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At Rainbow Grocery, our purpose is to provide natural, organic, vegetarian food and environmentally and health conscious products at an affordable price. Rainbow Grocery Cooperative is an independent, collectively run, worker owned and operated cooperative at which decision making and responsibilities are shared through democratic structures and elected committees.

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Stop Mandatory Almond Pasteurization!


In response to outbreaks of Salmonella in 2001 and 2004 traced to raw almonds grown in California, the Almond Board of California and the USDA have created a mandatory program requiring all raw almonds to be sanitized through pasteurization.

This rule requires fumigation of commercially grown almonds with Propylene Oxide (a possibly carcinogenic chemical) or high temperature heat, and allows almonds to be deceptively labeled as "raw" following this treatment. It imposes a significant financial burden on small-scale and organic growers, lacks scientific justification, damages domestic almond markets, and does not address the unsustainable methods used on industrial-scale almond orchards where the only traced-back Salmonella outbreak occurred.

Rainbow Grocery Cooperative's Bulk Department is committed to not carrying any products that have been pasteurized with Propylene Oxide. We are asking all our manufacturers to use steam pasteurization for their commercially grown almonds. We also are in the process of replacing any products that continue to use almonds pasteurized with the PPO process.

For more information about the almonds and almond products that Rainbow sells, consult our Almond Information Board (in the Bulk Department) or ask a Bulk Worker.

For detailed specifics on problems associated with the almond treatment rule, please see the Almond Fact Sheet, prepared by The Cornucopia Institute at:

www.cornucopia.org/almond/AlmondFactSheet.doc >>

or

www.cornucopia.org/index.php/almonds >>

For a sample letter to USDA Secretary Chuck Conner,
expressing opposition to this regulation, click
 here >>




Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays
5 pm to 7 pm

At the Loading Dock on Trainor Alley
between 13th and 14th streets

*For more information about the SF Biofuels Coop, go to:
sfbiofuel.org >>

Beets, Cabbage, Guava, and Swiss Chard...

Find out what these foods can do for you
at Yahoo Health >>


(click here to order gift certificates online)

SAY CHEESE !!

Check out the Rainbow Cheese Blog
Or a list of Local Cheese Producers
(where they are and what they make)


Check out the Rainbow Cheese Blog here >>

Find out about local cheeses here >>


New Discount for Bicyclists !!

In an effort to promote alternative transportation,
Rainbow is now offering a 10% discount for members
of the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition
(with current membership card and valid picture I.D.)


Visit the SF Bike Coalition website at sfbike.org >>

Find out about other Rainbow discounts here >>

Get Fresh Perspectives !

Our March produce newsletter is now available.
Just click here to download a PDF.


 

All sale items are available while supplies last
and are subject to change at any time.

FEATUREDPRODUCTS  

We have remedies
for Colds and the Flu.
The following products are on sale
in our Vitamins Department:

Alacer
Emergen-C
LemonLime or Pink Lemonade
36 pack, 1000 mg per pack
Sale Price: $8.99 (reg. $10.99)

Eclectic Institute
Lomatium Osha Throat Spray
1 oz
Sale Price: $6.22 (reg. $7.15)

Natural Factors
Anti-V Formula
with Echinamide, 60 gel
Sale Price: $11.75 (reg. $13.50)

Now Foods
AlphaSorb-C
500 mg, 90 veg cap
Sale Price: $10.43 (reg. $11.99)

Now Foods
Vitamin C-1000 mg
with Bioflavonoids, 250 tab
Sale Price: $12.52 (reg. $14.39)

Allergy Season
Is Right Around The Corner.
Fortunately, we have:

bioAllers
Pollen Hayfever Allergy Treatment 1 oz
Sale Price: $7.79 (reg. $8.95)

Bioforce
Allergy Relief 120 tab
Sale Price: $10.96 (reg. $12.60)

Dr. Christopher
Respiratory Syrup 4 oz
Sale Price: $11.75 (reg. $13.50)

Natra Bio
Child's Allergy Relief 1 fl oz
Sale Price: $5.99 (reg. $7.15)

More sale items in Vitamins >>

All sale items are available while supplies last
and are subject to change at any time.


Rainbow is closed on the following dates:

New Year's Day
Martin Luther King Day (3rd Monday in January)
Cesar Chavez Day (March 31st)
May Day (May 1st)
Gay Pride Day (Last Sunday in June)
Labor Day (1st Monday in September)
Thanksgiving (4th Thursday in November)
Christmas (December 25th)


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