Category Archives: Team

The Future of Relay Foods

Dear Relay Customers, Partners, and Friends, From everyone here at Relay Foods, I'm writing to thank you for your part in making 2012 a successful and exciting year for our young company. Of course, you'll have to forgive me for the belated thank-you note – the month of January was an intense four weeks of planning and executing our first-ever company-wide conference and planning retreat, known as Relay Roundup. Many thanks for your ongoing support It's only with your help that Relay made it through another year as a startup. When we launched this effort four years ago, the vision was to use technology to dramatically improve the way we all shop for food. We would make our customers' lives Read more …

What’s in Season: Virginia’s Bounty

When buffeting winds, driving rain, and blankets of snow make it impossible for any human to stand being outside for more than five minutes, we have to appreciate the persistent hardiness of Virginia-grown veggies and the farmers who brave the winter weather to harvest them. While February isn't the most exciting month for local, seasonal produce, the variety of veggies on-hand can still make for a near-endless rotation of well-rounded meals. Here at Relay, we've made a commitment to providing you with a Bounty Basket year-round -- a seasonal share of the freshest local produce available. Think of it as a CSA that lets you decide when to opt-in and when to pass. While many of you may decide Read more …

PB &J Fund Holiday Giving

At Relay one of our founding purposes as a company is to enrich the communities we live and work in. We strive to do this all throughout the year, but we've found that the holidays are a great time to give back! Each year during the winter holiday, the Relay team participates in the PB &J Fund's Holiday Giving program. The program works with Charlottesville City Schools to send bags of shelf-stable and nutritious food home with the students participating in the Free and Reduced Lunch Program. Last weekend a group of our staff members joined other local volunteers to help pack and deliver bags of healthy food for the students in need. Here's a photo recap from the day: The Relay team Read more …

A quick Q&A with Mitch Klasky, Relay’s Chief Local Food Expert

When Relay Foods acquired Arganica this summer, one of the best assets we got was Mitch Klasky, a passionate foodie who's quickly introducing us to some fantastic new vendor partners, identifying the best produce for our Virginia's Bounty Baskets, and helping us all enjoy playing with food. Read on to learn more about our Chief Local Food Expert (yes, that's a real title). One of my favorite things about my position is talking to customers. It's a great opportunity for me to explain the complex system that is our food chain. Sourcing local is ideal but not always practical. Consumers are given a bevy of choices these days and I like my customers to be well educated so they can make Read more …

FAQ: What does it mean to be green?

A couple of our new friends from Arganica (and a few Relay customers over the years too) have asked about why we make the choice to sell certain non-organic or otherwise less than 100% sustainable offerings. While this is still an issue we're addressing as a company, Arnie, our President and COO, worked hard to offer an honest, transparent response and thought it might be interesting to many of our customers. Please read on below. Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts about some of the products that Relay sells. We take the goal of reducing emissions and making sustainable food accessible very seriously, and customer perception is a vital element of advancing this goal. Please Read more …