2 & 5 Shop is going great
The first three months of the shop are nearly under our belt. We have now employed a shop assistant and have added to our repatoir of goodies, Local Honey, Local Eggs-from Kossie Eggs and Jam and Pickles form our very own Jam Group..
We are now open 6 days a week, Monday to Friday 9a.m. – 4p.m. and Saturday 9.30 a.m. till 1 p.m.
Project Proposal for Urban Seed Labuan Sq without finance
2 & 5 Fresh Food Shop
The 2 & 5 Fresh Food Shop will provide a small community run shop where the residents of Norlane can access affordable high quality fresh fruit and vegetables. The shop will be called 2 & 5 to reflect the recommended daily allowance of 2 servings of fruit and 5 servings of vegetables a day
The Fresh Foods Shop will have low start-up cost and the financial and ongoing costs will be small, due to co-locating at Urban Bean. Cash flow projections indicate it should be financially self-sustaining within two months. This is as it is linked in with the other Food Skil retail outlets, 2 & 5 Fresh Food Market at Cloverdale Community Centre and Courthouse ARTS. The shop will also provide storage and reduce wastage from these two outlets and the fixed costs such as insurance.
Urban Seed has agreed to subsidise the first three months rent and once the shop is established, Urban Seed predicts increased customers for its social enterprise cafe, future rent and assist with Urban Seeds aim of the revitalisation of Labuan Square. Costs will also be subsidised through volunteers helping to staff the shop.
The 2 & 5 Fresh Food Shop will:
- Operate weekly during school hours, including school holidays. Initially during the cafe hours of Tuesday to Friday, from 9.30 till 1 p.m.
- Be staffed by volunteers and trainees.
- Be a venue for other community organisations to promote their activities i.e. Barwon Health, Salvation Army and Geelong Emergency Food Relief.
- Provide a venue for volunteers to learn job skills through Training such as Food Handling, Retail and contribute to their job ready skills.
- Provide affordable high quality fruit and vegetables cheaper than the local supermarkets.
To ensure profitability of the shop, other income streams will be pursued. These include operating fruit stalls at local schools during breaks, fruit baskets to local businesses and delivering set weekly boxes to local residents)
