{"id":2175,"date":"2012-07-10T21:49:39","date_gmt":"2012-07-10T21:49:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thesecretnewsonline.com\/?p=2175"},"modified":"2012-07-17T22:25:34","modified_gmt":"2012-07-17T22:25:34","slug":"buy-local-arizmendi-celebrates-9-years-with-community-appreciation-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thesecretnewsonline.com\/?p=2175","title":{"rendered":"Buy Local: Arizmendi Celebrates 9 Years with Community Appreciation Month"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"<\/a>A message from Arizmendi:<\/strong><\/p>\n

This month, we\u2019re celebrating our 9th anniversary of being a small local-serving business in Emeryville. For almost a decade, Arizmendi has prided itself in staying true to its mission of being a just and democratic workplace that provides an invaluable service to our surrounding community. \u00a0 We\u2019ve strived to offer community members the best products we can at the most affordable rates, provide a central gathering space that strengthens our community, \u00a0and maintain socially-conscious\u00a0practices such as donating to local organizations, using products that don\u2019t exploit workers or the environment, and advancing our cutting-edge cooperative business model that prioritizes people over profits.<\/p>\n

We could not have stayed true to our mission and still stayed successful in the midst of arguably the most significant recession of our times without the incredible support of our customers. As we reflect on our accomplishments, we thought it would only be appropriate to celebrate our birthday by honoring our community with a month full of promotions and fun events as a token of our appreciation.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Highlights:<\/strong><\/p>\n