Box Divvy Rathmines - Cheapside

Box Divvy Rathmines - Cheapside Box Divvy, Social Enterprise, food box sharing connecting growers & food wholesalers with the Food H Hub name: Rathmines - Cheapside

Pick up Tuesday. WANT MORE?

Home Delivery offered but please ask first. Due to COVID-19 Our Local Food Hubs Have in place Hygiene, Packing and Social Distancing protocol. So a Wave and smile from a distance on pick up. Community working together. To register for the Hub use this link
https://app.boxdivvy.com.au/register/hub/145

Box Divvy is Community owned and run. This is a fruit veg and grocery cooperative. We purchase a

s a group up to 40% cheaper than supermarkets. It’s a Smart coop and you get more of what you want than a normal coop. Box Divvy is a food box sharing system connecting growers & food producers directly with the Food. It is community owned and run designed to cut your food bill. You join online - there is no registration fee. https://www.boxdivvy.com/ You use an App on your phone or computer or a pad to order. Working with Western Sydney Diabetes Alliance - our aim is to provide accessible, inexpensive good quality fresh food.


4 DAY ORDER CYCLE – FOR Tuesday pick up

Thursday 9pm – Order creation
It’s an OPT OUT SYSTEM so if you don’t want an order for the coming week, you must suspend prior to Thursday 9pm. Your “WISH LIST VOTE” and any changes you wish to make to your household size must also be done by Thursday 9pm. Friday - Starting Order Published
Login take up to 3 things out and JOIN SPLITS. Sunday 9pm - CUTOFF
Orders closed. Cards charged. There are 2 automatic processing’s, if those both decline - a $5 recharge fee is applied as it pays for someone to manually reprocess. You must pay BEFORE pick-up. Tuesday - PICK UP. You must pick up day of delivery at the pick-up time or arrange with Hubster. PAYMENTS
You must pay for your order once committed to an order cycle. Once in an Order Cycle we cannot withdraw an order. It is your responsibility to suspend the correct weeks. ORDERING SYSTEM
Dead simple. You share boxes online using the App. SUSPENDING ORDERS
When you tick the date, wait, it will turn red to confirm suspension. You’re expected to order weekly or fortnightly. STARTING ORDER
There’s a Starting Order based on your weekly ‘wish list’ VOTE and you can take out up to 3 things. Every week BEFORE Order Creation do a Wish List Vote to help Hubster (person who organisers Hub) to set up Starting Order. SHARE BOXES known as SPLITS
If you wish for more, you join Splits and share boxes. You can suggest a box to share or to your Hubster. Such as saying to your group: “Who’d like to share a box of apples?”

At order cut-off you pay automatically online (Visa or Mastercard & Secure Eway Payment gateway) then boxes from growers & food wholesalers come to the Hubster’s house for packing. You pick up from their place or they may offer home delivery. FRUIT, VEG, BREAD, EGGS – Order, pay, receive this week
GROCERIES – Order, pay, receive next week due to fresh roasting of coffee and made to order. BREAD baker direct – Minimum HUB order total is $30
GROCERIES wholesaler direct – Minimum HUB order is $75. MEAT AND SEAFOOD (NEW) – Order every 4 weeks. READ THE AMOUNTS YOU ARE PURCHASING
Please check carefully if the items are single, handfuls, 500gm, 1 kg etc. Don't assume it's by one item. EXAMPLE: Cherries sold by the box, make sure you’re not putting in 5 thinking it's handfuls when it's boxes. Read the descriptions please. EXTRAS
There are ALWAYS extras as the box belongs to members so your Hubster will divvy extras when available. There is also usually a SWAP box - if you forget to customise your Starting Order, you can throw in some apples and take out some carrots that someone else did not want. You will get great value. COMMUNITY BOX
Many Hubster’s ask members if this SWAP BOX can become a COMMUNITY KINDNESS BOX given to a family in need. This is part of the Social Enterprise experience by being part of the Hub. NOT WANT AN ORDER? There are no contracts, you can suspend orders when you don’t want them. WANT EXACTLY 1 tomato 2 oranges? Then Box Divvy is not for you. This is a coop and things are in handfuls NOT exact items. You need to be flexible but you'll always get good value. We are a group of community minded people wanting to change the food system. Reduce packaging and pay our farmers fairly. By reducing our carbon footprint by 90% this means we buy in bulk as a group and then share it. We need to be a bit flexible. You will know roughly what you will get but you can’t get exact. We have a Packing Guide but the numbers will change as produce is smaller or larger. Mostly you will get extras overall. HOW DO I KNOW WHAT I SPEND? EASY. You will pay the STARTING ORDER PLUS if you join in SPLITS or ADD Groceries. At the bottom of MY ORDER you will see the MAX you will pay if all your SPLITS get over the line, any groceries you’ve ordered and the Starting Order. You can reduce the SPLITS or Groceries you joined BEFORE CUTOFF. PACKAGING
Much of the produce comes loose so please provide your Hubster with a NAME LABELLED BAG: ALSO - calico/wash nets to put handfuls in (do not expect your Hubster to provide paper bags please): Bring in your old icecream containers, for example, for the Hub to put soft stuff in. If you get an item in plastic, recycle it in your soft plastic bin. We don't interrupt the packing from the farmer. Farmers are trying to work out how to transport produce and it can’t always be plastic free - for the moment. The Sugar Cane bags are not strong, don't last and definitely not airtight. Cardboard and paper fall apart. New technology is being worked on. NOT FOR ME
If after you’ve tried it and Box Divvy is not working the way you want, then you can cancel membership. So? Join our group to make a difference. You have the power to do so. Cut your food bill significantly – Wow! The goal: to cut your food bill, without compromising on the quality, freshness and variety of food. With minimal effort, minimal packaging and food miles, and still paying farmers and suppliers a fair price for their produce.

What Happens When Farmers Quit and How Box Divvy Supports Them 🧑‍🌾 One in 3 veg growers say they are considering quittin...
17/06/2025

What Happens When Farmers Quit and How Box Divvy Supports Them 🧑‍🌾

One in 3 veg growers say they are considering quitting in the next year. Dairy farmers are not the only ones doing it tough. Did you know that across Australia, 34% of vegetable farmers are considering leaving the industry within the next year?

Rising costs, shrinking returns, and pressure from supermarkets are forcing many small farmers to hang up their boots. When growers quit, fresh local food becomes harder to find, prices go up, and communities lose vital connections to where their food comes from.

Adding to the challenge, climate change is hitting local growers hard. Unpredictable weather—droughts, floods, and heatwaves makes farming riskier and less predictable. Crops can fail or produce less, while pests and diseases thrive in warmer conditions. These pressures increase costs and stress, sometimes forcing farmers to scale back or leave farming altogether.

For most communities, this means fewer fresh, local foods and rising prices.
Here’s the good news: as part of the Box Divvy community, you’re helping change that story❤️.

The Box Divvy community are supporting these farmers by directly purchasing their products, build resilience by encouraging more sustainable farming and providing a steady income. Then farmers have a chance at adapting to climate changes and growing the food we all rely on.

How We Work With Our Farmers

At Box Divvy, we don’t just deliver food we build genuine partnerships with the farmers who grow your produce.

Here’s how we support them:

🥑Fair pay & honest prices: We pay prices that reflect the true cost of growing fresh, seasonal food, not the rock-bottom rates supermarkets often impose. This helps farmers cover their costs and keep farming sustainably.

🥑Collaborative seasonal planning: We work closely with growers throughout the year to plan crops based on what our community wants to eat. This reduces waste and means you get fresher, more delicious produce.

🥑Sustainability & care: We support farmers committed to environmentally friendly practices that protect soil, water, and pollinators because healthy farms make healthier food.

🥑Open communication: We stay connected with farmers, sharing challenges like weather or pests and working together to find solutions that keep your box full and farms thriving.

Why This Matters to You!

You might wonder if ethical eating fits your budget. The truth is, when you shop seasonally, support local growers, and reduce waste, you often save money compared to buying processed or imported food. Plus, you’re investing in a food system that values people, planet, and community.

Every Box Divvy order sends a powerful message to growers: “We see you, we value you, and we want you to keep growing.”

So next time you unpack your Box Divvy fresh fruit and veg, remember: it’s more than just food. It’s a lifeline for farmers, a boost for communities, and a way to eat ethically without breaking the bank.

Thank you for being part of this Unsupermarket movement!😊🫶

🤑 This weeks Box Divvy deals 🤑Fuji Apples 🍎 Fuji apples are officially the sweetest of the mainstream varieties, with 15...
15/06/2025

🤑 This weeks Box Divvy deals 🤑

Fuji Apples 🍎

Fuji apples are officially the sweetest of the mainstream varieties, with 15% to 18% sugar. What’s not so sweet is: supermarkets axing Fujis to make way for some fancypants new varieties that they can sell at a bigger premium. To support Fujis in their hour of need, here’s a sweet deal: $2.79 a kilo.

Red Capsicums 🫑

Can it get any sweeter than that? Yes, it can: super-sweet red capsicums are now arriving from North Queensland in impressive numbers, so here’s our Glut Buster: $3.75 a kilo. Last time we checked, they were $10 a kilo in the supermarkets.

Heinz American Mustard 🌭

We like our mustard here at Box Divvy: from the Bavarian and the Smoky Honey mustard from Beerenberg, to the Dijon from Spiral Foods. But for a hamburger or hotdog, you just gotta have Heinz American mustard. The Best Before Date is not until next year, and the 220ml bottle is just $2.29 a whopping 40% discount to the supermarkets.

They come hard on the heels of the Heinz Aioli: we still have about 300 left, and they are a massive 77% cheaper than supermarkets.

☆ M A R K E T U P D A T E ☆ Most fruits are reasonably priced, but the cold snap is creating havoc for many vegetables...
14/06/2025

☆ M A R K E T U P D A T E ☆

Most fruits are reasonably priced, but the cold snap is creating havoc for many vegetables.

On the brighter side: egg prices are coming down…slowly. This week, they’ve dropped by nearly 5% to $8.79 and we’ve removed the customer limit altogether.

Apples 🍎 and pears 🍐 remain mostly well-priced, especially Fuji and Gala apples, and Josephine and Packham pears. Other good value fruit includes papaya, passionfruit, pineapples🍍 and kiwi🥝 but watermelons🍉 have tightened up, and rockmelons🍈 are scarce as hen’s teeth.
In citrus, we’re sticking with Cara Cara as the better-value Navel 🍊 whilst in mandarins, Imperials are coming down (although at $3.84/kg, they have some way to go). Early season Murcotts (almost seedless) are still the better value. In other citrus, Ruby’s are cheap but limes have tightened right up. New season Quince have arrived! Berries🍓🫐 are slowly coming down in price, with more to come over the next few weeks.

In vegetables, things are looking a little ugly, courtesy of the cold spell that most of the eastern seaboard (including North Queensland) has been suffering for nearly 2 weeks now. Snow has been reported in the Tablelands and in the Blue Mountains.

However, there are plenty of bright spots, including avocadoes🥑 for under $1, bean prices dropping (although still pricey), medium-sized wombok for $2.25, small cauliflowers for under $4, and red capsicum for $3.75 a kilo.

Potatoes🥔, onions🧅 and pumpkins remain good value, but almost all leafy greens🥬, leek, snowpeas, cucumbers🥒 and zucchini have gone up in price some spectacularly such as zucchini, leek and silverbeet which have nearly doubled.

However, like most things, “this too shall pass”. Moussa is still predicting a glut, and if the Bureau is right they’re still forecasting above average temperatures for the rest of June and July, Moussa might be right as well.

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