Saba Grocers is a grassroots initiative of corner store owners in Oakland founded in 2019. Saba’s mission is to shift liquor stores to community stores by increasing produce inventory and healthy products on the shelf of small businesses. We work with each corner store owner on a transition plan to increase healthy produce in a safe and responsible way considering market growth strategies, sustainable supply channels and community engagement tools to anchor each market in the surrounding neighborhood. Majority of our participating stores are located in East and West Oakland.
External link for Saba Grocers Initiative
900 Alice street
Oakland, CA 94607, US
We are hiring at Saba for a Head of Operations role. Come join the team!
Saba Grocers Initiative is currently hiring for a Head of Operations! Located in Oakland, CA. ⬇ Saba Grocers is a non-profit organization with a mission to address food access and health disparities by partnering with local corner stores in underserved areas. Come join the team! Reach out to Brenda Ceja or click the link below for more information.
Operations Manager, C. Njoube Dugas Dugas, and Office Manager, Rae Peres, participated in the speaking panel after viewing the film, "Farming While Black." Seated to Rae's right side is the film's writer, producer and director, Mark Decena. A special thanks to Regi Young, Sheila Burks, and Alameda County Community Food Bank for sponsoring this educational and eye-opening event.
This week's animal is: red pandas! Did you know that red pandas are actually more closely related to raccoons and skunks than they are to giant pandas? Red panda fact courtesy of World Wildlife Fund #sabagrocers #poundsoffood #oakland #oaklandca #redpanda #redpandas #animaloftheweek
This week's animal is: green sea turtles! It's believed that they get their unique colors from a veggie-rich diet - definitely our kind of animal. Turtle fact courtesy of National Geographic. #sabagrocers #poundsoffood #oakland #oaklandca #turtles #turtles #food
This week's animal is: calico cats! The account admin can (lovingly) confirm that, having a tabby/calico mix, their famous attitude does seem to run in the family 🐱 #sabagrocers #poundsoffood #oakland #oaklandca #calico #calicocat #animaloftheweek
The animal of this week is red foxes! Foxes are extremely smart - most likely why they've been depicted as tricksters across multiple cultures for thousands of years 🦊 #sabagrocers #poundsoffood #oakland #oaklandca #fox #foxes #animaloftheweek
Our full goal could buy over 4,500 pounds of fruits & vegetables to be distributed in our food desert neighborhoods - at $1.50 per pound, every donation can make for a grocery bag of food for a local family. Click the link to give today ❤️ sabagrocers.org/donate #sabagrocers #oakland #oaklandca #food
We're so close to our goal - almost 90% of the way there! Give within the next 3 days to help us meet our special end-of-year goal. sabagrocers.org/donate #sabagrocers #oakland #oaklandca #food
"Now I am more active, and I can take better care of my daughters - they are eating healthier, which is my goal that they continue to grow healthy." Maria is an Oakland resident, and Saba's programs help her to feed her family well while managing diabetes. When people are healthy, they can afford to take care of themselves and each other - we want residents like Maria to be able to support their health and their families, and they can't do this without access to affordable fruits and vegetables. We're so close to our 2023 giving goal of $7,000, which would help us to support people like Maria - will you help us through this final push of the year? Click here to donate today: https://lnkd.in/gQ8Pi7pT #sabagrocers #oakland #oaklandca #food
More weekly animals as we catch up from our holiday break! Our next animal is koalas 🐨 Koalas are surprisingly particular eaters - they'll only eat certain kinds of eucalyptus leaves that they like best, and can eat more than 2 pounds a day! Koala facts courtesy of World Wildlife Fund 🐼 #sabagrocers #poundsoffood #oakland #oaklandca #sloth #sloths #animaloftheweek