Co-op Partners Warehouse Spring/Summer Catalog 2022

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We Built Banana Ripening Rooms

TURNING

YELLOW

In 2020 Co-op Partners Warehouse created a direct

Our inventory can be managed daily with our

partnership with Equal Exchange to become a

customers in mind, ideally having turning and yellow

distribution hub for EE Fair Trade Organic bananas

bananas available at all times.

and avocados. We are proud of this co-op to co-op connection—Equal Exchange is cooperatively owned,

The rooms can also lend themselves to ripening and

their growers are small farmer cooperatives, and CPW

conditioning other fruits like avocados and mangos!

is part of the TCCP cooperative organization. The entire supply chain is a win-win for cooperatives! Bananas are a very complex fruit to ripen outside of their natural climate. The Cavendish banana found in markets across the country typically arrives in the port green, with the ripening process stalled by controlled temperature. To obtain that perfect yellow banana (that we all love) requires very specific temperature and humidity, and includes a little ‘bump’ of ethylene

Our ripening rooms include: • Three rooms with the capacity to hold 16 pallets each or 768 cases of bananas • Air-tight construction with 6-inch insulated walls • Three separate thermostats, and three separate humidity controls • Three roof-top compressors, and an ethylene generator that emits a small mist of ethylene gas to initiate the ripening

gas, a natural ripening element, to get the process

This project helps to expand the reach of Equal

started.

Exchange Fair Trade bananas and position CPW

The addition of ripening rooms allows us to manage the physical ripening and properly condition the fruit

as a primary organic produce distributor for the upper Midwest.

with controlled humidity, temperature, and ventilation.

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Packaging

1min
page 90

Refrigerated Bulk

3min
pages 86-87

Entrees & Veggie Burgers (retail

2min
pages 77-78

Frozen Bulk

2min
pages 84-85

Baked Goods, Muffins & Pies (retail packs

1min
page 75

Tea

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page 73

Sauces, Salsas, Condiments & Dressings

3min
pages 69-71

Nut Butters, Oils & Ghee

1min
page 67

Seasonings & Extracts

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page 68

Snacks & Chips

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page 66

Mixes, Flours, Grains & Pastas

1min
pages 63-64

Cereals, Granolas & Oatmeal

1min
page 61

Dried Fruit & Vegetables

1min
page 65

Fermented & Pickled Foods

2min
pages 57-58

Salsas

1min
page 55

Cheese

6min
pages 49-52

Eggs

1min
page 47

Yogurt & Kefir

1min
page 45

Soda & Sparkling Water

1min
pages 38-39

Butter

1min
pages 43-44

Mushrooms

1min
pages 28-29

Kombucha

3min
pages 32-33

Producer Profiles

11min
pages 8-14

Produce

1min
page 17

Peppers

1min
page 27

Ordering Information

3min
pages 5-6

A Letter from our Director

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page 7

CPW Builds Banana Ripening Rooms

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page 15

Salad Mixes

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page 26

Bestselling and New Products

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page 16
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