Saint Paul, MN — National Co+op Grocers (NCG) — the business services cooperative for retail food co-ops nationwide — today announces its board has approved three new members.
“From an established co-op serving its community for generations, to a newer co-op located near an iconic location, and to a start-up co-op preparing to open its storefront, we are excited to support these co-ops as they seek to grow their impacts,” said C.E. Pugh, National Co+op Grocers’ CEO. Joining are:
Detroit People’s Food Co-op (Detroit, Michigan)
The Detroit People’s Food Co-op is an African American-led start-up co-op. Founded in 2010 with a mission to provide improved access to healthy food and food education to its community, the co-op is planning to open its first retail store in February 2024. The co-op plans to prioritize buying from local growers, producers and other service providers to help build community wealth and is projected to achieve first year sales of $4.25 million.
Purple Porch Food Co-op (South Bend, Indiana)
Since 2009, Purple Porch Food has been connecting its community to local growers, suppliers, farmers and producers who keep health, sustainability, ethics and community in mind. Located just two miles south of the University of Notre Dame, the co-op gives preference to local and regional suppliers, and hosts a weekly Farmer’s Market. The co-op serves more than 1,000 member-owners and has annual sales of $1.2 million.
Good Tern Co-op (Rockland, Maine)
Good Tern Co-op has been a pillar of its community for more than 40 years. The co-op was founded to provide healthy food and wellness choices at reasonable prices to its local community and offers a diverse range of products with a focus on local, organic and healthy foods. The co-op operates a bagel shop in addition to its retail grocery store and serves more than 1,200 members with annual sales of $2.3 million.
NCG now has 160 member co-ops operating more than 230 retail locations in 39 states.
About NCG
National Co+op Grocers (NCG), founded in 1999, is a business services cooperative for retail food co-ops located throughout the United States. NCG helps unify food co-ops in order to optimize operational and marketing resources, strengthen purchasing power and ultimately offer more value to natural food co-op owners and shoppers everywhere. Our 160 member co-ops operate more than 230 storefronts in 39 states with combined annual sales of nearly $2.4 billion. NCG is a winner of the dotCoop Global Awards for Cooperative Excellence and a certified B Corp. Find a map of NCG member co-ops. To learn more about co-ops, visit grocery.coop.
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