Ed Barsamian. Harvest Co-op Markets 581 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge MA 02139 tel 617.661.1580

What's the deal ?...

Unless the scuttlebut is untrue, Ed Barsamian ran a food market
at 1030 Massachusetts Avenue between Central and Harvard Squares and
now runs Harvest Co-op in Cambridge Central Square.
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Don Saklad wrote:

Don't know about the Harvest Co-op but he did run a market near the
furnitures stores in that area (which later became the Gateway computer
store and I think is now empty) and also one at the Cambridgeside
Galleria (which is now Thunder something sporting goods.)

Don Saklad <[Only registered users can see links. ].mit.edu> wrote in message news:<[Only registered users can see links. ].mit.edu>...

I'm laughing to myself because you seem to be implying some nefarious
scheme involved that I can't even begin to imagine.

Yes, it's true. Has been for quite some time -- many months, at least.

Harvest egg pricing is more than 50 cents higher than Whole Foods
Bread & Circus.

Green Bean wrote:

I thought the idea behind a co-op was to let consumers save money by
buying at wholesale. They are a non-profit organization. I suspect that
Harvest's problem is that they don't do enough volume to get good
pricing from their distributors. That would explain why the prices at
Whole Foods are better. It's either that or higher costs.

Don Saklad <[Only registered users can see links. ].mit.edu> writes:


Excellent work, Detective Saklad! Now apprehend those bounders at
once!

The greater Boston area is once again safe for the egg-buying public.

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Robert La Ferla <[Only registered users can see links. ]> writes:


Nope. The idea behind a cooperative is to set up a business as
member-owned and -operated. Wholesale has nothing to do with it as
such, although in a true cooperative, you could probably buy at
close to wholesale. In the case of Harvest Coop, however, members
aren't the only ones who shop there. Other people want to shop
there but don't want to contribute a member fee or labor. So, in
cooperatives where non-members may shop, you give a discount or a
credit of some kind to members, and everyone else simply pays what's
on the sticker. There's no reason why non-members should get
anything like wholesale pricing.

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Other days you're the bug.

Don Saklad <[Only registered users can see links. ].mit.edu> wrote in message news:<[Only registered users can see links. ].mit.edu>...

Is this still about Ed Barsamian?

What's the deal ?...