We buy food together.

Why we're doing this

The club is run by Lamoni Finlayson, a neighbor in Soda Springs. For now, the club runs as a non-profit. We have three goals:

• Increase food security for our community.
• Support local Providers.
• Save money when we can.

Every penny goes to food. Right now, all the money paid to the club is spent on food, not on running the club. If the work ever grows too big for one person, we may need to add a fee to cover it. If we do, we'll be open about what the fee is and what it pays for.

How the club will work

This is how we plan to run the club once enough neighbors sign up:

1. Each month, Consumers pay into the club.
2. We pool our money and buy from Providers, or from our fallback suppliers.
3. We split what we buy between the households who paid in that month.

Wholesale and bulk sellers usually save their lower prices for big orders. One household can't reach those amounts alone. When we pool our money, we can.

It's month to month. Each month is its own agreement. Consumers can opt out at any time.

It's risk-free. Some months, we may not collect enough to reach wholesale and bulk prices. If that happens, you choose: we give your money back, or we hold it until enough Consumers join to reach those prices. We are not here to make money.

We'll be open about the money. Consumers will see what we bought, what we paid, and how it was split.

We can't promise you'll save money every month. We do promise to try our best. We'll do it while we support local Providers, cut down on food waste, and come together as a community in hard times for food security.

Where the food comes from

The club looks for local Providers in Caribou County first.

When we cannot find a local producer for a product Consumers want, we fall back to other suppliers, like distributors and bulk food stores.

We can't promise to find a Provider for everything you want, but we will try our best. Think of it like a vote. Every Consumer's list counts the same, and the products the most people ask for come first. Over time, as more Consumers join and we learn what people want most, we expect to find Providers for more products.

See our fallback suppliers and the order we use them

This is the first step

We are finding out if a buyers club is worth doing here. Sign up and tell us how to reach you. There is no payment and no order form on this site.

When enough neighbors sign up, we'll reach out by email or phone before the first order.

Questions?

Email Lamoni at lamoni@cariboucountybuyersclub.com.