FRIDAY UPDATE

We are pleased to announced that we passed the state's health inspection. Zero pests were found. The store opened at 7 a.m. and, as of this morning, prepared foods has been cleared to reopen. Our Service Case, Fresh To Go Case and Sandwiches are available now. Salad Bar will be available shortly. Hot Bar and Soups are anticipated to be around 12:30 p.m. Fresh baked goods are anticipated around 11:30 a.m.

We are sincerely thankful to you - our owners, shoppers and the community as a whole, for your patience and understanding. Please know that we are working now to improve this co-op to ensure that nothing like this will happen again. We look forward to regaining your trust.

If you have any questions, please contact the co-op at ownerservices@themerc.coop.

THURSDAY UPDATE

As a community-owned co-op we are committed to complete transparency with the public. We are deeply embarrassed to admit that health inspectors identified a pest issue within an isolated portion of the store.

We are aggressively working to remedy the issue in the prepared foods area of the store. Fortunately, the state found no issue with the rest of the store and has already cleared us to reopen. We will do so at 7 a.m. tomorrow, Friday.

Thank you for your continued support of the co-op. Should you have questions, please contact us ownerservices@themerc.coop.