Significant progress has occurred over the past couple of months, and we’re excited to share these updates with you. Friendship Store Friendship Store is taking shape! We are now five months into what we estimate to be a 12-month construction schedule. After a delay earlier in the winter due to utility relocations, we have seen…  Read More →

On an icy visit to Len Busch Roses (LBR) in Plymouth recently, there was a fizz and spark in the greenhouses. “Everything builds up to this,” said Jason Lenz, LBR’s director of business development. “It doesn’t get any bigger than Valentine’s Day.” Here at Seward Co-op, you’ve see Len Busch Roses’s flowers all year long—though…  Read More →

Seward Co-op Project Updates Friendship Store Progress on constructing the new Friendship store was delayed in November and December due to rerouting and reconnecting existing power and communication cables, but the remaining demo of the old church building and the removal of the north-south section of the vacated alley was completed in late December. In…  Read More →

Get your calendar out and start planning for January. Upcoming Seward Classes Nourish 101: Kwanzaa Table December 13, 12 pm-2 pm Chinese Medicine and Nutrition January 8, 2015, 6 pm-7 pm Hooyo’s Kitchen “Somali Style” January 14, 2015, 6:30 pm-8 pm Nourish 101: Shop the Co-op January 17, 2015, 12 pm-1 pm Film Screening: A…  Read More →

During a temperature check of one of our coolers on Friday, November 21, the Seward Grocery team found product at unsafe temperatures due to a non-functioning cooler fan. If you purchased any of the products below between 12:00 p.m. Thursday, November 20th and 1:30 p.m. Friday, November 21st, do not consume this product and return…  Read More →

Riba Foods has issued a voluntary recall on certain Salpica salsa and cheese dip products carried at Seward Co-op. Riba is recalling these items due to an undeclared wheat allergen. People who have an allergy to wheat run the risk of allergic reaction if they consume this product. Salpica product on Seward Co-op shelves are…  Read More →

Love GMOs? Then Label ‘Em! A coalition called Right to Know Minnesota (RTK-MN) has organized a campaign supporting passage of a labeling bill to require foods containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs) to be labeled as such. This joins with over two dozen other state initiatives for GMO labeling and 64 countries that currently label. RTK-MN…  Read More →

On August 6, 2014, Seward Co-op General Manager Sean Doyle wrote a letter to Michael Potter CEO of Eden Foods in regards to the company’s widespread public controversy (there’s a decent synopsis of the issue in this CNN op-ed) and Eden Foods’ falling sales at Seward Co-op. Sean Doyle’s letter can be read here. Below…  Read More →

NSpire Natural Foods Inc is voluntarily recalling its “Marantha” peanut and almond butters due to possible salmonella contamination. There have been no incidences of illness at this time. All Marantha brand products have been pulled from Seward Co-op shelves. But affected product was potentially sold between May 19 and August 19, 2014 with the following…  Read More →

We have had a promising start to the campaign. At the end of February Seward Co-op was awarded a New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) allocation of $8 million by the Midwest Minnesota Capital Development Corporation. The NMTC will result in substantial debt forgiveness and along with owner capital makes this project more attractive for bank…  Read More →