Box Divvy East Corrimal - Connaghan

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Box Divvy East Corrimal - Connaghan

Box Divvy, Social Enterprise, food box sharing connecting growers & food wholesalers with Hubs. Hub name: East Corrimal - Pioneer

Pick up Wednesday. WANT MORE?

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. Community working together. To register for the Hub use this link
https://app.boxdivvy.com.au/register/hub/134

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 supermarket

s. 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. Working with Western Sydney Diabetes Alliance - our aim is to provide accessible, inexpensive good quality fresh food.

4 DAY ORDER CYCLE – FOR Wednesday pick up

Friday 9pm – Order creation
It’s an OPT OUT SYSTEM so if you don’t want an order for the coming week, you must suspend prior to Friday 9pm. Your “WISH LIST VOTE” and any changes you wish to make to your household size must also be done by Friday 9pm. Saturday - Starting Order Published
Login take up to 3 things out and JOIN SPLITS. Monday 9pm - CUTOFF
Orders closed. Cards charged. There are 2 automatic processing’s, if those both decline - a $5 recharge fee is applied as it pays for someone to manually reprocess. You must pay BEFORE pick-up. Wednesday - PICK UP. You must pick up day of delivery at the pick-up time or arrange with Hubster. 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. ORDERING SYSTEM
Dead simple. You share boxes online using the App. SUSPENDING ORDERS
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. SHARE BOXES known as SPLITS
If you wish for more, you join Splits and share boxes. You can suggest a box to share or to your Hubster. Such as 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’s house for packing. You pick up from their place or they may offer home delivery. FRUIT, VEG, BREAD, EGGS – Order, pay, receive this week
GROCERIES – Order, pay, receive next week due to fresh roasting of coffee and made to order. BREAD baker direct – Minimum HUB order total is $30
GROCERIES wholesaler direct – Minimum HUB order is $75. MEAT AND SEAFOOD (NEW) – Order every 4 weeks. READ THE AMOUNTS YOU ARE PURCHASING
Please check carefully if the items are single, handfuls, 500gm, 1 kg etc. Don't assume it's by one item. EXAMPLE: Cherries sold by the box, make sure you’re not putting 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. There is also usually a SWAP box - if you forget to customise your Starting Order, you can throw in some apples and take out some carrots that someone else did not want. You will get great value. COMMUNITY BOX
Many Hubster’s 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 suspend 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 exact. 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 and the Starting Order. You can reduce the SPLITS or Groceries you joined BEFORE CUTOFF. PACKAGING
Much of the produce comes loose so please 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 example, 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 the farmer. 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.

14/11/2024

I'm definitely going to steal this idea Box Divvy The Oaks - Caley

WASTE NOT WHAT NOT 🫚

Did you know you can crush and freeze ginger for later use? 🫚

Just mince it up, pop it in a Ziploc bag, and spread it out flat. Use a skewer to make indents, creating little squares. Freeze it, and you'll have easy-to-snap-off pieces whenever you need fresh ginger for your recipes!
It’s a game changer for cooking all whilst avoiding any waste!! 👏🏽✨

13/11/2024

You might recall the survey that Western Sydney Uni undertook in May of this year into food security.

The report is currently peer reviewed in scientific medical journals – a process that can take some time. Once this process is completed and the study published in full, it will be shared with all participants.
In the meantime, the lead researcher Dr Cristy Brooks has produced a neat summary and published it on the WSU portal.

Read more here .... 'Beyond the Box' Research Project Report 2024
https://researchers-admin.westernsydney.edu.au/ws/portalfiles/portal/91769260/BTB_Report_1_FINAL_OCT24.pdf

13/11/2024

This week's orders going home to our valued members.

And a platter of different crackers from our pantry range to try in the lead up to Christmas.

13/11/2024

Well, something else that has been happening at our hub these last few weeks is that our dog had a litter of puppies.
Now that the puppies are older enough, hub members are stopping in at pick up time for a visit and a cuddle. 🥰
Here are some cute photos so you can see why!

11/11/2024

Looking for a new venture for the new year? Want to earn some pocket money?

Come and learn why we love what we do and why being part of Box Divvy is super fun - details below!

10/11/2024

Baby gem cos lettuce

George Portelli is back with his baby gem lettuce at 87 cents each! 😲😀😊

10/11/2024

Great value! Cheaper than cherry tomatoes this week and are such a flavour bomb!

10/11/2024

🎄 -Award winning Christmas Hams- 🎄 Pre-order over the next 2 weeks for delivery closer to Christmas.

08/11/2024

Lots of beautiful handfuls to divvy!
+ Kombucha to try!
+ Monster Kohlrabi!

05/11/2024

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Wow, thanks Box Divvy Beverley Hills and Box Divvy the Oaks!
I'm stuck on the price of those Watermelons! Imagine paying $25 for one Watermelon! 🤦‍♀️
Definitely time to unsupermarket!

It’s frightening isn’t it ??? Going to the shops to come back with very little and learning you have just spend $100 . 💵
It was only over the weekend we had a family trip to our local to witness how expensive groceries were .
Admittedly we haven’t the need to “shop “ frequently thanks to BD ; but we were alarmed at the little things …. Since when is a packet of TimTams $6.00 ‼️😳.

Our fellow hubster has taken time out to put her findings into a very easy to read chart; grateful ,
as this would have taken some time to do .
Here are recent price comparisons from the usual suspects.

It’s crystal clear why it’s time to un supermarket .

Eat better , healthier, save your money!!

02/11/2024

A favourite in our house and looked forward to each summer season. Already got our order in! 😋 Have you?

02/11/2024

Well said Box Divvy Rathmines. It's why we love Box Divvy!

02/11/2024

Last Wednesday our hub tried the GF Banana Bread by Shepherd's Artisan Bakehouse.
Outcome? = Yum!

02/11/2024

Christmas is in the air…

November 1st somehow is the start of the Christmas season, with Shepherds Fruit Mince Pies getting us into the mood. They will be available from this week right up to Christmas. They are still delicious and made of real food ingredients, but they are no longer gluten free because the GF casing has become outrageously expensive.
We asked Shepherds if they could come up with a gluten free alternative, so here is a take on the Persian Orange cake. Please note: the holly is not edible, and also a choking hazard for babies and toddlers.

You’ll find them under Bakery ➡️ Bakery Snacks ➡️ Seasonal Products.

02/11/2024

Mangoes

And the Mad Mango Mania continues for another week, with large single mangoes $2.38 each – and whole trays at $29. That works out at around $1.50 each.

27/10/2024

What’s new this week?

Beerenberg Christmas ham glaze
Speaking of Christmas: Beerenberg has released a special Christmas Ham Glaze. Available from this week.

For those of you who like it hot: Belicious is releasing a Hot Chilli powder. The 40g pouch will go long way, and costs $5.

2 Pops is releasing a special batch of Coolabah Toffee Honey in 1kg and 500g jars. This honey comes from bees who have been feeding on Coolabah blossom. It’s super-thick, and sweet and rich as toffee. Available until stocks last.

Lastly, in preparation for the festive season, we’re bringing out a range of crackers and crisps from Urban Pantry. The immediate trigger was the news that the popular Gluten-Free Tucker Bites have been discontinued by the manufacturer. We scouted around and found Urban Pantry’ range of gluten-free crackers, as well as Pita Crisps and a Toasted Waffle product that we thought would go well with the 2 Pops Coolabah Honey.

The Urban Pantry range has an introductory discount of 7.5% applied for the first 2 weeks (until 6 November).

27/10/2024

The main characteristic of Coolabah Honey is that it’s incredibly thick and toffee-sweet – even though it’s 100% pure, raw and unfiltered. Its so thick in fact that it cannot be sold in a squeeze bottle because nothing would come out! It also contains a high pollen count, which is why some brands sell this as a ‘medicinal’ honey. As a consequence, it is also more likely to crystalise – which is probably why Russell from 2-Pops calls it ‘crunchy toffee honey’. If you prefer your honey smooth, just put the jar in warm-hot water for 30 Coolabah waffles and honeyminutes to dissolve the crystals.

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Connaghan Road, East Corrimal
Wollongong, NSW
2518

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http://www.boxdivvy.com/

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