Pros of Door to Door Organics versus Purple Dragon Co-op

Delivery # 2 from the Purple Dragon Co-op.   It seems to have grown!  Very happy with this group.  We are still looking for more people to join with us so we can get a delivery point in CMCH so please let me know if you are interested in joining.

Someone asked me the pros of the Co-op versus the Door to Door.  As far as I can tell here they are:

1. Delivery Point:  Door to door organics delivers right to your door (PLUS) while the Co-op you have to pick up in CMCH and my buddy has to drive an hour north to pick it all up.

2.  Picking/Substitutions:  Door to door organics lets you make up to 5 substitutions on your order.  The co-op gives you what you get... no picking.

3.  Ordering other stuff:  Door to door lets you order also things other than just produce (although the prices are very high compared to the grocery store).  The co-op is all produce only.

4.  Price/Value:  Door to door organics is much more expensive than the Co-op.  Look at the picture above that I got for 50$ from the Co-op and look at this picture below that I got from door to door (the produce part was 25$):

5.  Work:  Door to door you pretty much check your email the friday before your delivery and you make your substitutions and order your extra stuff.  The co-op, if we can get the 15 people you have to spend about an hour every 3 months sorting the produce (you take turns).

6.  Interaction with other people trying to eat organic:  Door to door the delivery man said "I hope you like it" and was nice.  The co-op we text each other and share recipes and get excited about our boxes arriving.  I can see us having a little sort of community/friendship with each other.

The verdict:  I like both really.  I like to have the door to door organic to supplement the other weeks that I don't get the co-op.  They both have their pros and cons.  Money seems to win out for me and ultimately there is no beating the co-op for THAT.