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傳送日期︰ 2011年09月30日 (週五) 2:59 PM
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The People's vouchers TPS has lovingly prepared some money saving vouchers for you to use in store. Print them off and use them on your next shop...until they expire! Click here to download and print them out.     Franco's farm (E-I-E-I-O!) Fancy a trip to Franco's farm on Sunday 16th October? He has invited us to come down, so if you're interested drop us a line at membership@thepeoplessupermarket.org and we can tell you more about it.     Come here often? One of our members is doing her undergraduate research project on TPS membership and healthy eating. If you are a (fairly) regular TPS visitor and have a spare 5-7 minutes, please complete the online survey (http://www.smart-survey.co.uk/v.asp?i=40771dyely). Alternatively, keep an eye out for the paper version/postbox placed conveniently next to the shift roster in the common room. Don't forget to leave your email address or telephone number plus first name if you want a chance of winning £25 (Renew your membership, go wild in TPS aisles or spend as you wish - winner to be announced 25th November.) Please read the introduction page of the survey for more information and thankyou in advance. Cous-cous samples Sat 15 October The guys from Healthy Oils will be coming down to the store on the 15th to give recipe ideas and suggestions from the kitchen. They provide our olive oils and cous cous, so come on down - there will be a range of cous-cous dishes to try and use to inspire your cooking!   Members meeting 5 October, 6-8pm Join us and have your say in what goes on around here.   New member inductions Thu. 13 October, 7pm; Sat. 29 October 11am (TBC) Recently joined us? Let us know when you want to join us (email membership@thepeoplessupermarket.org or give us a ring on 020 7430 1827)    Tantalising tastings Thurs 6 October, Fri 7 October, Sat 8 October Organico is coming in with delicious Mediterranean tasters just for our customers: try things such as olives, tapenade and grilled vegetables.    We are the champions! We won the Smart Future Urban Awards in Frankfurt a few weeks ago. Which means all members now own (part of) the brand new TPS, SMART electric car! Read all about our success here / here and wait with baited breath to see your share of the prize.     Christmas hamper At our recent Supper Club we launched (and auctioned off) our first hamper.  Check out the website for details of what it icludes (go to the 'Help Us' tab). We are currently developing our £40 and £20 hampers (prices subject to change) so if you have any burning desires, let us know!     Hygiene certified help! Sunday 9 October If you have done your hygiene training and are free on Sunday 9th October, we'd love your help making jams and Christmas cakes. Email products@thepeoplessupermarket.org if you can help.    Bloomsbury Festival stall Do you want a stall at the Bloomsbury Festival on the 23 October? If you are in to arts and crafts and have wares to sell, let us know. Email kate at office@thepeoplessupermarket.org for more details about the stalls and how to reserve one.   Calling all musicians! 23 October, Bloomsbury festival The Bloomsbury Festival organisers are after musicians who want to perform at this lovely event. For more details, check out the website, and if you're interested send us an email Kate at office@thepeoplessupermarket.org or give her a ring on 020 7430 1827.  Graphic designer needed - URGENTLY We get so many kind comments via our Facebook group and Twitter followers from people who would love to be involved in TPS, but are too far away. Well here’s something you can help with, wherever you live. We’re adding dozens of new product lines to the store in a few weeks and we want to create window displays to advertise the relaunch. If you’re a whizz with Photoshop and have the time to turn jobs like these round quickly, we’d love to hear from you.  No money, sorry, but it would add to your portfolio and we are happy to supply references for any work done and photos of the eventual in store displays. If you can help, email janehewland@gmail.com    Recipe card printing We are looking to print recipe cards, so we are looking for any members who work at- or have connections with a print shop, where we might be able to get some printing done at cost price. If you can help, email janehewland@gmail.com   Free 1 day pass at  We've arranged for members to have a free 1 day pass at Nuffield Health Fitness & Wellbeing Bloomsbury, as well as a discounted membership (enquire direct with the Centre). With your membership you get a Free Health MOT and a free 1 day pass. For more information or to book your free 1 day pass contact the membership team on 0207 713 8810 or email richard.smith@nuffieldhealth.com (please quote "Thepeoplessupermarket" when enquiring). You will need to present your membership card on arrival.   Can you help? We are looking for Members:  That know Independent Child Minders near TPS that Members with children could make arrangements with to look after their children during a shift at TPS. Cleaning Coordinator to organise a rota of regular cleaning by volunteers and members Training Coordinator (see message about trainings offered below) An Intern to assist the Membership Team 3 days a week, apply with this link http://tpsinternshipapplication. eventbrite.com Building works Assistant  Any one wanting more information please email membership@thepeoplessupermarket.org and put to the attention of Charlie.   Nisa As readers of this newsletter will know, we will be starting to order from our new wholesaler, Nisa Today's, in the coming weeks. When this happens we will be expanding our lines by a couple of hundred of lines. To achieve this we are planning on closing the shop for a Sunday afternoon to get all the new stock out on the shelves as quickly as possible. The date that we are pencilling in for this is Sunday the 2nd of October. We will be selling papers, bread etcetera outside as usual. We'd greatly appreciate any assistance members can offer throughout the day.    Training courses Selections are from health & safety, food & hygiene, customer service, visual merchandising, and more! You may receive certificate from some of the courses.  If you are interested in taking one of them, please email membership@ thepeoplessupermarekt.org. Please specify what course you would like to take. a: TPS e-learning (thanks to generosity of Upskill People http://www.upskillpeople.com/)   Individual online learning, includes Induction to retail, Health & Safety, Food Hygiene Essentials, Customer    Care Essentials, Sales and Service Essentials, Equality Essentials b: Customer service training from one of our members, Diana (professional retail trainer) Group workshop at TPS, covers Customer Service and Visual Merchandising, please email if interested and we will book a date. c: Food Safety & Hygiene (Retail & Manufacturing) Level 2 City & Guilds Qualification Free to the learner if they are improving their employment skills or looking for work, available to residents from any borough. Offered by Training Link.  TPS Members interested in becoming the Training Coordinator for these trainings at TPS? Let Membership Team know! Email to membership@ thepeoplessupermarket.org     Media students Are you, or do you know any media students looking to get some experience shooting and editing videos? We want to get some videos of the chefs at work. If you can help, or know someone who can, email janehewland@gmail.com   Online shift-booking service To book shifts in the shop, use your details to log in or sign up here. Get involved by uploading your photo to your profile and posting on the forums! Freshers' Fayre We need your help at the SOAS freshers' fayre (01.10.11)! Email membership@thepeoplessupermarket.org for more info and to sign up Please arrive 9:15am for a 10:00am start   Lamb's Conduit Street Sunday Lunch Saturday 23 October, 11-1pm Live music, food and stalls on Sunday 23rd October Spare afternoon? Spend it with us! We desperately need members to book their shifts this month; please call the shop, e-mail membership@thepeoplessupermarket.org or click here to book a shift. Mini-documentary Gleeds TV have made a fantastic new video all about The People’s Supermarket and where we're at now. You can view the video here. Many Thanks to Gleeds TV! Corrigendum: members don’t contribute £25 a month, but rather £25 a year, and 4 hours of time each month.

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