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DICK’s Sporting Goods at 8292 Tamarack Village, in Woodbury, Minnesota
November 8, 2020Visit DICK’S Sporting Goods and Shop a Wide Selection of Sports Gear, Equipment, Apparel and Footwear! Get the Top Brands at Competitive Prices. THE STORY BEGINS … DICK’S Sporting Goods was founded in 1948 when an 18 year-old Dick Stack was working at an Army surplus store in Binghamton, New York. An avid fisherman, Dick […]
Lunds & Byerlys at 7050 Valley Creek Plaza, in Woodbury, Minnesota
November 8, 2020Large comprehensive upscale grocery store. OUR HISTORY: In 1939, Russell T. Lund opened a neighborhood grocery store on Lake Street. Today, 80 years later, his grandson continues their family tradition of quality, value and service. LUNDS & BYERLYS TODAY: We’re growing and evolving to meet our customers’ needs and support the communities we share. THE […]
Jerry’s Foods at 7760 Hargis Pkwy., in Woodbury, Minnesota
November 8, 2020Jerry’s Foods grocery stores are proud to offer a wide range of unique products and specialize in bakery and catering. How We Started: In 1947 at Grandview Market in Edina, Jerry Paulsen was the neighborhood butcher, the kind of man who knew all of his customers by name and cut their steaks and chops to […]
Cub Foods at 8432 Tamarack Village, in Woodbury, Minnesota
November 8, 2020Cub Grocery Store, Delivery and Pickup Huge comprehensive grocery store: Grocery shopping at Cub Foods has never been easier with online grocery shopping, including grocery delivery and store pickup! Cub.com offers thousands of grocery and household items, such as fresh produce, meat, and seafood, deli and bakery, Quick and Easy Meals, healthy natural and organic […]
Trader Joe’s at 8960 Hudson Rd., in Woodbury, Minnesota
November 8, 2020In 1958, Joe Coulombe took over a small chain of convenience stores around the LA area. These were called Pronto Markets. The whole idea was fast. Pronto – quick, right? And they were convenience stores, before we really even know what convenience stores were. The kind of place where you could get anything from, say, […]
Kowalski’s Market at 8505 Valley Creek Rd., in Woodbury, Minnesota
November 8, 2020Our markets were created out of our family’s love and passion for delicious, healthy foods and inspired by families looking for a place where they’d love to shop and be proud to call their own. The flow of our markets is designed to be easy and convenient. The environment is relaxed and well organized. It’s […]
Whole Foods Market at 305 Radio Dr., in Woodbury, Minnesota
November 8, 2020We sell hundreds of Fair Trade products! Who are we? Well, we seek out the finest natural and organic foods available, maintain the strictest quality standards in the industry and have an unshakeable commitment to sustainable agriculture. Add to that the excitement and fun we bring to shopping for groceries, and you start to get […]
Small Things Fair Trade at 9140 Hudson Rd, in Woodbury, Minnesota
November 8, 2020Small Things Fair Trade is a place where you can feel GREAT about buying truly lovely things. We believe you don’t need to trade shopping style and quality for shopping ethically. What drew us to fair trade? The stories of the individual artists and farmers whose lives are dramatically better, simply due to being paid […]
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October 30, 2020Walgreens, at 3240 W Lake St in Minneapolis
October 30, 2020America’s premier pharmacy How did a neighborhood drugstore, founded in 1901 and measuring just 50 feet by 20 feet, become the pharmacy all others are measured by and one of the most respected American corporations? It all started in a town called Dixon It would be impossible to tell the story of Walgreens drugstores without […]
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October 28, 20206th Fair Trade Minneapolis Steering Committee Meeting, virtual via Zoom, Monday, October 19, 2020, from 7:30 to 9:00 pm
October 22, 2020Agenda: 1. Meet & Greet 2. Your experiences with Fair Trade: Have you recently seen / learned/ thought of / done something with or about Fair Trade that you’d like to discuss? Do you expect “Fair Trade” to work its way into your holiday shopping? If yes, how? 3. Calendar: Our upcoming meetings. Does anybody […]
Fair Trade Minneapolis 101 – More than just coffee, chocolate & trick-or-treats! – A Multimedia Presentation via Zoom, Monday, Oct 5, 2020, 7:30 to 9:00 pm
October 22, 2020Meet and Greet: We introduced ourselves and talked about how we’re doing these days. We watched a great video about Patagonia and Fair Trade in Sri Lanka. Geen (“Jean”), our newest team member, with interest in Fair Trade and international business, presented Fair Trade apparel. Kimberly presented Fair Trade yarn (goat, sheep, cotton) with videos […]