2026 category · 6 honorees
Food Cooperatives
Grocery stores owned by the members and shoppers they serve, run on cooperative principles. The editors apply the five criteria listed in our methodology.
Full Food Cooperatives register · 2026
Weavers Way is a cooperatively owned food market that is open to the public and has served its community since 1973. It runs stores in Mt. Airy, Chestnut Hill, Ambler and Germantown, along with its own farms.
Willy Street Co-op is a natural foods cooperative in Madison, Wisconsin, with its Willy East store on Williamson Street and Willy North on North Sherman Avenue. Its shelves reflect what its owners and shoppers ask for.
Wheatsville is a grocery co-op in Austin, Texas, that has been community owned since 1976. It focuses on healthy and local food.
Co-op Food Stores is a member owned cooperative based in Hanover, New Hampshire. It works with more than 400 local suppliers.
Seward Co-op is a community owned grocery in Minneapolis with more than 25,000 owner households. Owners shop its stores and vote in elections for its board of directors.
Park Slope Food Coop has run on member cooperation since 1973 from its store at 782 Union Street in Brooklyn, New York.