Meet Ryan Wilcox, Hanover Receiving Department
He’s got the broad shoulders you just might expect and the broad smile you just might not. It takes broad shoulders to work in the Co-op’s Receiving Department. A lot of freight comes in and out of those doors, and someone has to help it move quickly and make sure the right products get to the right places, each and every day. Ryan has worked in the Receiving area of our Hanover store for a long time. He’s very good at what he does, and he does it all with a willing smile and quiet, soft-spoken nature that makes him appreciated by both coworkers and customers alike.
Natural and Specialty Department
Looking for jerk seasonings or hot curries? How about a fancy horseradish or raspberry honey mustard pretzel dip? Dark chocolate? International foods? Where does it all end?
Giving Kids a Healthy Halloween
It’s sad but true: As a society, we bemoan skyrocketing rates of childhood obesity, then we fill the little rascals with all the candy we can give them on Halloween. So we asked Mary Saucier Choate—the Co-op’s Dietitian and Food and Nutrition Educator—to suggest some healthy alternatives, and her ideas were so practical and popular that we keep them on our website throughout the year. Mary is a big fan of dressing up and having fun on Halloween while still keeping health and wellness in mind. She is also always up for a challenge, and this certainly posed one. Suggestions could not include items that could easily be tampered with, so bulk foods, fresh fruit and vegetables, and other items from unsealed packages were out. What did she come up with?
