Members combine their individual orders into a single order. Usually, members pay in advance for their order so that the buying club has the money to pay Northeast Cooperatives at the time of delivery. This combined and collated order is sent to the warehouse by email, fax or phone. The Northeast Cooperatives truck delivers to your prearranged location. One to three buying club workers need to be on hand to unload and receive the order.
Members divide up the order among the individual households.
Household bills are recomputed after delivery to account for any discrepancies. The buying club keeps track of additional charges or credits which may be carried over to the following month's order. The easiest way to become a buying club member is to join an existing group. We recommend this route if you have not had previous experience with this type of food distribution. Here you can scan the regional listings of our buying club customers and with the click of the mouse, request contact information for the groups nearest you.