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What’s a purchasing cooperative, and how could it increase local food access? purpose

Nov. 6, 2015 2:49 pm

What’s a purchasing cooperative, and how could it increase local food access?

When businesses are run by the people served by them, the local economy is strengthened. At least, that’s the mentality behind cooperatives, or co-ops, businesses owned collectively by its customers, employees or both. Philadelphia has several cooperative grocery stores, including two Weavers Way Co-op stores, Mariposa Food Co-op, Creekside Co-op and Swarthmore Co-op. These five stores make up a cohort that […]