Park Slope Food Coop

Specialties

«Good Food at Low Prices for Working Members through Cooperation since 1973»

The Park Slope Food Coop is fully Member-​owned and Member-​operated,

Member labor required,

Only members may shop,

Everyone is welcome to join.

Visit our website for more information and to sign up for Orientation to become a member.

Since 1973, the Park Slope Food Coop has been providing Brooklyn and beyond with quality food and products while serving as a community center and meeting place for its member-​owners: people who believe in the value, rewards and responsibility of collective labor, action and ownership. By taking some control away from corporations and putting it into the hands of our community, the Coop has been able to make healthy, affordable food available to its members.

The Coop carries a wide variety of products, including local, organic and conventionally grown produce; pasture-​raised and grass-​fed meat; freerange, organic and kosher poultry; fair-​trade chocolate and coffee; wild and sustainably farmed frozen fish; supplements and vitamins; imported and artisanal cheese; freshly baked bread, muffins, scones and croissants; bulk grains and spices; environmentally safe cleaning supplies; and much more. All of this, plus a large selection of standard supermarket items, makes the Coop a one-​stop shopping destination. Sales are brisk at the PSFC and our inventory is replenished more than once every week, ensuring that the products we sell are as fresh as possible.

History

Established in 1973.

For over 40 years the Food Coop has been a Brooklyn fixture. Started as a buying club for conscientious residents of the Park Slope area, it has grown into the largest member-​operated food cooperative in the world with over 16 000 members working and shopping here.

Meet the Business Owner

All of Our Members.

Business Owner

As a cooperative corporation, all of our members are owners of the Coop.

Unlike most cooperatives in the United States, the Park Slope Food Coop requires members to work. PSFC has more than 16,000 members who work once every four weeks in exchange for a 20 — 40% savings on groceries. Only members may shop at the PSFC, but membership is open to all. Our members rely on one another to share the work of running our Coop and of contributing to its success. The benefit of this shared responsibility is two-​fold, the most obvious being that with scheduled, reliable member labor we are able to keep our payroll costs down, which translates to low prices. But another equally important reward comes from the satisfaction we receive from working together as a community to build something upon which we can all rely.