Wheatsville Co-op Austin, TX

[Dan Gillotte <gm AT wheatsville.coop>]

Hello Wheatsville friends!!!

Happy New Year, too!

 It's been a while, but I am pleased to announce that this weekend is the time for eligible member-owners to pick up their Patronage Rebate Checks! Please come in anytime on Saturday, Sunday or Monday to claim your check! Picking them up will save us a ton on postage, so if you can get them in person, please do!

 I am so pleased to be able to return these rebates to you and l look forward to seeing you this weekend! To smooth the process, please bring some Identification and your member number. If you can't pick up your check, we will be mailing them out after Monday the 16th. 

As a reminder, the eligibility is as follows...
Must be a current Wheatsville member with a valid mailing address in our member records as of Nov. 15th, 2005, and must have sufficient purchases recorded in our POS system to generate cash rebate of at least $5.00. The cut-off for purchases made between June 1 2004 and May 31st 2005 was $343.79. So, if you purchased more than that in the time period indicated, you probably have a rebate check waiting for you!

Some other information that may be of interest about the rebates:
Number of qualifying member accounts:	1,659
Average Rebate check:				$24.11
Mean rebate check:					$15.69
Percentage of purchases returned:		1.457%

See you this weekend!

We'll see you next weekend, too I hope as we are getting ready for our next Membership Appreciation Day! 
So, on Saturday January 21st come on by and receive a 10% discount on all purchases all day long! Come between 12-4 for samples throughout the store.

Third Thursday on Guadalupe continues next week, Thursday January 19th from 6-9pm. We'll have samples, live music and more! More details coming soon!

Our amazing Co-op Advantage Specials are available for viewing on-line http://www.wheatsville.coop/pop_CAP%20specials.html

THANK YOU!
Thanks to your generosity, I was able to deliver 316 pounds of food to our friends at the Capital Area Food Bank. They tell us that this equates to 252 meals for folks in need! Thank you so much for helping out!


I hope to see you one of these upcoming weekends! Thanks for the continuing support of your food co-op!

Dan
Wheatsville Co-op GM and e-mail guy