Membership
Become a member-owner
For $160 you can buy an ownership share of the co-op. Join in the store, or online for $170, which includes a one-time $10 online processing fee.
What you get
- A say in the co-op: vote in board elections, and run for the board yourself
- Member appreciation week, every quarter: 10% off an entire shopping trip of your choice that week
- Special orders: 20% off cases and full-bulk sizes (non-members get 10%)
- Supplements: 10% off, every day
- Profit sharing: in good years we return a portion of our excess profits to member-owners
- Member-only sales: returning soon
You don't have to be a member to shop here, and prices are generally the same either way. Membership is how you show support for local food producers and local ownership, and it makes you one of the people who run this place.
Ownership share
$160
Online joining isn't open yet. To join today, stop by the store or call 970-484-7448.
You can also sign up in the store at any register.
There's a $5 annual maintenance fee to cover administrative costs. Payment plans are available. Ask in the store or call us to set one up.
Why a cooperative?
We are owned by the community we live in. We answer to our friends and neighbors, and our member-owners are our shareholders. A co-op is a business run in an entirely different way from your average corporation. We consider ourselves the alternative to Wall Street.
When you buy groceries here you're voting with your food dollars for small farmers, local producers, less packaging and better ingredients.
Member-owners also earn patronage refunds when the store is profitable, a way of rewarding members in proportion to how much they use the co-op.
Governance
The board of a cooperative doesn't share all the same purposes as the board of an investor-owned corporation or a typical nonprofit. Member-owners elect the board, and board meetings are open to members.
Want to see how it works? Read the board page, including how to run for a seat, past meeting minutes, and the co-op bylaws.