Adjustment to a Flat 10% Discount During Member Appreciation Days
Adjustment to a Flat 10% Discount During Member Appreciation Days
Dear Maple City Market Co-op Members: Effective with our upcoming quarterly Member Appreciation Days on September 10 thru September 13, Co-op Members who have paid-in-full or are current with their member dues payments will receive a 10% Member Discount off a single purchase. The Co-op will no longer be able to offer discounts up to 20%.
For the past four years (starting soon after Covid-19 started) Maple City Market began offering quarterly member discounts of 10/15/20% off a single purchase. The discount level was determined by the size of the purchase. While this has proven to be very popular, it’s also become increasingly difficult for us to manage and a larger expense than was anticipated.
Starting with our upcoming September Member Appreciation Days, we will be capping the discount at 10% off a single purchase- similar to how we previously ran the program prior to 2020. By simplifying the discount, we’re able to include more items, such as CO-OP DEALS, FRESH DEALS, and other sale Items that were previously excluded.
The 10% discount, however, will not stack with other discounts. For example, if you pre-order a full case, you will still receive the 10% case-discount, but not an additional 10% Member Appreciation discount. A handful of items in the store are not eligible for the Member Discount, including dairy milk (due to its very low profit margin) and Thanksgiving turkeys, for the same reason. Beer & Wine are also excluded from Member Discounts as per State of Indiana rules.
As a Co-op, we are owned by our shoppers who live in our community and regularly shop at our store. We pay attention to our profit margins so we can continually reinvest in the business and improve everyone’s shopping experience. Thank you to all our shoppers and Co-op Member/Owners for supporting our one-of-a-kind community-owned grocery store! We hope you will visit us for our 10%-off Member Appreciation Days 9/10 thru 9/13. Questions and comments can be directed to gm@maplecitymarket.coop.
As always, anyone can shop at the Co-op! If you are not a Member/Owner and interested in learning more, here are some benefits and details: https://maplecitymarket.coop/membership/