At Roast, we do things to position ourselves ahead of our competition. We focus on quality and freshness and I’d like to share two things that will make a big difference!
Sassy Cow Creamery – Our new Milk Supplier!
Aside from coffee, the number one item we buy each week is milk. We use hundreds of gallons of milk each month and price is constantly fluctuating. We started looking for a new supplier when we had trouble controlling our costs.
We found Sassy Cow Creamery, a local company, and were instantly impressed. The big selling point for us was Sassy Cow has never used bovine growth hormone (rBGH). As we started doing our research on rBGH, we determined pretty quickly that it wasn’t a good thing. When you taste milk that contains rBGH and milk that doesn’t, there is a big difference. Milk that is free of rBGH tastes far better. We realized right away we needed to switch from our conventional milk to Sassy Cow.
Our first delivery will be this week. Come on in and try your favorite drink with Sassy Cow…you’ll taste the difference.
Sweet Water Organics Field Greens
We went to Farm Aid this past October and Sweet Water was there. We’re friends of Sweet Water and they’re friends of Roast. We started having a conversation about using their organic field greens in the café and they dropped off some samples. When we tasted it we said, “Yup, time to switch.”
Here’s Sweet Water’s process: Grow organic lettuce. Harvest it. Dunk it in cold-water. Deliver to Roast. That’s it.
Now think about the process of our commercial grade field greens provider: Grow lettuce in some other state. Harvest it. Send it down a conveyer belt to be washed. Package and Box it. Load it on pallet with 500 other boxes of the same stuff. Pack it onto a semi truck. Travel 500-2,500 miles to warehouse drop point. Put it on another semi to be delivered to local warehouse. Put it on another truck to be delivered to Roast. Um, wow.
We hope you’re excited as we are about the new additions. Both suppliers are super high quality, local, and super fresh. It’s a good fit for Roast and the customers we serve.
Now come support your local coffee shop!
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