 Carbondale Community Food Co-op
Our vision at Carbondale Community Food Coop is to be a
community-owned natural and organic food store.
We are committed to maintaining a community-owned natural
food store in Carbondale. We strive to support local businesses and local agriculture whenever possible. We are committed to serving our customers and members by providing healthy, organic, and sustainable food and products and encouraging informed choices.We are dedicated to paying our staff livable wages while providing a pleasant place to shop and work.
CCFC Featured in Edible Aspen
 Crammed and jammed — local foods dominate
Carbondale Food Co-op
By Allyn Harvey
However you measure it — shelf for shelf, apple for apple or organic elk sausage for organic elk sausage — there isn’t a more fully-stocked, chock-full grocery in the valley than the Carbondale Community Food Cooperative.
The co-op, as it’s called by most of its customers, offers thousands of items — groceries, produce, meats and dairy products, dry goods, toiletries, vitamins and supplements. It’s a full-blown grocery in miniature — 450 square feet, to be exact — located on Main Street in the heart of downtown Carbondale.
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Haiti Day - February 5, 2010
Twenty percent of all CCFC sales on Friday, February 5 will be donated to the Mercy and Sharing Foundation. This locally based organization has projects exculsively in Haiti including an orphanage, abandoned baby center and schools.
CCFC Board of Directors Election and Annual Meeting
The CCFC held its annual meeting on Monday, February 22. Members elected Laurie Loeb, Jill McCouaughy, Joanne Temple and Allyn Harvey to the Board of Directors. Members also voted to update the CCFC bylaws and mission statement.
The CCFC Board of Directors meet at 7:30 p.m. the first and third Monday of each month. Call Avtar at 963-1375 for more information.
About the Carbondale Community Food Co-op
 The original vision for Carbondale Community Food Co-op (CCFC) was to build member equity in order to rent or purchase a store front that specialized in sustainable foods and products.
Today, the CCFC is Carbondale's only natural food store. The CCFC is located on Main Street, across from Peppino's Pizza.
The CCFC started as a organized a buyers club in response to a need to have healthy, affordable organic food in Carbondale.
In 2007 the CCFC began selling membership to build equity towards opening
a natural food store. Most co-ops build member equity until there is enough
money to open the store. The CCFC was offered a loan to get the store opened
as quickly as possible.
For over two years, the CCFC has been open. The CCFC relies on member support to continue thriving.
Members own the CCFC. Member shares and annual dues are needed to pay back our loan and explore the option of expanding the store. Without members, there could be no food co-op. It is the sale of member shares that create the fundamental co-op equity to maintain our store front and pay employees.
Membership Benefits
When your membership is paid in full, you can reap the benefits of being an owner of the CCFC. Every weekend members receive 5% off their purchases. Members receive substantial savings on bulk purchases and are allowed a $20 credit line with the CCFC. Members also have the opportunity to volunteer in the store and receive up to 25% discount on their purchases.Members can also receive weekly e-updates from the CCFC. All owner-members have a vote in major decisions and an opportunity to elect and/or serve on the Board of Directors.
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