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Box Divvy, Social Enterprise, food box sharing online easy App connecting farmers & food wholesalers with the Food Hubs up to 40% cheaper than online supermarkets. Join the waitlist here:
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Box Divvy Hub Name: Teralba - Banyan
Pick up Friday. Due to COVID-19 Our Local Food Hubs Have in place Hygiene, Packing and Social Distancing protocol. So a Wave and smile
from a distance on pick up. To register for the Hub use this link
https://app.boxdivvy.com.au/register/hub/218
Box Divvy is Community owned and run. This is a fruit veg and grocery cooperative. We purchase as a group up to 40% cheaper than supermarkets. It’s a Smart coop and you get more of what you want than a normal coop. Box Divvy is a food box sharing system connecting growers & food producers directly with the Food . It is community owned and run designed to cut your food bill. You join online - there is no registration fee. https://www.boxdivvy.com/ You use an App on your phone or computer or a pad to order. It’s an OPT OUT SYSTEM so you must suspend an order if not wanted that week BEFORE START ORDER published. With Western Sydney Diabetes Alliance our aim is to provide accessible, inexpensive good quality fresh food.
4 DAY ORDER CYCLE –
FOR Friday
Sunday 9pm Must have cancelled orders not wanted for coming week OR change household size. DO “WISH LIST VOTE”. It’s an OPT OUT system so if you don't want an order the following week you MUST cancel your order. Monday Starting Order Published then login take up to 3 things out JOIN SPLITS
Wednesday 9pm CUTOFF Orders closed. There’s a $5 recharge on declined payments third processing onwards each attempt. You must pay BEFORE pick up. Friday PICK UP. You must pick up day of delivery at the pick up time or arrange with Hubster. Home Delivery offered but please ask Hubster first. PAYMENTS
You must pay for your order once committed to an order cycle. Once in an Order Cycle we cannot withdraw an order. It is your responsibility to suspend the correct weeks. If you have an order, thought you'd suspended, you did the wrong week. It must be paid before pick up. The system automatically charges twice and automatically sends emails letting you know if payment declined. There is a $5 recharge applied on the third attempt as it's manually processed and this fee goes to paying someone to manually process the payment. Please don't ask for this payment to not be applied. ORDERING SYSTEM - dead simple. You share boxes online using the App. It’s OPT OUT system so if you don’t want an order you MUST suspend an order BEFORE Order Creation otherwise you’re in the Order. When you tick the date, wait, it will turn red to confirm suspension. You’re expected to order weekly or fortnightly. STARTING ORDER:
There’s a Starting Order based on your weekly ‘wish list’ VOTE and you can take out up to 3 things. Every week BEFORE Order Creation do a Wish List Vote to help Hubster (person who organisers Hub) to set up Starting Order. WANT MORE? SHARE BOXES known as SPLITS
If you wish more you join Splits or share boxes. You can suggest a Box to share or your Hubster (the person who runs the Hub). Like saying to your group: “Who’d like to share a box of apples?”
At order cut-off you pay automatically online (Visa or Mastercard & Secure Eway Payment gateway) then boxes from growers & food wholesalers come to the Hubster house for packing. You pick up from their place. FRUIT VEG Bread Eggs Order pay get this week
GROCERIES Order pay get next week due to fresh roasting of coffee, packing of goods on order. BREAD baker direct – Minimum HUB order Total must reach $30
GROCERIES wholesaler direct – Minimum HUB order total must reach $75. READ THE AMOUNTS YOU ARE PURCHASING
Check carefully if the items is single, handfuls, 500gm, 1 kg etc. Don't assume it's by one item. EXAMPLE: Cherries sold by the box. Don;' put in 5 thinking it's handfuls when it's boxes. Read the descriptions please. EXTRAS - there are ALWAYS extras as the box belongs to members so your Hubster will divvy extras when available. Also there is usually a SWAP box - if you forget to customise your Starting Order. You can throw in some apples and take out some carrots. You will get great value. COMMUNITY BOX - Many Hubsters ask members if this SWAP BOX can become a COMMUNITY KINDNESS BOX given to a family in need. This is part of the Social Enterprise experience by being part of the Hub. NOT WANT AN ORDER? There are no contracts, you can cancel orders when you don’t want them. WANT EXACTLY 1 tomato 2 oranges? Then Box Divvy is not for you. This is a coop and things are in handfuls NOT exact items. You need to be flexible but you'll always get good value. We are a group of community minded people wanting to change the food system. Reduce packaging and pay our farmers fairly. By reducing our carbon footprint by 90% this means we buy in bulk as a group and then share it. We need to be a bit flexible. You will know roughly what you will get but you can’t get exactly. We have a Packing Guide but the numbers will change as produce is smaller or larger. Mostly you will get extras overall. HOW DO I KNOW WHAT I SPEND? EASY. You will pay the STARTING ORDER PLUS if you join in SPLITS or ADD Groceries. At the bottom of MY ORDER you will see the MAX you will pay if all your SPLITS get over the line, any groceries you’ve ordered plus Starting Order . You can reduce the SPLITS or Groceries you joined BEFORE CUTOFF. PACKAGING
Much of the produce comes loose so do provide your Hubster with a NAME LABELLED BAG: ALSO - calico/wash nets to put handfuls in (do not expect your Hubster to provide paper bags please): Bring in your old icecream containers for the Hub to put soft stuff in. If you get an item in plastic recycle it in your soft plastic bin. We don't interrupt the packing from farmer to you so manage this please. Farmers are trying to work out how to transport produce and it can’t always be plastic free - for the moment. The Sugar Cane bags are not strong, don't last and definitely not airtight. Cardboard and paper fall apart. New technology is being worked on. NOT FOR ME
If after you’ve tried it and Box Divvy is not working the way you want then you can cancel membership. So? Join our group to make a difference. You have the power to do so. Cut your food bill significantly – Wow! The goal: to cut your food bill, without compromising on the quality, freshness and variety of food. With minimal effort, minimal packaging and food miles, and still paying farmers and suppliers a fair price for their produce.
Welcome to the gang Cameron Park!
You’re going to love it!
https://app.boxdivvy.com.au/register/hub/295?referral=map
Box Divvy provides local communities with market-fresh, locally-grown, seasonal fruit and vegetables, helping you cook and eat better for less.
I love that Box Divvy is growing to cater for all our grocery needs. From pantry items (hot chocolate 🍫), bread (hello hot cross buns), fruit and veg and meat.
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Love, love, love what I get to be a part of and so grateful to Chrissy for introducing me to such a great food community. 🥰
Box Divvy offers Cessnock residents an alternative way to shop for fresh produce.
When Box Divvy gives you a lemon, you have lemonade for a month....check out the size of these bad boys from Friday's divvy.🍋 🍋 🍋
Boy oh boy. Gorgeous baby truss tomatoes came in last week and if you could smell this pineapple. Deeeeelish!
Love the beautiful produce we receive every week.
What is happening in markets?
Here is some info to help you shop in season with great value!
https://youtu.be/8Tc-Y-FrvQ4
Moussa’s Market update: More grapes, baby truss tomatoes, yellow (!) cauliflowers, cucumbers, and Lebanese zucchini are just some of the produce lines that M...
The baby truss tomatoes have been beautiful lately and rocket has been growing crisp and delicious.
I love anything that is quick and easy and a crowd pleaser.
I love that we get to have fresh fruit and veg in all different shapes colours and sizes! I’ve learnt so much about how food is grown and learnt to think outside what my own expectations of good food looks like!
Sometimes the ugliest lemons are the juiciest, the green oranges are the most flavoursome and the bumpiest avocadoes are the most delicious!
In the new episode of "How Does it Grow?", the labor-intensive methods farmers go through to prevent their cauliflower from turning yellow are revealed.
5 months of Divvying and Fridays are still a lot of fun.
Divvying, getting to know everyone and seeing the variety and quality. 😍.
Thanks Box Divvy HQ for the vision, system and incredibly hard work you guys do to keep the hundreds of hubs chugging along smoothly. (And Thankyou for my apron and goodies 🥰😍)
Personally I am a sugar snap girl! Crisp and sweet - I have been putting these in my fridge in an open bowl and they have been holding strong throughout the week.
Not to gripe the snow peas - they have their place but honestly...Sugar Snaps is where it is at...
Feel free to tell me I'm wrong :P
Corn and Asparagus are in their final weeks of excellent value and great produce! Enjoy the goodness while it lasts!!
We ALLLL love 2 Pops honey and for now we have access to Yellow Box 2 Pops!!!
Who will be giving it a go?!
This week!
Strawberries are coming in jumbo size! I can't wait to taste these this week.
Fun fact about Valencia's : When they get a lot of
sun, their skin develops a green
hue by way of sunscreen
protection that makes them
appear unripe – but in fact, the
greener they are, the more sun
they’ve had and the sweeter
they’ll be.
With Pineapples feedback from growers suggests
that they were expecting the
hospitality sector to absorb a lot
more pineapples now that
Lockdown has come to an end.
Perhaps the transition isn’t quite
going to fast as they were hoping –
so there’s a bit of overhang in the
supply. Your advantage: pay just
$2.50 for a large pineapple.
The Box Divvy community is getting kinda huge! Our little hub definitely has some similar top 5's to the overall community...although we are an avocado hub FOR SURE! 🥑
The left is the largest quantities ordered and the right is the most hub members have spent on items...
This all seems pretty close to what our hub averages would be!
What is your family top 5?!
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🎵It's the most wonderful time of the year 🎵
Not only is Christmas coming 🎄 and the summer sun 🌞improving our moods...
STONE FRUIT IS COMING
It is truly delightful! Can't wait for our first taste of stone fruit through Box Divvy! 😍
How many do you know?
Is there any we should try!?
I hope you can produce the right answers.
Recommended this week from Box Divvy!
Leafy greens and herbs are growing well and great value!
Afourers are seedless mandarins that are divine - get on them now as the season could end in coming weeks!
Cucumbers are growing abundantly
Meat week! Here we go!
Its Meat/Seafood Order Week 🦐🥓🥩 who's excited 😊 🤗 this little duck is!
* All sausages (except for the Thin and Thick beef sausages) are made in-house by Handler, and are of the non-industrial variety.
*The mince – beef, pork or lamb – is made from 100% meat, with zero additives or water.
*The bacon rashers 🥓…well, where do we start? Several members wrote to us, saying that ‘this is the best bacon I’ve ever tasted’.
Perhaps not entirely surprising when your read the process is has gone through: ‘Our rindless bacon uses high quality pork carefully selected from our favourite farms. The pork middles are then prepared by our specialised smallgoods makers using our own special cure & marinate, then double smoked over a 10 hour cooking cycle. We select the finest Beachwood woodchips that create an authentic smoke flavour.‘
As with all of Handler’s meat, you can find cheaper options – but nowhere near as good as the bangers, mince and bacon you can now purchase separately.
You will find the new boxes under the Mixed Meat section, except Bacon which is listed under Pork.
I love a nice chicken recipe!
http://australiansweetpotatoes.com.au/recipe/butter-chicken-sweet-potato/
Anyone keen to give this a go for next week?!
(add onion, green chillie, sweet potato, tomatoes and coriander to your order!)
Can't wait to see the cook ups!
Sick of waiting for a spot at Teralba?!
Mount Hutton is opening a second day!
Jump on it - in our areas spots aren’t open for long.
😍
Box Divvy is an App that connects you directly with farmers and food producers, and saves you some serious dough on food. At last an alternative to supermarkets.
Last calls for lemons!!!!
Preserve those bad boys - the next season kicks off in April... heres how:
There are many ways to keep lemons until the
season starts again in about April: freezing,
dehydrating, zesting – but preserving them in
salt is by far the most flavoursome method. It is
commonly used in North-African cooking to
counterbalance the sweet fruit like dates and
raisins used in stews. What you end up using for
cooking is the preserved rind which has been
softened by the curing process.
Preserving lemons is easy, but it’s important to sterilize your jars: boil in water for 20
minutes, but the easier method is to heat them in the oven to between 70 and 90 degrees
Celsius for 30 minutes. Make sure you include the lids.
You need 4 Tbsp of salt for every 6-8 lemons.
Thoroughly wash the lemons in cold water and pat
them dry. Cut off both ends, and then slice a cross
lengthwise to about 1-2 cm from the bottom (see pic).
Open up the lemon and sprinkle generously with salt.
Put the lemons into the jar once by one, making sure
to pack them tightly. Use a wooden spoon to push
them down and release their juices. For extra flavour,
add peppercorns, whole coriander, cumin, bay leaves or cinnamon sticks.
Once packed, add remaining salt to the jar. If the lemons are not submerged in juice, top off
with freshly squeezed lemon juice. They must be fully submerged, or you risk mould growth
on the exposed parts.
Put the jars in a cool, dark spot for 2-3 weeks before moving them into the fridge where
they’ll keep for up to 12 months.
Once the preserved lemons are ready to use, remove any flesh and pith – leaving just the
softened rind. Rinse off any remaining salt, and it’s ready for cooking.
Here is what our farmers are recommending for great value and flavour this week!
What will you be adding to your cart?
We have good intentions; but sometimes things get left a little longer than we hoped.
Love these tips from Seed & Sprout !
Got some wilted vegetables in the bottom of your fridge? Instead of automatically adding them to your compost, try an ice bath instead! Most vegetables are more than 50% water so if they're dehydrated add them to an ice bath and within hours they can look as good as new.
1. Cut away anything that is too wilted or not needed
2. For most vegetables you can submerge them straight into a bowl of ice water (we love to use our Eco Stows for this!)
3. For anything with a stalk or roots (think leafy greens, herbs and broccoli) treat them like flowers and trim the ends and then stand them up in water
Voila! Food waste and money saved as well as one less visit to the shop - that's something we can get on board with.
Wooohooo Christmas is creeping up fast. Members can pre-order their hams and cross one more thing off the Christmas list as it will be delivered to their door!
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Members! Check your emails this evening for Christmas ham pre-order information!
Today lunch brought to you by leftovers.
Coleslaw with avocado and cheese and the beautiful Maryland chicken.
Nom nom nom.
Get in my belleh!
Finally getting around to making the coleslaw I planned for last week (produce arrived October 1st and it’s now now the 10th!).
I love being able to open my fridge and have produce just chilling there waiting to be used from last week.
Is anyone else like this?
Meal plans are great in theory but I cook what I feel like which means sometimes things just don’t happen? Just me? 🤣
Love what Chrissy has shared about apples. I think I need to make it a mission to try them all!
Apples Apples apples - how many varieties have you tried? What is your favourite?
Apples currently on offer via Box Divvy
Fuji $3.25/kg
Granny Smith $3.38/kg
Jazz $5.80/kg
Pink Lady $3.00/kg
Royal Gala $3.25/kg
Join our hub today https://app.boxdivvy.com.au/register/hub/166
choices
Shout out to the Dad’s!
We have all the different Dad’s at our hub.
So many of you come and collect on Friday’s not really knowing what you’re getting… but you get the job done.
You get the kids picked up from daycare, or bring them along for the walk to get out of the house…you get the job done.
Sometimes with a trailer full of things to be built and plants to be planted…you’re getting the job done.
The Dads who put insulation in a garage to help keep it cool for veggies - you get the job done!
Shout out to the Dad’s! Thanks for making lives fuller and exciting. And for getting the job done.
Another week; another divvy done! It has been go go go here all week this page has been a little quiet. 🙊
Our first week members have gotten to take home super local honey 😍.
Can’t wait to give it a try this week - what do you use honey for?
Baking? Toast? Smoothies?
Yummo!
Can confirm these are incredibly delicious, the aroma is enticing and the flavour explodes in your mouth.
First Divvy with our newest members!
Over 70 splits, 130 handfuls, 90 punnets of strawberries, 40 happy members and lots of cookies.
There wasn’t much time for photos today!
But we had a lot of fun and can’t wait to do it all again next week.
Lots of love to our members who make this so much fun.
Let the Bingo begin! 🤭😉
There is something grounding about fresh produce.
I love the colours, textures and fragrances.
Fresh produce triggers memories of fun summer holidays, warm winters with Nan’s stew or being sent outside to spit out the juicy watermelon seeds😂.
What is a nice food memory you have? 💭
The Vella’s are seeing an over supply of Baby Gem Cos Lettuce. So Box Divvy has reduced them to 75c each (50c of which is paid back to the Vella’s). 😮 👏
They’re grown chemical-free and have been coming in soooo beautiful and crisp!
Grab a couple, a quick google search says to store in an airtight plastic bag/container in the fridge for fresh lettuce all week.
How do you keep your lettuce fresh? 🥬
Local honey for our hub members.
Honestly Box Divvy keeps going above and beyond.
🥕 beautiful fruit and veg
🍝 pasta
🍚 rice
🥜 nuts
🥖 bread
🍫 slices
🥩 restaurant quality meat
🍪 cookies
AND NOW HONEY.
Seriously couldn’t think of a better community to be a part of.
We are spoilt!
Can’t wait [[13 more sleeps]] 🍯
Want to try? Fill out this form and we will be in touch when more spaces become available!
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Counting down the days until I can give these bad boys a go.
***6 more sleeps***
These divine creations are gluten-free, dairy-free and vegan. And they taste sensational.🤤
Did I mention there is choc chip too!!!🍪
Shepherds sell these online for $13.65 per 6-pack. Our regular price will be $11, but this week only they’re available for just $9.80 per pack.
I feel like this friday family treat will become a staple in our household… life is all about balance.
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We have hit our goal of 40 members strong on our 4th week of being live!
Feeling bummed you've missed out? Fill out the form below to go on our waitlist... There is a possibility we could increase our hub size in a month after we settle in a bit more!
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Thanks to all the amazing members who have loved their fruit and veg and invited their friends to join the fun!
I am having the best time navigating this new journey of being a hubster because of the brilliant members that we have.
So you aren't sure...
🤔There seems to be a lot of information I need to know...
🤷♀️I am not sure if it will work for me...
😎but I keep seeing it and wanting to give it a go...
I understand! It seems like a lot; BUT with Box Divvy we are a community... you won't be alone
Cait your hubster (along with the other supportive members) can answer any questions you have along the way and by week 2 or 3 you will be wondering why you were ever unsure!
Sometimes the best thing to do is to just jump in and give it a go!
(literally, you can just cancel if it's not for you - no sweat...I doubt you will though 😏 )
So give it a go...our hub is nearly maxed out and I don't want you (our early supporter) to miss out on being part of the fun.
Join us here: https://app.boxdivvy.com.au/register/hub/218
Do you love rocket?
Or a nice salad?
Or just that fresh crunch on a warm day?
We would love you to come and taste the difference.
Join us here: https://app.boxdivvy.com.au/register/hub/218
This happy little guy came in our order this week. 🍐
I want to say my kids put the eyes on … but no. I am a big kid and he is peary cute! 🤗
Wishing you all a week that makes you smile like a one-of-kind pear.
Nothing like fresh fruit salad our lovely hub member Lara whipped up with some of her divvy.
My mouth is watering. 😍.
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Teralba, NSW
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