Many Jacksonville residents were introduced to Jax Natural Foods Buying Club this morning when they tuned into Good Morning Jacksonville on First Coast News . The mention and link took all of the coordinators by surprise but the club is looking forward to the possible upswing in new membership. JNF, as many loving call the group, started from one woman’s goal to feed her family better on a tight budget. She started contacting suppliers and talking to like minded friends about the possibility of wholesale pricing. Over the years JNF has grown to include five major suppliers and many, many families from South Georgia, Jacksonville and even the St Augustine area.

JNF is a community volunteer run buying club which strives to bring the best quality organic and natural food to the area at the best possible price. Buying bulk wholesale from the suppliers and offering these deep discounts to members has kept the group growing even though the down turn in the economy produced smaller overall orders for the club. JNF’s suppliers include some of the biggest wholesale suppliers in the organic business including United Natural Foods and Frontier. Members enjoy being able to buy every day grocery items, bulk grains, spices, grass-fed meats, dairy and organic produce through the club.

Word of mouth advertising has been the Buying Clubs primary form of advertising due to the fact that much of the modest co-op fees go to sustaining the operation of the Buying Club itself. Low fees also makes coming up with improvement capital hard to come by for the group. A sudden increases of membership could help the Buying Club purchase a much needed second produce storage cooler and many other smaller, but much needed, purchases. That is why Jax Natural Foods would like to say a big thank you to First Coast News for recognizing our efforts of bring affordable high quality organic food to the Jacksonville area. And remember… eat green, live green, for less!