Some of Our Recent Projects

IRSSC 2023-2024 Summary

January 18, 2025

IRSSC 2023-2024 Summary: The Independent Retailer Shared Services Cooperative continued to work with various food businesses (often 7 days a week) to navigate many challenges with respect to local businesses. We produced innovative marketing materials and have offered marketing resources available at a low cost through our social media marketing campaign,…

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Cultivating Prosperity

January 1, 2025

How to expand Maine’s base of core production to new product categories, such as sea vegetables, sustainable proteins, and meat processing: Job Growth: From 2018-2023, the Food Economy occupation in Maine with the most job growth was Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers, which added 716 jobs (+27%) in the Food…

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100th Orchard!

September 26, 2024

  ReTreeUS planted it’s 100th educational orchard on Saturday, September 21st, at Beach Plum Farm in Ogunquit.   Visit https://www.retree.us/support-us for more news.   See the PDF: Back to School Gardens and ReTreeUs  

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Union Maine’s 250th Anniversary

April 5, 2024

The IRSSC will be supporting this momentous occasion! Union Maine’s official website: Sestercentennial Committee (Union’s 250th Anniversary) – Union, ME (maine.gov) The IRSSC will be promoting local producers and businesses as well as the educational work that ReTreeUS is doing … all in support of this project: New England Food System Planners…

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New England Food System Planners Partnership

January 13, 2024

New England Food System Planners Partnership The IRSSC will be supporting The New England Food System Planners Partnership, which is comprised of about six statewide organizations. These include Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund/Vermont Farm to Plate, Maine Food Strategy, New Hampshire Food Alliance, Massachusetts Food System Collaborative, Connecticut Food System Alliance, and…

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The Common Market Winter 2024 Promotion

January 10, 2024

Here is the promotion for customers of The Common Market in Union, Maine. The offer is for a shopper to spend $75 in the store and receive a free package of Green Meadow Farm meat—and for every free package given away, the store will donate $1 to the Come Spring Food…

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PepsiCo Support

September 24, 2023

The IRSSC and ReTreeUS are grateful for the support that the PepsiCo Corp is providing. This promotional opportunity is being offered only to Maine independent grocery stores. This year (2023) participating stores are donating $200 each. Independent retail supermarkets and the wholesalers that supply them play a vital role in the…

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Buy-Local Loyalty Program for Fundraising

September 22, 2023

  ©Independent Retailers Shared Services Cooperative Photo by Karolina Grabowska on Pexels

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