniversary as a cooperative. Our Co-op consists of thousands of owners who, through an annual $30 equity purchase, participate in superb monthly specials on high quality, natural, organic, and local foods and products. To help pull [...]

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Charlie’s Soap
Mayodan NC
www.charliesoap.com
Charlie’s Soap is a manufacturer of natural, biodegradable, safe, yet industrial strength laundry and all purpose detergents. Charlie’s prides itself in not using perfumes, dyes, or abrasives. Located in Mayodan, North Carolina, their coconut-based detergents and washing soda make a great multi-purpose, hypoallergenic washing solution. One tablespoon is all it takes for one [...]

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by JoAnn L. Fogler
Wildly Affordable Organic; Eat Fabulous Food, Get Healthy and Save the Planet, all on $5.00 a Day or Less, by Linda Watson
Linda Watson is the founder of Cook for Good, an initiative to teach individuals, government agencies, and charitable organizations how to get basic kitchen equipment, access to good quality food, and [...]

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New Year’s resolutions have been made and kept….or not. The Co-op Kitchen made some of those ourselves and we are diligently striving to keep them. The staff has been working hard to develop our product line in response to customers’ requests and buying patterns. More and more, we are fielding questions about gluten-free baking, sugar [...]

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February is Heart Health Month at Tidal Creek! According to the American Heart Association website, Omega-3 fatty acids benefit the hearts of healthy people, and those who have, or are at high risk of, cardiovascular disease. Staff favorite Minami Nutrition offers one of the highest concentrations of Omega-3 fish oils on the market. The once-daily [...]

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What is going on with the bananas?!?! Tidal Creek has always carried the best bananas and now, you too, seemed to have embraced the corporate owned bananas for your regular inventory. DelMonte/Chiquita supposedly “organic” bananas are AWFUL, simply awful. I am very disappointed to find these in a co-op, especially as the new main stock [...]

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Spring is in the air. That means it is seed time again! This year the Produce Department is featuring seeds from High Mowing Seed Company, a seed distributor that focuses on organic heirloom and open-pollinated varieties. High Mowing Organic Seeds is an independently owned, farm-based seed company dedicated to supporting sustainable agriculture and providing farmers [...]

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