The 2014 presentation of the Iowa Food Cooperative

1. Shopping the
coop!
an Iowa Food Cooperative
story

2.  Today there are 983 paid
members
 IFC added 202 new
members between 2013-
2014

3.  6 month free trail
 Is it working? 449
trial members say so.

4. 2014 Sales
3.99 tons beef
3,969 Dozen eggs (47,628eggs)
654 ½ gallons of milk
31 New producers
Frozen corn
Milk
Lots more produce
Dried beans
Maple syrup
Popcorn
Soups
Peanut butter
Pet treats

5. So many new items:

6. Pictures shared by you!

7. Last year IFC relocated! 4944 Franklin is
our NEW home for 3 YEARS
Moving costs $10,280
 New floor - $5,729
 wiring- $2,139
 moving company - $1,450
 outside sign - $890.

8. We introduced our sixth Central Iowa
location: Welcome Osceola!

9. Osceola is showing its commitment to
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fresh, local food:
Record order: September 25, 2014 at
$1,180.70!
Record Osceola members picking up: 21

10. IFC sales are up 44% over 2013.
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thanks to a major
influx of new items:

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Global Greens
Eight farmers
members
Meet Simon &
Mariselina Bucumi
from Burundi

12. IFC BUILDING COMMUNITY

13. Open House in Osceola
hosted by Cindy + Pete Woltz
and Kim Jackson

14. IFC on
FACEBOOK

15. IFC in NEWS, on KCCI, WHO Channel
13, DSM Register (Twice!), Iowa Food
Blog, and Edible.

16. IFC DISTRIBUTION
STAFF GROWS TO
KEEP UP
Meet Kelly + John!

17.  Kelly Basset is our
distribution
coordinator
 John Whitson is our
quality control guy
The goal?
Distributions with
zero mistakes and

18. We still depend on volunteers.
Volunteers for Franklin per cycle - 22 for 61 hours total
For satellite sites: 10 volunteers for 20 hours total

19. WE NEED YOU.
Volunteer
Keep shopping local
support our farmers and
producers
Tell your friends

21. Thank you all for a wonderful
year; we can't wait until the
next!