Good morning! Canada turned 151 years old on Sunday and we hope that you celebrated to the best of your abilities and remembered that we are a nation rivalled around the globe and that we are fortunate to live in such a vast, beautiful and peaceful country. And our American friends will celebrate their nation's separation from Britain tomorrow by binge watching Independence Day or Born on the Fourth of July or Yankee Doodle Dandy. Another possibility is Red Dawn (the Patrick Swayze version). Maybe Clear and Present Danger or Bull Durham...there's just so many choices!
Ok, as many of you are aware, the 9th Annual Local Island Showcase is quickly approaching in a few days. You will kick yourself if you don't make it out to this epic event! Here's a list of our confirmed vendors:
- Berryman Farms
- B & C Foods
- Stubborn Chef Mini Hot Pot
- Snowdon House Gourmet & Gifts Victoria BC
- Singing Bowl Granola
- Heart & Bone Provisions
- McClintock's Farm
- 49 Below Ice Cream
- Caesar Squeezers
- Daksha's Gourmet Spices
- Victoria Soda Works
- Mixers and Elixirs
- Gentle Earth Products Ltd.
- Level Ground Trading
- Kettle and Hive
- Unity Jun
- Salt of Life
- Cascadia Gluten-Free Foods
- Natural Pastures Cheese Company
- Eurosa Farms
- Laughing Daughters Gluten Free Foods Inc.
- Rootside Cocktail Mixers
- Caddy Bay Liquor
- Portofino European Wholesale Bakery
- Fatso
- Saltspring Kitchen co.
- Phillips Soda Works
- Sproutalicious Smart Cookies
- Babe's Honey Farm
- Fudge In A Round
- The Cultured Nut
- Holy Homous
- Fatbutt
- Ruby's Pakoras
- Mayflower Bakery
- From The Earth Curry Powder
- Holy Grail Chocolate Sauce
- Rebecca's Best Hot Sauce
We look forward to seeing you join us there!
As for new items, there are a few to tell you about this week starting with two new beverages from Natur-a. Natur-a Fortified Almond Beverage and Natur-a Fortified Almond & Coconut Beverage. Both are unsweetened, low calorie, lactose free, soy free, carrageenan free, and non-GMO. And the almond beverage is gluten-free as well! Look for these under the television monitor in Aisle 1!
A new product from Italy is Suzie's Organic Saltines Crackers. Available in both Rosemary & Sesame and Salt and Extra Virgin Olive Oil, they come in a package of 8 portion packs! You don't have to worry about them going stale before you finish eating them. But once you try them, they won't last long in the cupboard anyway. Jill from Vancouver says, "Best soda cracker I've ever tried!" See?
Another delicious import, and arriving just in time for summer, is Villaolivo's Organic Gazpacho. This staple of Spanish and Portugese cuisine is hugely popular during the hot summer months for being a cool and refreshing food. And we offer it in two convenient sizes: a grab and go 250 ml size which is perfect for your lunch cooler bag or we have a larger 1 litre size for taking home or to a picnic! It's also a great low calorie and gluten-free option!
Our Dairy Department sells a lot of Faith Farms Cheese. And for good reason. Not only is it excellent cheese (it's made by Armstrong Cheese of Armstrong BC who, by the way, are two-time World Cheddar Champions), it's priced right, too. So we figured that instead of just offering three varieties, we'd add another two. And that's just what we did! Faith Farms Pizza Mozzerella and Faith Farms Havarti are now available and waiting to be enjoyed by you and your family!
As always, your latest advertised specials for July 3-9 are attached for your convenience.
See you at the Local Island Showcase on Thursday!
Pepper's Foods