Over the last six months, you may have been noticed as our expansion projects unfolded and came to fruition with the opening of a new restaurant and store. Needless to say, there’s a lot of growth happening at Seward Community Co-op. Now that the majority of grab ‘n’ go, bakery, and sausage production has been transplanted from the Franklin store to the Co-op Creamery building, production at the store level has significantly changed. Kitchen staff in the stores have shifted focus to preparing the daily hot bar offerings, and, at Franklin, soup.

The new soup production kitchen at Franklin occupies the space the Bakery once did, and staff continues to concoct a variety of vegan, vegetarian, and meat-based soup options that Seward shoppers expect and love. On a weekly basis, about 50 gallons of soup are produced for Friendship and 75 gallons for Franklin. Half of that is packed for the Deli shelves and half is served on the hot bar. Stop in and pick up favorite standbys, or try the new options.