I decided that for the rest of the winter season I will not be purchasing from the winter buying club.

The money I pay to the winter buying club is a deposit that has to be paid a few weeks before the food is actually delivered. I was using my credit card for the deposit because I get 1% cash back and I like any sort of free money I can get my hands on. However, the past few months have resulted in missing food. I do get credited back for the stuff not delivered, but the credit isn’t posted for another month after the delivery date. The food hasn’t been delivered for any number of reasons including bad weather, delivery sent to the wrong site, etc. This is annoying because I planned menus based on what I ordered. And if a key ingredient doesn’t arrive, it messes my plans up. And now I have a cash flow problem because I have to use money budgeted for something else to get the food I wanted.

I have been using the fair food stand and a natural food store to supplement our food purchases so I will continue to buy locally…just not from the winter buying club.