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Supermarket Sweep

I met Lorge, Kimberly and Hal at Bella Bru at 11a on Saturday forSupermarket Sweep – a SABA-sponsored bicycle-powered food drive.

We rode to three grocery stores in N and S Natomas. We had about $390 to spend. SABA gave us $100, Jibe $250, plus our own contributions.

Our final grocery store was on Sutterville Rd, close to our final destination – Two Rivers Cidery on Attawa St.

We unloaded the groceries from our panniers and trailers into bags, then the SABA team weighed everything. 158 pounds!

Ahead of time, we agreed we weren’t interested in competing or winning prizes. Nevertheless, we improved our strategy this year and it worked. We came in 3rd place! 1-Pull a trailer. Jibe loaned me a trailer, Hal already had one. Lorge bicycle tours so he has front and big rear panniers. 2-Have one rider in your group who can post on social media – thank you Kimberly. Go team! Rob, me, Michael:

Such a fun event. We are ready do it again next year. Thank you SABA for organizing this food donation drive and Jibe for supporting our N Natomas team.

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Supermarket Sweep

SABA organized the second-annual Supermarket Sweep and Jibe joined in to support two teams of three bike-riders by donating $250. Lorge, Stacey, Brenda, Sheila, Lori and I met on the patio at Bella Bru at 10:15. We opened the envelope with instructions, planned our strategy, and left at 10:50.

The first four stores we shopped at were smaller mom-and-pop types – three Indian and one Carribbean Jamaican. Nice for our local merchants but expensive.

Sheila:

Our final stop was at a lower-priced large grocery in S Natomas.

I was happy to stay with the bikes while everyone else did the shopping. All our bikes were about to be loaded to the max with Lorge carrying the most – he bicycle tours and has large panniers on the rear and smaller panniers on the front plus his handlebar bag.

Then we rode about 12 miles to the meeting point at Two Rivers Cider Co.

We checked in and had our donation weighed: 101 pounds.

Time to use our drink tickets.

3:00 – the last team arrived.

Cheers!

3:30 – time for us to ride back to N Natomas. This event collected 700+ pounds to donate to River City Food Bank. The N Natomas team rode a total of 35 miles. A long fun day.