Buying club members enjoy the community aspect of working together and often learn new skills. Members use the Blooming Prairie Price Guide and monthly Prairie News to make up their individual orders, which are then compiled into a group order. Usually they pre-pay their bills, so that the club has the money to pay the Blooming Prairie truck driver at the time of delivery. This group order is sent by modem, called in, mailed or faxed to the warehouse. Members meet a Blooming Prairie truck at a designated delivery site, with at least three people available to unload and check in the club's order.
Members divide up the order into individual household orders.
Individual bills are re-computed after the delivery. Credit or debit adjustments are made as needed, and members take their groceries home. We recommend you have seven to ten households to start a club. This allows for the sharing of responsibilities among members. It's a good idea for at least one of you to have some organizing experience, such as with another buying club.