Vision, Mission, and Aims

Grand Rapids Food Co-op

Vision A thriving, resilient local culture, powered by cooperation realized through equitable access to healthy food.

Mission To build a cooperative grocery store that responds to the needs of our community, contributes to a sustainable local food web, promotes cooperative values, and serves as a long-term investment in our local economy.

Our Aims include:
Connecting our community to our awesome local food and wellness resources in a central location where food access has been limited.
Growing an inclusive and welcoming cooperative community to form a mutually sustaining relationship to the grocery store.
Providing jobs that are meaningful and offer advancement and a living wage.
Empowering our community by creating accessible paths to store ownership and actively seeking owners to represent the diversity of our community.
Promoting cooperative values by operating the business through cooperative principles including democracy, transparency, and equity, as well as a commitment to regenerative environmental practices and radical inclusivity.

Our Timeline Includes:
A development team and engaged community (2015-present)
A feasibility study of a 10,000 sf store in central GR (2016)
Expanding ownership (ongoing)
Store location, investment opportunities, other funding secured (as we reach 1000 owners)
Hiring GM and staff, store build out, growing to 1500 owners
GRAND OPENING!