7 april2023_newsletter - Three Rivers Market


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Meat, Fish & Seafood  Your Opinion, Please

We appreciate all your feedback so that we may offer you more of what you like and enjoy! 

MEAT, FISH & SEAFOOD SURVEY

Keep the co-op in mind for your Easter Feasts! Featuring Niman Ranch Applewood Smoked Boneless pre-sliced hams and
Clinch View Farms local lamb (limited supply)

Learn about our
Meat, Fish & Seafood Product Standards.

Staff Spotlight: Ivonne Poupard
Ivonne Poupard’s love for combining food and customer service began in a small creperie in
Mexico that specialized in salty and sweet crepes. It was a small enterprise that ran out of a garage.
Ivonne’s experience with the creperie led to an opportunity eight years later at the University
of LaSalle serving a larger array of foods to a much larger customer base.After fifteen years at the university, Ivonne’s son Jorge, the eldest of her four children, presented her with the opportunity to move
to the United States and fulfill her lifelong dream of living there. In Idaho, she continued in
food service, working first in a deli and then in a restaurant kitchen. Eventually, she followed
her son to Knoxville and was employed by the Vegan Café.

When Ivonne began working at Three Rivers in April of 2018, she was able to make another
checkmark on her wish list. She is excited to celebrate her five-year anniversary with Three
Rivers, where she feels at home within a nourishing and nurturing work environment. She
believes the teamwork that is established by the staff embodies doing the best for the
community and preparing the best food daily. Her energy, kindness and helpfulness are
motivating forces that tie the Deli together.

Ivonne demonstrates her diverse range in the co-op’s Deli, including her favorite dishes to prepare: Kale
Yeah and Five Alarm Butternut Chili. When it comes to her favorites to eat, she chooses the
Blueberry muffins and Sweet Potato and Kale burrito.

Ivonne became an American citizen in the past year and is grateful for the help and support of
her children with that endeavor. Three Rivers feels fortunate to have Ivonne as part of its family
and is glad that her long and colorful route led her to Knoxville to become an important part of
the co-op’s success.

New Addition to the co-op’s Rooster Roster!

Kianga’s Kitchen, owned by Romoke and Tor Ajanaku, is an all-vegan soul food restaurant in the Marble City Market food hall located at 333 W Depot Ave Suite 110, Knoxville, TN 37917. The restaurant’s goal is to provide vegan meals with no processed foods and mostly organic produce. Kianga’s Kitchen has created a menu that brings a new meaning to “you are what you eat.” By eating a plant-based diet, your body will vibrate with vitality from the inside out! Kianga’s Kitchen can provide you with vegan food for your body WITH A TASTE TO LIVE FOR!

Open 11 AM – 9 PM, Seven days a week

kiangaskitchen@gmail.com
865-221-7270

 Member Benefit:
Membership Interest Purchase Reminders by Email!
If you are on a membership payment plan (on your way to being Paid In Full, with ownership of 10 Patron Membership Interests), you’ll now receive an email reminder when it’s time to make your yearly Patron Membership Purchase. 

Have something co-op related on your mind? We’d love to hear from you! Email us at info@threeriversmarket.coop

APRIL NOURISHING CHANGE

April is National Volunteer Month as well as CAC Volunteer Assisted Transport’s (VAT) 14-year program anniversary!

Volunteer Assisted Transport (VAT), a program of Knoxville-Knox County CAC, provides affordable rides to people in need of aid and assistance to travel safely. Volunteers provide door-though-door transport in energy-efficient hybrid vehicles to grocery stores, pharmacies, and even the VA hospital in Johnson City, TN.

Objective: To raise $7,000 to support CAC Volunteer Assisted Transport

Funds raised will go to support transportation, outreach, and volunteer appreciation.

Democracy at Our Co-op

Food co-ops value open-door democracy. For us, it’s a matter of fundamental principles: First, membership is open to all. Second, democratic member-control is the way we govern.

The promise of democratic control is a big deal in a grocery store. Many of us joined Three Rivers because we wanted an effective voice in the quality and sources of the food we buy, in the treatment of the employees who serve us, and in the store’s plans for the future – even if it costs us a little more. You can’t get that kind of influence as a customer at Kroger!

Click here to read more.

The agenda for the regular monthly meetings is posted at least one week before each meeting on the co-op’s website.

To request that an item be considered for the Board’s agenda, members can either email the request to board@threeriversmarket.coop or leave a note for the Chair at the Member & Customer Services Desk at the store. Requests must be dated and include name, member number, phone number, email address, or other reliable contact information needed for follow-up. The deadline for submitting items to the Chair for consideration is four weeks prior to the scheduled meeting.

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