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GLUTEN FREE
"BLUE DOTS" Capella Market has a growing selection of gluten-free products throughout the store. To aid you in identifying these products, we have placed a small blue dot on shelf tags for gluten-free products. (We also maintain a list of gluten-free products that we carry in the grocery department. Download the PDF here.) Capella Market is a locally owned and operated natural foods supermarket located in the original Oasis Fine Foods Marketplace building in south Eugene. At Capella Market you will find: A wide array of natural, organic, gourmet & local packaged foods. Over 500 bulk items. Fresh high-quality produce, emphasizing local & organically grown. Chemical-free meats & seafoods. Full-service counter. Deli kitchen serving sand- wiches, soups, entrees, side dishes & food for events! Quality nutritional supplements, vitamins, tinctures, homeopathics and natural body care items. Over 550 wines from the Northwest, California, & around the world. Over 150 beers, from worldwide imports to regional microbrews. Friendly, knowledgeable, & experienced staff. 10% SENIOR DISCOUNT 10% DISCOUNT ON MOST FULL CASES SPECIAL ORDERS WELCOME STORE GIFT CARDS AVAILABLE OREGON TRAIL CARD WELCOME |
We started our annual 2-week 20% Off Body Care Sale yesterday! Save a fifth off regular price of all body care department products. It goes through May 22, while supplies last, no further discount.
Our annual Food Fair happens May 11 and 12 (tomorrow and Saturday)! We'll have samples and demos, wine and beer tastings, a parking lot barbecue, face-painting (Friday) and balloon-twisting (Saturday)! We will be featuring products made by member-businesses of Willamette Valley Sustainable Foods Alliance (www.wvsfalliance.org). Also, we're holding a multi-prize raffle to benefit WVSFA. Prizes include a folding travel bike, a charcoal grill, and a fabulous gift basket put together by WVSFA members. We hope to see you during the Food Fair!
Wednesday, 25 April 2012 New 2-week Ad, New Benefit Raffle
A new flyer came out today with specials good for the next two weeks. View or download at our Flyer page.
Also, we're starting a new benefit raffle benefitting Willamette Valley Sustainable Foods Alliance. Raffle tickets are $1.00 each, on sale now. This will be a multi-prize raffle, featuring a folding travel bicycle, a Weber charcoal grill, and a gift basket put together by WVSFA member businesses. Winners will be drawn during our Food Fair on May 12.
Friday, 6 April 2012 April Events
April is a busy month!
April 11 - 24: Annual 2-week Bulk Foods Department 15% OFF sale (while supplies last, no further discounts).
April 18 (Wednesday, noon-4pm): Quarterly Gluten Free Wednesday, featuring samples and demos, and your questions about celiac disease and gluten intolerance answered.
April 22 (Sunday, all day): in celebration of Earth Day, we're giving away reuseable Capella Market shopping bags for a minimum purchase of $25.
April 23 (Monday, 9am-1pm): Northwest Wellness staff will be in the store conducting low-cost health screenings. Northwest Wellness offers a wide range of individual tests, lab panels, and package screenings. A list of tests, as well as any requirements (such as fasting before the total lipid profile and the glucose diabetes test, etc.), is available at their website: www.nwwellness.com.
A little farther out, we'll be holding our Food Fair on May 11 and 12.
Friday, 23 March 2012 Beer and Wine Tastings Today and Tomorrow
Enjoy a free beer tasting today, 4-6pm, with John from Logsdon Farmhouse Ales! And tomorrow, free 4-6pm wine tasting with Isaac from Estelle!
Thursday, 22 March 2012 UPDATE, 9:30am: WE'RE OPEN
Hey, what do you know? The weather was good enough that we've got a crew here to run the store. Feel free to come on in and shop!
Wednesday, 21 March 2012 CLOSING 8PM TONIGHT, OPENING 10AM TOMORROW
IMPORTANT! Head's up everybody! Due to weather considerations, and for employee transportation safety, we are closing at 8PM tonight (Wednesday, 3/21). AND we are opening at 10AM on Thursday morning (3/22). Please be careful out there as temperatures are expected to drop, and more snow is expected tonight.
Friday, 16 March 2012 ANNIVERSARY WINE SALE & RAFFLE
Happy Birthday to us! Capella Market turns 7 today! In celebration, we're knocking 15% off all wine in stock today and tomorrow (while supplies last, no further discount), AND hosting wine tastings between 11am and 6pm both days. As part of our birthday festivities, we're selling $1 raffle tickets to benefit Western Environmental Law Center. Many prizes are available, including a Grand prize: a 2-night stay at Foris Winery (for up to 5 people).
Click on posters for large size:
Friday, 2 March 2012 Bucks for Pearl Buck
Capella Market is supporting the Pearl Buck Center's "Bucks for Pearl Buck" campaign during March, which is National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month, by selling "Bucks." You can purchase one Buck for one dollar. Every Buck you buy sends a dollar directly to help people with disabilities live fuller lives.
Wednesday, 15 February 2012 New 2-Week Ad, Thanks for Nominations, Citrus Tasting
A new two-week ad just started, and you can check out the flyer here.
The Register-Guard Readers' Choice enters phase 2 next week. Thank you for your nominations! We're holding our breath, waiting to see if Capella Market got enough nominations to get into the top 5 of one or more categories. Voting in phase 2 will start on February 20.
This coming Saturday, February 18, we'll be holding our annual Citrus Tasting event from noon to 4pm, offering samples of fresh citrus fruit in the Produce department, and citrus-inspired samples in other departments. Including: Shandy tastings in the Beer department. Lemon pepper chicken sausage in the Meat department. Lemon garlic pasta in the Deli. Feta with lemon, garlic & oregano in the Cheese department. And more!
In addition, the Natural Health department will have a variety of citrus Emergen-C samples. Also, enter to win a basket full of fresh citrus fruit! We'll draw the winning entry at 4 p.m.
Stick around for mimosa samples from the Wine department from 4 to 6 p.m.
Thursday, 2 February 2012 2012 Register-Guard Readers' Choice
We want to be your favorite! Please consider voting for us in the R-G's Readers' Choice poll! We're eligible in three categories: 1) Food--Deli, 2) Merchants & Retailers--Grocery Store, and 3) Merchants & Retailers--Natural Food Store. We'd love your nominations in all three.
Wednesday, 1 February 2012 New Two-Week Ad, Upcoming 2012 Events
Today we started a new two-week ad/flyer sale. You can check out the sale items online in a PDF or text version.
We've been busy putting together our 2012 event schedule. Some items on the calendar early in the year include: Citrus Tasting Event (Feb. 18), Seventh Anniversary and Wine Sale (Mar. 16-17), Bulk Food Sale (Apr. 11-24), Body Care Sale (May 9-22), and Food Fair (May 11-12). We hope you can join us for these events!
Monday, 16 January 2012 Gluten-Free Day Changing, Northwest Wellness Health Screenings
January 21 will be our final monthly Gluten-Free Saturday (noon-4pm). After that, we are going to a quarterly schedule, on Wednesdays. Gluten-Free Days for the remainder of 2012 will be: January 21, April 18, July 18, and October 17.
On Monday, January 30, from 9am to 1pm, Northwest Wellness staff will be in the store conducting low-cost health screenings. Northwest Wellness offers a wide range of individual tests, lab panels, and package screenings. A list of tests, as well as any requirements (such as fasting before the total lipid profile and the glucose diabetes test, etc.), is available at their website: www.nwwellness.com.
Tuesday, 10 January 2012 Let's Tell the FDA to "Just Label It"!
Capella Market has signed up to partner with the "Just Label It" campaign, and we urge our customers and friends to consider signing the petition to tell the FDA to require labeling of foods containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs). The Just Label It campaign is on the web at justlabelit.org, and is also on Facebook and Twitter.
Wednesday, 4 January 2012 New 2-Week Ad, Food Drive Results
Happy New Year! We started a brand new 2-week ad today. Prices are good through January 17. PDF and text versions available on our Ad Flyer page.
A huge thanks to all our customers who helped out with our Neighbors-In-Need Food Drive. You donated 1086 pounds of healthy food! Great job, everybody!
Friday, 9 December 2011 Holiday Tasting Fair, December Edition!
Our Thanksgiving side dishes proved so popular this year, we decided to make them available for Christmas-time! So, we're holding another Holiday Tasting Fair to give you a chance to sample these tasty side dishes.
The Tasting Fair will be Saturday, December 10, from noon to 3pm. Order forms for the side dishes are available at the deli. Food will be ready for pick up on December 22.
Tuesday, 29 November 2011 Neighbors-In-Need Food Drive
A couple weeks ago, we kicked off an in-store food drive program in collaboration with St. Vincent de Paul of Lane County. We're calling it NEIGHBORS-IN-NEED and it works like this: We make two sizes of pre-packaged healthy-food gift packs, "Pantry Stuffer" ($20) and "Protein Power Pack" ($10). You choose a gift pack, pay for it at the register, and put it in the food barrel. St. Vincent de Paul then picks up the donated packs and distributes them. It's a simple yet very solid way to help out your Lane County neighbors in need.
Here's the breakdown of what's in each size of food gift packs:
PANTRY STUFFER FOOD PACK
(selling price $20, actual retail value=$22.35):
Bob's Red Mill Organic Rolled Oats (16 oz.), Santa Cruz Organic Peanut Butter (16 oz.), Hy-Top Saltine Crackers (16 oz.), Stagg Chili (15 oz.), Pacific Soup (32 oz.), Truitt Bros. Green Beans (14.5 oz.), Bioitalia Pinto Beans (14 oz.), Mazzetta Pasta Sauce (25 oz.), Bella Italia Pasta (16 oz.).
PROTEIN POWER PACK
(selling price $10, actual retail value=$11.57):
Santa Cruz Organic Peanut Butter (16 oz.): Hy-Top Saltine Crackers (16 oz.), Stagg Chili (15 oz.), Bioitalia Pinto Beans (14 oz.), StarKist Canned Tuna (5 oz.).
Monday, 20 November 2011 Holiday Hours, Turkeys, Side Dishes
CAPELLA MARKET HOLIDAY HOURS:
Wednesday, Nov. 23: 8AM-10PM
Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 24: 8AM - 2PM
Christmas Eve, Dec. 24: 8AM - 6PM
Christmas Day, Dec. 25: CLOSED
New Year's Eve, Dec. 31: 8AM - 8PM
New Year's Day, Jan. 1: 10PM-8PM
As of today, our Fresh Diestel Turkeys are available for pick-up! If you haven't reserved one, call 541-345-1014 NOW and ask for the Meat Department.
Deli Thanksgiving Side Dishes are ready for pick-up on Tuesday.
Wednesday, 2 November 2011 Thanksgiving Turkeys and Side Dishes, Holiday Tasting Fair, New Ad
Holiday season is fast approaching, and we're here to help you celebrate and party! The Meat Department is now accepting reservations for fresh Diestel Thanksgiving Turkeys. These birds have never been given hormones or growth stimulants. They are vegetarian-fed and range grown. Call 541-345-1014 and ask for the Meat Department to place your turkey order.
Our annual Holiday Tasting Fair happens on Saturday, Nov. 12, noon-3pm, and will feature samples of cooked Diestel turkey and our Deli Kitchen's Thanksgiving Side Dish Menu. Order forms for the side dishes are available on the Deli counter. There will also be beer and wine tastings during the Tasting Fair..
Check out our new two-week ad, which runs through November 15. PDF and text versions available here: http://www.capellamarket.com/flyer.html.
Tuesday, 11 October 2011 Fall Festival, Green Dot Program
HARVEST FESTIVAL & BENEFIT RAFFLE FOR CENTER FOR APPROPRIATE TRANSPORT
Join us on Saturday, October 15, 12-6pm, for our FALL FESTIVAL! Lots of activities will be going on, including free face painting (12-4pm), Oktoberfest beer tasting with samples of bratwurst sausage from our meat department (2-4pm), a Center For Appropriate Transport information table (12-4pm), a pumpkin sale in the produce department, and all-day raffle drawings for multiple prizes ($1 tickets on sale now), including a Citizen folding bike. (Proceeds from the raffle will go to benefit the Center for Appropriate Transport.)
You'll also have a chance to vote on jack-o-lanterns carved by Capella staff members! As well, there will be wine tastings and lots of food samples around the store. We hope to see you Saturday, joining in the fun! (Please note: Gluten-Free Saturday has been cancelled this month. The next one is scheduled for November 19.)
GREEN DOT PROGRAM FOR GMO-FREE PRODUCTS
As many of you know, the issue of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in foods is a growing concern among people who care about what they eat. In response to these concerns, we are pleased to introduce Capella Market's NON-GMO Green Dot Program!
GMO-Free Products can now be easily identified by checking the product shelf tag for a green dot. All Green Dot items are verified by the NON-GMO Project. (Note: Not all GMO-Free products have the verified stamp at this time. Green-dotted products whose packages do not have the verification stamp are in the process of changing their labels to include the NON-GMO Verified certification.)
Support October GMO Free Month by selecting products without Genetically Modified Organisms! Ask a Capella Staff Member to learn more.
Wednesday, 28 September 2011 Raffle benefit for Center For Appropriate Transport
Next time you're in the store, in the vicinity of the customer service booth, look UP! We've got a Citizen folding bicycle hanging in the air, on display. We are currently selling $1.00 raffle tickets to benefit the Center for Appropriate Transport. Prizes include the bike as well as a variety of other goodies. We'll be drawing winners during our Fall Festival on Saturday, October 15. Buy as many tickets as you want, to increase your chances of winning multiple prizes!
Thursday, 15 September 2011 Supplement Sale!
With the new 2-week ad that started Wednesday, we're running our annual 20% OFF ALL NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS sale. It runs through September 27, while supplies last (no further discounts). Also, remember that September 17 is Gluten-Free Saturday at Capella Market. Please note that next month there will be NO Gluten-Free Saturday. We'll be holding our Fall Festival on October 15.
Friday, 2 September 2011 New Ad, Weekend Tastings
Check our current 2-week ad, which started on Wednesday and is good through September 13. Also, our weekly free beer tasting happens this afternoon (Friday, 4-6pm), featuring Stone Brewing from Escondido, CA. On Saturday, we'll have a "house pour" free wine tasting, 4-6pm. Have a great weekend, and we hope to see you shopping!
Thursday, 25 August 2011 Beer Sale & Multi-Prize Raffle Friday & Saturday
Our first-ever department-wide Beer & Cider Sale happens tomorrow and Saturday, Aug. 26-27. We're offering 20% OFF all beers and ciders (no other discounts apply, while supplies last) during those two days. As well, we'll have lots of tastings, a barbeque and raffle drawings, culminating in the grand prize drawing for a Fuji men's mountain bike at 4:15pm on Saturday. Here's the schedule of events:
Friday, Aug. 26:
1:30-3:30: Hop Valley (Beer Aisle)
1:30-3:30: Cascade Lakes (Wine Aisle)
4:00-6:00: Deschutes (Beer Aisle)
4:00-6:00: Fire Mountain (Wine Aisle)
4:00-6:00: Kevin makes ice cream beer floats (Dottie's demo area)
Saturday, Aug. 27:
12:00-2:00: 2 Towns Cider (Beer Aisle)
12:00-2:00: HUB (Beer Aisle)
12:00-2:00: Oakshire (Wine Aisle)
12:30-3:30: BBQ (Parking Lot)
12:30-3:30: Ninkasi (Parking Lot)
12:30-3:30: Caldera (Parking Lot)
1:30-4:30: Cascade Raptor Center (Customer Service Area, Front End):
2:30-4:30: Cider Tasting (Beer Aisle)
2:30-4:30: Lagunitas (Beer Aisle)
2:30-4:30: Oregon Trail (Wine Aisle)
4:15: BIKE RAFFLE
Thursday, 18 August 2011 Random updates
Heads-up: we'll be closing at 7pm on Wednesday, August 24, for our employee party.
Tomorrow (Friday, Aug. 19), Jason & Jeri Moniz of KK Ranch in Hawaii, producers for Country Natural Beef, will be at Capella Market for a CNB demo.
Saturday, August 20, is Gluten-Free Saturday here at the store. Come by and try some gluten-free samples, and get your questions about celiac disease and gluten intolerance answered. (Blue dots on grocery shelf tags indicate gluten-free status.)
A reminder: we're selling $1 raffle tickets for a multi-prize drawing during our big 20% Off Beer Sale, August 26-27. The grand prize is a Fuji Mt. Wheelworks men's mountain bike (pictured in previous post). Proceeds from the raffle will go to benefit Cascades Raptor Center.
We will be selling tickets for BRING's 2011 Home & Garden Tour, which is happening on Sunday, September 18. Tickets are $10 each (2 or more: $9 each). We should have our ticket supply by Friday, August 19.
Friday, 5 August 2011 New Ad, Weekend Wine & Beer Tastings, Bike Raffle & Beer Sale
Happy August! Last Wednesday we put out a new 2-week ad, and you can check it out here.
Laurelwood Brewing will be here today (Friday) 4-6 pouring their organic beer for free tastes. Saturday (8/6), we'll have a free wine tasting by Renwood Winery, 4-6pm.
Right now, we're selling $1 raffle tickets for a multi-prize drawing during our big 20% Off Beer Sale, August 26-27. The grand prize is a Fuji Mt. Wheelworks men's mountain bike, pictured below. Proceeds from the raffle will go to benefit Cascades Raptor Center. We'll have more info on this event as it gets closer.
Upcoming Events:
May 11 (Friday, 4-6pm): Free beer tasting with Scott from Cascade Lakes.
May 12 (Saturday, 4-6pm): Free wine tasting with Ian from Sarver Winery.
May 11-12 (Friday-Saturday):ANNUAL FOOD FAIR
May 11 (Friday, noon-3 pm): Free beer tasting with Hop Valley.
May 12 (Saturday, noon-3pm): Free beer tasting with Ninkasi.
May 12 (Saturday afternoon): Drawing for multi-prize raffle benefiting Willamette Valley Sustainable Foods Alliance.
May 18 (Friday, 4-6pm): Free hard cider tasting with Aaron from 2 Towns Cider.
May 19 (Saturday, 4-6pm): Free wine tasting with Al from Grizzly Peak Winery.
May 25 (Friday, 4-6pm): Free beer tasting with Brian from Great Divide.
June 2 (Saturday, 4-6pm): Free wine tasting with Jeff from Renwood Winery.
June 9 (Saturday, 4-6pm): Free wine tasting with Scott from Galaxy Wine Co.
June 16 (Saturday, 4-6pm): Free wine tasting with Jeff from Renwood Winery.
June 23 (Saturday, 4-6pm): Free wine tasting with Laura from Bodner Wine Co.
July 18 (Wednesday, noon-4 pm): Gluten-Free Wednesday (quarterly event).
October 17 (Wednesday, noon-4 pm): Gluten-Free Wednesday (quarterly event).
April 23 (Monday, 9am-1pm): Northwest Wellness will be conducting health screenings in the store.
