Save on guacamole, pico de gallo, avocados and more—just in time for game day.

Here are a few deals to score Friday, Feb. 1, through Sunday, Feb. 3.

•Equal Exchange Small Avocados 99¢ each (regular: $1.29) — Fair Trade
•Organic Large Avocados $1.49 each (regular: $1.79)
•Pico de Gallo $5.99 per pound (regular: $6.99) — Find it in the deli!
•Guacamole $12.99 per pound (regular: $13.99) — Find it in the deli!

Check out our Store Specials, Owner Specials and Co+op Deals for more ways to save.

Enjoy 10% off all packaged Seward-made deli soup and bone broth (chicken and beef) this weekend.

Our broth is great for sipping or making a nourishing soup of your own! The kinds of soup depend on what Seward Co-op’s deli is whipping up.

Saturday and Sunday only (2/16-2-17) at the Franklin and Friendship stores. While supplies last.

Seward Co-op is issuing a voluntary recall on RXBAR Chocolate Sea Salt and Coconut Chocolate sold between Sept. 23, 2018, and Dec. 23, 2018, due to the potential for trace amounts of undeclared peanut in Chocolate Sea Salt and Coconut Chocolate varieties with best-by dates between June 10, 2019, and June 17, 2019.

Chocolate Sea Salt
Brand: RXBAR
Best-by dates between June 10, 2019, and June 17, 2019
Price: $2.59

Coconut Chocolate
Brand: RXBAR
Best-by dates between June 10, 2019, and June 17, 2019
Price: $2.59

If you purchased this product at Seward Co-op during this time period, it will be fully refunded at either our Franklin or Friendship store Customer Service desks.

Our Sweet Spanish Sausage is based on a traditional Catalan sausage—called Butifarra Dulce. It’s popular during the winter holiday season, with flavors reminiscent of egg nog or mulled wine that are only enhanced by the traditional cooking method of poaching in water or sweet wine with cinnamon and lemon zest.

This sausage features pork and honey from Community Foods producers Peterson Craftsman Meats and The Beez Kneez, as well as sherry, heavy cream, salt, black peppercorn, grains of paradise, lemon zest and sweet cinnamon. Seward-made Sweet Spanish Sausage pairs well with caramelized apples, polenta, braised kale and chickpeas and Tortilla Española.

Grab yours at Seward Co-op to celebrate the season. Here’s how we prepared ours:

Ingredients
2 Seward-made Sweet Spanish Sausage links
2 firm, tart local apples (cut into large wedges)
butter
1/2 c. honey
2 strips lemon peel
1 stick cinnamon
1 c. sweet wine (juice or apple cider works, too, but you may want to cut down the amount of honey so it’s not overly sweet)
1/2 c. water

Directions
In a sauce pan, saute sausage and apple wedges in butter, 2-3 minutes a side, until browned. Remove sausage and apples to separate bowls for later use. Add honey to the sauce pan used for sausage and apples. Add lemon peel, cinnamon, wine and water. This may sputter a bit so use caution. Whisk or swirl to incorporate the honey and wine together. Bring to a bare simmer.

Add the sausage back to the sauce pan and cook 15-20 minutes. You want the liquid to reduce by about half. Flip the sausages occasionally to cook evenly.

Plate with sausage cut on bias. Add browned apple wedges and pour honey/wine mixture over the top. Can be served atop polenta (pictured) or braised kale.

Seward-made Sausage
Seward Co-op’s in-house Sausage team crafts Seward-made sausages, meatloaf, meatballs and pâté with premium ingredients from local Community Foods producers like The Beez Kneez, Whetstone Farm and Peterson Craftsman meats. The department works to be a sort of extension of our whole carcass butchery program—by expanding our charcuterie offerings and making use of everything our farmers and ranchers have to offer. Find Seward-made products in Seward Co-op stores now.

Join us for our first Job Fair of 2019 4-6 p.m. on Feb. 5 at Seward Co-op Creamery Café.

This is a great opportunity to meet the hiring managers of our Franklin and Friendship stores and Seward Co-op Creamery Café. It’s also a great time for existing employees to network with people around the organization.

You’ll hear about all the positions the co-op has and why Seward Co-op is such a great place to work!

Bring copies of your resume and a general cover letter. Hiring managers will be available to answer questions and schedule interviews.

For more information on positions currently open and to apply early , please visit our careers website: https://sewardcoop.applicantpro.com/jobs/

Some jobs currently open:

•Assistant Deli Manager
•Facilities Specialist
•Scanning Supervisor
•Wellness Manager
•Entry-Level Jobs
Positions include: Dishwashers, Baggers, Cashiers, Housekeepers, Deli Counter Staff, Cheese Counter Staff, Meat and Seafood Counter Staff, Grocery Stocker and Front of House Staff at Creamery Cafe; Wellness Counter Staff, Produce Staff, Front of House Shift Lead at Creamery Cafe, Cooks and Line Cooks

Click here to review open positions and apply now.

All Seward Co-op locations reopened at 11 a.m. Thursday, January 31, after severe weather closures.

Due to extreme weather, our locations closed Tuesday, Jan. 29 at 7 p.m. The stores and cafe were closed all day Wednesday, Jan. 30.

Our staff works hard year-round to make great food for our owners and shoppers. Seward employees bring new ideas and recipes to the Seward Co-op Creamery Café production kitchen, so what’s in stores is always fresh and fits the season.

Look for these and other new Seward-made items this winter.

Sausage

Garlic Kielbasa
Seward-made Garlic Kielbasa is half beef, half pork and features local Community Foods producer Peterson Craftsman Meats in Osceola, Wisconsin. In Poland, the sausage is known as wiejska, which means rural. Paprika and marjoram give classic kielbasa flavor to ours. It’s smoked hot over cherry and hickory wood. Pair with scalloped potatoes, cabbage, stew, sauerkraut and onions.

Swedish Potato Sausage
Yukon Gold potatoes make this Scandinavian holiday sausage light and fluffy. In Sweden, it’s known as potatis korv and is cooked by poaching the links and then browning lightly in butter. The Swedish Potato Sausage is crafted using pork from local Community Foods producer Peterson Craftsman Meats in Osceola, Wisconsin. The sausage is seasoned mildly with white pepper, nutmeg and bay leaf—and pairs with casserole, stew, pickled herring and sauteed mushrooms.

Sweet Spanish Sausage
Launching Dec. 15, this traditional Catalan sausage—called Butifarra Dulce—is popular during the winter holiday season. The flavors are reminiscent of egg nog, only enhanced by the traditional cooking method of poaching in water or sweet wine with cinnamon and lemon zest. This sausage features pork and honey from Community Foods producers Peterson Craftsman Meats and The Beez Kneez, as well as sherry, heavy cream, salt, black peppercorn, grains of paradise, lemon zest and sweet cinnamon. Pair with caramelized apples, polenta, braised kale and chickpeas and Tortilla Española.

Haggis Sausage
Enjoy a taste of Robert Burns Day (Jan. 25) with haggis, the national dish of Scotland that inspired this limited-run sausage. Serve with turnips and potatoes—or roasted carrots from Featherstone Farm, a local Community Foods producer in Rushford, Minnesota.

Bakery

Caramel Shortbread
Our bakery staff whipped up this twist on a popular crunchy caramel candy bar. Seward-made Caramel Shortbread is sweet and rich, with buttery caramel and dark chocolate on a tender crust and garnished with toasted pecan and finishing salt. The dairy, flour and chocolate are sourced from Community Foods producers.

Chocolate Hazelnut Biscotti
This might as well be called the Community Foods biscotti, as the chocolate, flour and butter used to make it are from vendors who are part of the program. It’s rich, nutty and chocolatey (of course), with hints of toasted hazelnut, coffee and spice. Dip in a coffee or an Egg Nog Latte—both available at the Deli counter right by the baked goods.

Grab & Go

Mushroom Stroganoff
With 19th-century Russian origins, stroganoff has become a tradition in Minnesota. Ours is rich, creamy and well-seasoned and includes ingredients sourced primarily from Community Foods vendor Co-op Partners Warehouse and Albert’s Organics: shiitake mushrooms, vegetable stock, bow tie pasta, white wine, sour cream, all-purpose flour, butter, garlic, salt, yellow onion, thyme and black pepper.

Vegan Mac and “Cheese”
A comfort food favorite made without the ingredient that is its namesake. Ace Fox, production shift lead, perfected the recipe at home before introducing it to Grab & Go. “It’s made with a combination of soaked cashews, coconut milk, boiled vegetables and nutritional yeast, which gives it the creamy texture that people might miss about cheese,” Ace said. “It’s a great alternative for those of us who don’t consume dairy.” Local Community Foods producer Heartbeet Farm in Zumbro Falls, Minnesota, provides the carrots and potatoes for this recipe.

Seward Co-op is issuing a voluntary recall on the Pork Banh Mi sandwich from the Grab & Go department with the packed-on date of Dec. 16, 2018, due to the possible presence of foreign materials.

One customer reported finding a piece of plastic in a sandwich. All of the sandwiches from that batch have been pulled from the shelves at both the Franklin and Friendship stores.

If you purchased this product at Seward Co-op Dec. 17-18, it will be fully refunded at either our Franklin or Friendship store Customer Service desks.