Co-op grocers

National Cooperative Business Asn -   National Co+op Grocers (NCG) has released their 2025 Food Co-op Impact Report, highlighting how community-owned grocery stores continue to thrive by supporting local farmers and suppliers, offering more organic and responsibly sourced food, and investing in the health and well-being of their communities.

“The report underscores that community owned food co-ops are succeeding by offering a different kind of model—one where shoppers own the store, farmers get more stable markets and profits stay local,” said Allie Mentzer, NCG’s Chief Public Policy Officer for Advocacy & Sustainability.

...NCG food co-ops, which operate 244 stores, experienced sales growth of 6.2% in 2025, more than double the sales growth of the average U.S. grocery store benchmark of 2.9%, according to data obtained from RetailStat.com.