Langley
Pickup point goal
Goal: 50 Langley households to start planning a pickup point.
We show the count once 10 households have joined.
Langley · Abbotsford · Chilliwack
Neighbours buying staples together.
We are planning a household buying group for the Fraser Valley: neighbours pooling their orders for everyday staples so they can be bought by the case. Nothing is for sale yet. Join the waitlist and help your community reach its goal.
- Free to join the waitlist
- One email to confirm
- Leave any time
Pickup first, close to home.
The location depends on where neighbours sign up.
Community goals
Fill the row. Open a pickup point.
Each community has a goal: enough households on the waitlist to make a local pickup point worth planning.
Abbotsford
Pickup point goal
Goal: 50 Abbotsford households to start planning a pickup point.
We show the count once 10 households have joined.
Chilliwack
Pickup point goal
Goal: 50 Chilliwack households to start planning a pickup point.
We show the count once 10 households have joined.
Counts are confirmed waitlist sign-ups, one per household. They are not members and not orders. The goals are our planning targets, not promises.
The plan
How a buying cycle would work
This is what we are working towards. None of it is running yet.
1. Tell us what you buy
Pick the staples your household uses and how often.
2. We pool the demand
Requests are added up across neighbours and taken to suppliers for quotes.
3. You see the final price first
Nothing is charged until you have seen the final price and said yes.
4. Pick up close to home
Pickup points come first. Delivery only where it pays for itself.
What we're researching
Shelf-stable staples come first
Examples of what we are looking into. Nothing here is for sale, and there are no prices until a supplier gives us a real quote.
Nothing here yet
Later, when cycles open
Watch an order fill, case by case
Suppliers sell by the case. In a buying cycle each product shows how many cases neighbours have filled and whether the minimum order has been reached.
Preview of a future buying cycle. Example product, numbers and dates.
Illustration
Oats
Rolled oats, 2 kg bag
BudgetShelf-stableCase of 6 bagsCloses Fri 4 Dec, 8 pm
16of 24 bags requested
Case 3 is filling. 2 more bags fill it. Only full cases are ordered.
Member price and retail comparison
Shown here once a supplier quote is confirmed: the price per bag and per kg, and a dated, sourced comparison with the same product at retail. You approve the final price before paying.
Request bags
Not available yet. Buying cycles have not started.
- Full case
- Case that is filling
- Supplier's minimum order
How we keep it honest
Plain rules, from day one
A buying group only works if people can trust it. These are the rules we are building around.
Final price before you pay
You see the confirmed price and total, then decide.
No made-up numbers
Counts are real. Targets are labelled as targets. Savings appear only with evidence.
Your details stay private
We ask for little, never sell it, and show nothing about any one household.
Leave any time
Every email has a one-click unsubscribe. You can ask us to erase your details.
Questions
Before you join
What is this?
A plan for households in the Fraser Valley to buy everyday staples together. When enough neighbours want the same things, we can ask suppliers for wholesale quotes on full cases and share them out.
Today it is a pre-launch concept: a website, a waitlist and a lot of research. We do not sell anything yet.
Is it a co-op yet?
No. We are not yet an incorporated co-operative. We want households to have a real say in how it runs, and we will only call it a co-op once it is properly set up as one under BC law.
Until then, "co-op" in our name is a working name, and joining the waitlist does not make you a member of anything.
What does it cost?
Joining the waitlist is free, and we never ask for payment details on it.
Membership and any fees are not decided yet. Before anyone is asked to pay, we will publish the amount, what it pays for, your rights as a member and the refund rules.
Will I save money?
We can't promise that, and we won't claim it until we can show it. Buying by the case usually costs less per unit, but delivery, storage and running costs add up.
When we compare prices, we will use the same product and size, dated retail prices and the final price with every fee included.
Add your household to the row.
It takes a minute. We will email you when your community gets close to its goal, and before anything opens.
Join the waitlistFree. No payment details. Leave any time.