A cooperative grocery store located in Durham, featuring local and organic groceries and specializing in really good food.
Durham Co-op Market is a cooperative grocery, located at 1111 W. Chapel Hill St. in Durham, NC. The Mission of Durham Co-op Market is: - To serve the Durham community. - To sell high quality food and other products with special emphasis on locally grown and produced goods. - To practice sustainability in our business by using resources wisely, and by promoting goods produced in a sustainable manner. - To foster a workplace based on respect, dignity, and fair compensation. Durham Co-op Market began through the efforts of folks in Durham who saw a need and were excited about the possibility of creating a grocery/market that focused on locally-produced food. Our goal is to create a co-op grocery that reflects Durham's unique culture and community, and that will serve those who live and work in Durham.
At the beginning when we opened the store, we put in place a discount for customers who qualify for SNAP and other benefit programs. We opened with a 10% discount that the store itself supports and were very proud of that. And 10% is more or less, But it was still difficult for us to make a very strong case that the absolute best place to spend limited food dollars was in the co-op. And there'so many different missions that the store pursues and values that we wanted to really make sure that this was, So we figured the best way to do that was to leverage the community that we had built to support itself. So we started a roundup at the register program. Every time you check out, we will ask you if you want to round up to the nearest dollar to support our discount for customers who qualify for SNAP. We've had an incredibly positive response from it. But in fact, people have come back with just incredible enthusiasm that people who see the value in t
