November food order

[Rakesh]

Hi All

I am back from Croatia

Who is up for placing an order?

The new catalogue is out, so I suggest you download it and place
orders in the spreadsheet accordingly.

Ideally we should try and meet to discuss the order, but I am very
short on available time, so we will have to do it virtually for now.

Thanks

Rakesh

[Rakesh B]

Ricardo

Can you please check your orders against the new catalogue. I have checked my order and had to delete a few things as the product is no longer available or no longer at the sale price (e.g. rice dream). I have highlighted the items I have checked.

From experience I have to say that taking one item out of 6 or 12 is unlikely to get filled unless we get a huge influx of people into the coop (which given I seem to be the only person promoting it and given my workload is very unlikely). I would suggest you cut down the number of items you have placed in the order and take larger quantities, which will give you a higher chance of someone else wanting the remaining items.

I put 25kg of rolled oatflakes, as it will work out much cheaper and reduces the amount of packaging, etc. So you may wish to delete your 500g packets. If we dont get enough people wanting jumbo oatflakes, we can go down to 5kg. If you calculate the cost per kg you will see 12x500g is the most expensive option at £1.57 per kg, compared with 88p per kg if we get 25kg or £1.18 for 5kg

12x500g	Rolled Oatflakes - UK	1.57
6x1kg	Rolled Oatflakes - UK	1.48
25kg	Rolled Oatflakes - UK	0.88
5kg	Rolled Oatflakes - UK	1.18

Looking at some of the other items on your list. I notice you have black rice listed twice (2.5kg and 6x500g). Again the 2.5kg is cheaper and less packaging than the 6x500g packets. My wife ordered a 3 litre tub of brown tahini previously, which I doubt I will ever get through, so if anyone wants some tahini, I can happily share some of it.

I am in no hurry to place the order, so I am not going to spend much more time asking people to add to the order. Most likely I am only here till early December after which I will most likely go away for 2 or 3 months. So I will be more motivated to place an order in Feb/March next year, when I get back. If you want to place an order before I go, please add to the list or ask us for help if you don't understand how to,

 Thanks

Rakesh