Box Divvy Willow Vale - Drapers

Box Divvy Willow Vale - Drapers Box Divvy, Social Enterprise, food box sharing connecting growers & food wholesalers with the Food Hubs up to 40% cheaper than online supermarkets. WANT MORE?

Box Divvy Hub Name: Willow Vale - Drapers

Pick up Tuesday

To register for the Hub use this link
https://app.boxdivvy.com.au/register/hub/377

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. Our aim is to provide accessible, inexpen

sive good quality fresh food whilst paying our farmers fairly. 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 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. NOT FOR ME
If after you’ve tried it and Box Divvy is not working the way you want then you can cancel membership. Go to Dashboard and LEAVE HUB. If you are in an order that week you must complete that order first then you will be removed from the Hub.


4 DAY ORDER CYCLE – FOR Tuesday pick up

Thursday 9pm – Order creation
It’s an OPT OUT SYSTEM so if you don’t want an order for the coming week, you must suspend prior to Thursday 9pm. Your “WISH LIST VOTE” and any changes you wish to make to your household size must also be done by Thursday 9pm. Friday - Starting Order Published
Login take up to 3 things out and JOIN SPLITS. Sunday 9pm - CUTOFF
Orders closed. Cards charged. There are 2 automatic processing’s, if those both decline - a $5 recharge fee is applied as it pays for someone to manually reprocess. 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. 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.

**There is a Hubster fee of 12% for running the Hub plus a group shared delivery fee. Box Divvy on a weekly basket including this is between 30-40% cheaper still than online supermarkets. ORDERING SYSTEM - dead simple. You share boxes online using the App. Two parts to ordering. Start Order (Fruit & Veg) then SPLITS (More fruit veg, bread, eggs, groceries, meat). 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
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. Your Hubster will put extras in your box. If short due to an item being larger they will find something else you have ordered to give extras to make up.. We are not a retail outlet. Box Divvy is a coop. You will get great value. ONE COMMUNITY KINDNESS BOX given to a family in need. This is part of the Social Enterprise experience by being part of the Hub. If there are lots of extras that week the Hubster will create one small Kindness Box. NOT WANT AN ORDER? Suspend BEFORE Order Creation. There are no contracts, you can cancel your membership in your Dashboard see LEAVE HUB. If you have an order that week you must complete that order first. 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 . If this amount pending is too much 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. So? Join our group to make a difference. You have the power to do so. Cut your food bill significantly.

Christmas Pantry DiscountsWe hate out-of-stocks and disappoint members – but now that we carry close to 1000 pantry line...
20/12/2025

Christmas Pantry Discounts
We hate out-of-stocks and disappoint members – but now that we carry close to 1000 pantry lines, some out-of-stocks are inevitable. We’re learning.

Whilst we may have under-estimated demand for some products, our stock of other products on the other hand is bulging at the seams. Something has to give. And so: giving is what we do:

• Blackmarket Roasters and Wonder Coffee, whilst still freshly roasted, is 10% off
• We still have tonnes of Heinz Mild American mustard: out they go at $1 each (BBD February 2026)
• All Vintage Valley Nougat (which is for special occasions only) will go 10% off until sold
• Ditto with Abla’s Baklava: 10% off until sold (and there’s plenty left still)
• The hot weather might make you thirsty: Remedy Ginger Beer is 12% off and all Sodaly flavours down to $4.95 (15% off)
• If you want to mix it with the best: Fever-Tree sodas and 500ml mixers are down to $2.50 (70% off RRP)
• Clover Fields Candles and Diffusers are reduced to $2.50: that’s almost cost price.
• Mokate cookies are down to $4 per pack.
• Lastly, we have 37 left of the Oh My Gingerbread Christmas Fruit Cake 1Kg – now 10% off until stocks last.

Phew…!


Market UpdateThe days leading up to Christmas is when produce prices usually go a little haywire: farmers don’t really k...
19/12/2025

Market Update
The days leading up to Christmas is when produce prices usually go a little haywire: farmers don’t really know how much to send to the markets given it’s a short week, whilst shoppers – having held back for the past few weeks – throw caution into the wind and BUY BUY BUY whatever takes their fancy. That usually translates to higher prices, plus a good dose of uncertainty.
So we’re taking a punt here and there that prices don’t go through the roof: good-sized KP mangoes should be around $2.60 (and a whole tray for $32), 2kg cherry boxes under $18 a kilo, white grapes dropping below $10 a bunch, and all berries still reasonably priced.
The only near-certainty is that supply of apricots, peaches and nectarines will be excellent – with plums following in their wake. To ensure a consistent supply of summer fruit over the next couple of weeks, members should consider a 5kg tray of stone fruit.
Among the remaining fruit, papaya, limes, grapefruit and oranges are cheap, pears, bananas, lychees, passionfruit and watermelon are reasonable, but apples and pineapple (if you can get it) are expensive.

Most vegetables should remain cheap: corn ($1.18), broccoli, broccolini, cabbages, kale, cauliflowers, carrot, beetroot, continental cucumbers, basil, most leafy greens, celery, lettuce of every persuasion, garlic, pumpkins, zucchini – even onions and potatoes are dropping in price. Tomatoes are dearer, but truss tomatoes – both regular and baby – are cheaper than last week.
Red capsicums are still moving at stratospheric levels (but greens have come down to earth), whilst Lebanese cucumbers are tightening: continentals are probably the better option.

CornMangoes mean summer, and so does corn. Local growers are picking corn like mad: Manuel Xerri in Agnes Banks, Charlie...
15/12/2025

Corn

Mangoes mean summer, and so does corn. Local growers are picking corn like mad: Manuel Xerri in Agnes Banks, Charlie Vella in Freemans Reach and his brother Angelo, Gerard Saad in Wilberforce, and a few more besides. So with this much supply, we reckon a dollar a cob is a fair price. Last time we checked, they were $1.90 in Coles. And thank God, no corny jokes from Anton!

MangoesGee, we could have had almost every type of fruit in this week’s Divvy Deal – but if we have to choose, it’s goin...
14/12/2025

Mangoes

Gee, we could have had almost every type of fruit in this week’s Divvy Deal – but if we have to choose, it’s going to be KP Mangoes. They’re mostly from Mareeba in North Queensland, and they’re considered the best-tasting KP around. Your Box Divvy price? $2 a pop for a medium-large KP, or $29 a tray.

New from Orchard Ridge: Tartar Sauce and Basil PestoThe Lemon & Lime Tartar is the perfect dipping sauce for prawns, sas...
14/12/2025

New from Orchard Ridge: Tartar Sauce and Basil Pesto

The Lemon & Lime Tartar is the perfect dipping sauce for prawns, sashimi and smoked salmon – but also try it on a hamburger.
And Basil Pesto…what can we say?

New at Box Divvy Blood Orange Vino CottoThe Fig Vino Cotto has proved popular, so we’ve added the Blood Orange Vino Cott...
13/12/2025

New at Box Divvy

Blood Orange Vino Cotto

The Fig Vino Cotto has proved popular, so we’ve added the Blood Orange Vino Cotta. Use this as a marinade, or drizzle over meat, desserts or cheese.

Mokate Continental CookiesMokate continental cookies from Europe are an institution. We’ve had 5 pallets with nearly 500...
13/12/2025

Mokate Continental Cookies

Mokate continental cookies from Europe are an institution. We’ve had 5 pallets with nearly 5000 packs delivered this week. Most shops are selling these for around $7-8, but at Box Divvy they’re $4.95. However…until stocks last: that's just the way the cookie crumbles.

Fresh produce prices usually rise in the lead-up to Christmas – mainly because of higher demand – but this year, prices ...
12/12/2025

Fresh produce prices usually rise in the lead-up to Christmas – mainly because of higher demand – but this year, prices have largely remained reasonable (if not downright cheap). But as always, there are some notable exceptions.

Most fruit is excellent value: nectarines, peaches, apricots, white grapes, mangoes, bananas, all berries (except blackberries), limes, papaya, grapefruit and watermelons are all good value. Rockmelons appear pricey, but they’re large.

But cherries – as is often the case in the week before Christmas – are starting to tighten. This is as much a function of stronger demand as it is of reduced supply: the further we get into the season, the greater the chance of crop losses due to wet & wild weather. Whilst growing regions in northern Victoria have had steady conditions, Orange and Young have struggled with rain and hail. Nevertheless, the quality is excellent – and still under $20 a kilo (with the 2kg box at $17.50/kg).

Apples and pears are still available, if you must… Also, pineapples remain scarce.

In vegetables, the news is even better: corn, broccoli, cabbage, beans, snow peas, sugar snap, continental cucumbers, basil, mint, all lettuces, celery, mushrooms, garlic, pumpkin, zucchini and all tomatoes varieties are cheap. Even onions and potatoes are edging down.

Still expensive: red capsicums and cauliflowers.

All-in-all, it looks like a bumper Christmas crop!

Spring Onions Fresh From Local Farmer Manuel XerriCrisp, vibrant spring onions, just $2.89 a bunch this week at Box Div...
11/12/2025

Spring Onions Fresh From Local Farmer Manuel Xerri

Crisp, vibrant spring onions, just $2.89 a bunch this week at Box Divvy. Locally grown and bursting with flavour.

Here’s a quick way to use them:
Garlic Spring Onion Stir-Fry
Ingredients:
1 bunch spring onions, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 tbsp olive oil
1 tsp soy sauce
Pinch of salt & pepper
Method:
Heat oil in a pan over medium heat.
Sauté garlic until fragrant.
Toss in spring onions and stir-fry for 2–3 minutes.
Season with soy sauce, salt, and pepper.
Serve as a side, over rice, or with noodles. Simple, fresh, and delicious


Know your onions

Australia’s kitchens are full of flavour thanks to three onion stars:
Spring Onions: Long green stalks with tiny white bulbs. Mild, fresh, and perfect raw or in stir-fries.
Eschalots: Small bulbs with a sweet, delicate taste. Ideal for sauces, dressings, and roasting
Shallots: long leaves no bulb on end. Super mild and perfect for salads, vinaigrettes.

Continental cucumbersA large shipment of freshly picked continental cucumbers is making its way from South Australia to ...
10/12/2025

Continental cucumbers

A large shipment of freshly picked continental cucumbers is making its way from South Australia to Sydney. This will push prices down to a dollar a piece. Good timing, as Lebanese cucumbers are tightening.

Blueberry BonanzaThis week we’ve got TWO berry-good options for you: Regular Blueberries $3.81 a punnetJumbo Blueberrie...
10/12/2025

Blueberry Bonanza

This week we’ve got TWO berry-good options for you:
Regular Blueberries $3.81 a punnet
Jumbo Blueberries $5.71 a punnet (no Driscoll)
Sweet, juicy, and perfect for sprinkling on brekkie, tossing into lunchboxes, or just snacking by the handful straight from the punnet.

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