Box Divvy Charlestown - Jennifer

Box Divvy Charlestown - Jennifer Box Divvy, Social Enterprise, food box sharing connecting growers & food wholesalers with the Food H So a Wave and smile from a distance on pick up. WANT MORE?

Pick up Tuesday or Wednesday

Due to COVID-19 Our Local Food Hubs Have in place Hygiene, Packing and Social Distancing protocol. Community working together. To register for the Hub use this link
Tuesday hub:
https://app.boxdivvy.com.au/register/hub/216

Wednesday hub:
https://app.boxdivvy.com.au/register/hub/329

Box Divvy is Community owned and run. This is a fruit veg and grocery cooperative. We

purchase as a group up to 40% cheaper than supermarkets. It’s a Smart coop and you get more of what you want than a normal coop. Box Divvy is a food box sharing system connecting growers & food producers directly with the Food . It is community owned and run designed to cut your food bill. You join online - there is no registration fee. https://www.boxdivvy.com/ You use an App on your phone or computer or a pad to order. It’s an OPT OUT SYSTEM so you must suspend an order if not wanted that week BEFORE START ORDER published. With Western Sydney Diabetes Alliance our aim is to provide accessible, inexpensive good quality fresh food.

4 DAY ORDER CYCLE –
FOR Tuesday

Thursday 9pm Must have cancelled orders not wanted for coming week OR change household size. DO “WISH LIST VOTE”. It’s an OPT OUT system so if you don't want an order the following week you MUST cancel your order. Friday Starting Order Published then login take up to 3 things out JOIN SPLITS

Sunday 9pm CUTOFF Orders closed. Cards charged. There’s a $5 recharge on declined payments third processing onwards each attempt. You must pay BEFORE pick up. Tuesday PICK UP. You must pick up day of delivery at the pick up time or arrange with Hubster. For Wednesday

Friday 9pm Must suspend for coming week. Saturday Starting Order
Monday 9pm CUTOFF Orders closed. Wednesday PICK UP. PAYMENTS
You must pay for your order once committed to an order cycle. Once in an Order Cycle we cannot withdraw an order. It is your responsibility to suspend the correct weeks. If you have an order, thought you'd suspended, you did the wrong week. It must be paid before pick up. The system automatically charges twice and automatically sends emails letting you know if payment declined. There is a $5 recharge applied on the third attempt as it's manually processed and this fee goes to paying someone to manually process the payment. Please don't ask for this payment to not be applied. ORDERING SYSTEM - dead simple. You share boxes online using the App. It’s OPT OUT system so if you don’t want an order you MUST suspend an order BEFORE Order Creation otherwise you’re in the Order. When you tick the date, wait, it will turn red to confirm suspension. You’re expected to order weekly or fortnightly. STARTING ORDER:
There’s a Starting Order based on your weekly ‘wish list’ VOTE and you can take out up to 3 things. Every week BEFORE Order Creation do a Wish List Vote to help Hubster (person who organisers Hub) to set up Starting Order. SHARE BOXES known as SPLITS

If you wish more you join Splits or share boxes. You can suggest a Box to share or your Hubster (the person who runs the Hub). Like saying to your group: “Who’d like to share a box of apples?”

At order cut-off you pay automatically online (Visa or Mastercard & Secure Eway Payment gateway) then boxes from growers & food wholesalers come to the Hubster house for packing. You pick up from their place or they may offer home delivery. FRUIT VEG Bread Eggs Order pay get this week

GROCERIES Order pay get next week due to fresh roasting of coffee, packing of goods on order. BREAD baker direct – Minimum HUB order Total must reach $30

GROCERIES wholesaler direct – Minimum HUB order total must reach $75. READ THE AMOUNTS YOU ARE PURCHASING
Check carefully if the items is single, handfuls, 500gm, 1 kg etc. Don't assume it's by one item. EXAMPLE: Cherries sold by the box. Don;' put in 5 thinking it's handfuls when it's boxes. Read the descriptions please. EXTRAS - there are ALWAYS extras as the box belongs to members so your Hubster will divvy extras when available. Also there is usually a SWAP box - if you forget to customise your Starting Order. You can throw in some apples and take out some carrots. You will get great value. COMMUNITY BOX - Many Hubsters ask members if this SWAP BOX can become a COMMUNITY KINDNESS BOX given to a family in need. This is part of the Social Enterprise experience by being part of the Hub. NOT WANT AN ORDER? There are no contracts, you can cancel orders when you don’t want them. WANT EXACTLY 1 tomato 2 oranges? Then Box Divvy is not for you. This is a coop and things are in handfuls NOT exact items. You need to be flexible but you'll always get good value. We are a group of community minded people wanting to change the food system. Reduce packaging and pay our farmers fairly. By reducing our carbon footprint by 90% this means we buy in bulk as a group and then share it. We need to be a bit flexible. You will know roughly what you will get but you can’t get exactly. We have a Packing Guide but the numbers will change as produce is smaller or larger. Mostly you will get extras overall. HOW DO I KNOW WHAT I SPEND? EASY. You will pay the STARTING ORDER PLUS if you join in SPLITS or ADD Groceries. At the bottom of MY ORDER you will see the MAX you will pay if all your SPLITS get over the line, any groceries you’ve ordered plus Starting Order . You can reduce the SPLITS or Groceries you joined BEFORE CUTOFF. PACKAGING

Much of the produce comes loose so do provide your Hubster with a NAME LABELLED BAG: ALSO - calico/wash nets to put handfuls in (do not expect your Hubster to provide paper bags please): Bring in your old icecream containers for the Hub to put soft stuff in. If you get an item in plastic recycle it in your soft plastic bin. We don't interrupt the packing from farmer to you so manage this please. Farmers are trying to work out how to transport produce and it can’t always be plastic free - for the moment. The Sugar Cane bags are not strong, don't last and definitely not airtight. Cardboard and paper fall apart. New technology is being worked on. NOT FOR ME
If after you’ve tried it and Box Divvy is not working the way you want then you can cancel membership. So? Join our group to make a difference. You have the power to do so. Cut your food bill significantly – Wow! The goal: to cut your food bill, without compromising on the quality, freshness and variety of food. With minimal effort, minimal packaging and food miles, and still paying farmers and suppliers a fair price for their produce.

04/12/2025
30/11/2025

MARKET NEWS 🗞️
Fruit 💁🏻‍♀️
🍑 Peaches and nectarines are now supplied from several growing regions. The 5kg trays with around 30-40 pieces are under $5 a kilo.
🍒 Cherries are still abundant, although prices have tightened this week as some cherry growers near Orange and Young got hit by hail which will impact on supplies. Still, they’re under $20 a kilo – and the 2kg box works out at $16.50 a kilo.
🍇 Grapes are cheaper this week, especially the reds.
😋 New season lychees have appeared. They’re under $30 a kilo and should drop in price by a third over the coming weeks.
🥭 Mango supply is steady, but they’re not as cheap as last year. R2E2 by the tray are still the best value at $29.
😋 Passionfruit is back and reasonably priced at around $1.66 each.
🍍 🍋‍🟩 Papaya, pineapple and limes are also well-priced.
🍓 🫐 Berries of all colours are still going strong – especially jumbo blueberries.

Vegetables 💁🏻‍♀️
🥬 Lettuces of any persuasion are super-cheap. For example, Manuel Xerri’s Iceberg is $1.89 – but if you prefer Cos lettuce, that’s going for about the same price.
🥒 🍅 Cucumbers and tomatoes are good value.
🥑 Hass avocadoes continue to tighten. Most supply is now coming out of WA, with the southern states finishing up.
🌽 Warm and wet weather has caused grub activity in corn to spike – both in Qld and locally. So to make it easy, we’ll be selling cleaned, topped and tailed corn in a 3-pack until the grub activity subsides.
🥬 George Portelli will have green and red cabbages ($2.34) and Wombok cabbages ($1.50).
🥦 Other brassicas are neither cheap nor expensive (except broccolini: best avoided for a few weeks).
🫑 Capsicums are waiting for South Australian growers to start picking – but in the meantime, prices are climbing.
🥔 Other than potatoes, everything else is reasonably priced.

28/11/2025

Did somebody say lychees? 😍

That first pop of sweet, floral, juicy goodness… it’s officially lychee season at Box Divvy and we are absolutely here for it!

Perfect for snacking, summer platters, mocktails (or the other), fruit salads or just eating straight out of the box .

If you’ve been waiting all year for this moment… grab them while they’re here! 🌸✨

22/11/2025

MARKET NEWS 🗞️
Fruit 💁🏻‍♀️
Whole trays and boxes of summer fruit are up for grabs! You don’t want to miss this!!!
🥭 6kg trays of R2E2 Mangoes (12-18 pieces) $29.
🍓 4kg trays of strawberries (8 x 500g Jumbo punnets) $32.
🍒 2kg cherries – eat beautifully – for $29 a box. That’s $14.50/kg.
🍑 5kg trays of peaches or nectarines (white or yellow) $29.
🍅 5kg boxes of super-sweet baby truss tomatoes (technically a fruit) $25.

Vegetables 💁🏻‍♀️
🌽 Corn supply is finally improving and prices have fallen to around $1.65 a cob. This is still from Lockyer Valley in Qld: local supply won’t start until next month and that should see prices nudge close to a dollar a cob.

The Christmas range is now complete on Marketplace: you’ll find the products both in their usual location, as well as in Pantry ➡️ Christmas.

18/11/2025
16/11/2025

MARKET NEWS 🗞️
Two weeks is all it took to turn a relatively cheap market into a bit of an expensive one. The good news is: most supply constraints that are behind the price hikes are a bit temporary. In most cases, we’re in between growing regions: one has finished but the other hasn’t quite got started.

Fruit 💁🏻‍♀️
🥭 Kensington Pride mangoes from the Northern Territories – Darwin and Katherine – have finished, but the North Queensland regions of Bowen and Mareeba won’t start picking in earnest until late November. However, we will have R2E2 mangoes.
🍓 Strawberries are also tight, thanks to unseasonably cool weather in Melbourne. We will have both regular and Jumbo punnets – but they will be pricey.
🫐 You might want to focus on blueberries this week: the regular ones are under $4, but we’ll also have Jumbo (that relates to the size of the blueberry, not the punnet) which will be under $6 a punnet.
🍎 Apples are getting so tight, we may have limited or no supply over the Christmas/New Year period. Suffice to say: they will stay expensive until the new season starts. (Royal Gala won’t start until February and Pink Lady not until April or May).
🍑 Peaches, nectarines and apricots are coming down in price.
🍒 For cherry prices to drop below $15/kg will require a good spell of warm and dry weather in northern Victoria.
🍉 🍈 Melons are great value.
🍋‍🟩 Limes are down to 75c each.
🍍 Papaya and pineapples are cheap.
🥝 Kiwi fruit will finish in a week or two.

Vegetables 💁🏻‍♀️
🫛 Beans and peas are up in price.
🥦 Neither broccoli nor broccolini are cheap.
🥒 🫑 Cucumbers are up and capsicums are expensive.
🥬 🌿 🌽 🍅 Cauliflower, cabbages of any persuasion, leafy greens, most herbs, zucchini, corn, lettuces and snacking tomatoes are good value.

08/11/2025

🌏 Box Divvy ReSmart Initiative 🌏

This week is National Recycling Week (10–16 November 2025), and this is the perfect time to get on board with our latest sustainability push:
Box Divvy is partnering with ReSmart (formerly RecycleSmart) and rolling out 350 shiny new 240L wheelie bins to Hubs across NSW/ACT. Because soft plastics don’t belong in landfill, and we can do better.

Our 2024 Southern Highlands trial proved it: six Hubs collected 750kg of soft plastics in just a few months. Now, thanks to a $17,235 NSW EPA grant (matched by Box Divvy), all our Hubs can join in.

So come on, Box Divvy community, let’s ditch the landfill, keep our planet happy, and show Australia how it’s done!

✅ What are soft plastics?

They’re the sneaky, crunchable plastics that council recycling bins can’t handle as they jam the machines.
Think plastic shopping bags, bread bags, snack wrappers, veggie bags, bubble wrap, and those annoying little plastic bits from parcels. Basically, anything you can fold, scrunch, or twist.

✅ Here’s the deal:

Members pay nothing.
Just sort and bring your soft plastics to the Hub and place into the labelled ReSmart bin (formerly RecycleSmart) on Hub collection day.
Box Divvy drivers will whisk them off to ReSmart, where they get turned into food-grade bags rather than become ocean confetti. Easy, guilt-free, and useful.

*We should have our bin by the end of November

06/11/2025
04/11/2025

All about Christmas.

1. Hams order Now until Friday 14th November.
2. Puddings - soooo delicious and a wide choice
Want to know more about these items?
Read here:
https://www.boxdivvy.com/christmas-items

THEN
Yes, and there is more. COMING Gift ideas with a box you can put them into and ribbon to choose from. At Box Divvy we make it easy.

02/10/2025

If you haven't tried it, then you should.

The Natural Raw C Vanilla Bean & seasalt is so smooth with just enough creaminess.

Delicious! 😋

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