Mission: A member-owned grocery store that provides food, goods and services that are local, organic or sustainably grown, and creates a gathering place for education about food, health, sustainability and local resources.
Vision: Grow a healthy and connected community by offering products and services based on cooperative and sustainable principles.
Values:
- Seek out local options
- Be socially and environmentally responsible
- Encourage informed choices
- Use cooperative economics
- Encourage sustainability
- Grow community
- Operate democratically and transparently
- Be informative
- Be fiscally responsible
The Coop is democratically managed, with all employee-team members working together to manage tasks, not each other. The Cooperative is also a social business, working to assure all Anacortes community members have equal opportunity to be owners and have a say in their food Coop! For more information, see the Membership page.