Open to Everyone, Everyday Store Hours: 8 am - 9 pm Juice Bar: 8 am - 7 pm Soup & Salad Bar: 8 am - 7 pm Hot Bar: 11 am - 7 pm
The East End Food Co-op is proud to be Pittsburgh’s only member-owned natural and organic foods grocery store. Our urban co-op has been serving the community since 1980 and is owned by approximately 10,000 members. As we grow and strive to meet the changing needs of our members, customers, and community we remain true to our roots by continuing to uphold the cooperative values we were founded on. Best known for our bulk foods and produce departments, we specialize in a variety of organic and local products. Our award-winning vegetarian Café serves fresh soups, hot entrees, deli salads, and sandwiches that are all made in-house daily. Our commitment to sustainability is demonstrated by the care that our buyers take in selecting all of the products available throughout the store, including fair trade coffees, local products, and environmentally-friendly household cleaners. We also provide for the special dietary needs of our customers by offering a wide variety of gluten-free and raw items in addition to our cutting-edge supplements. In addition to the market and café, we also encourage our customers and members to take advantage of the numerous ways they can become more involved in their co-op, including: volunteering both in the store and the community, participating in classes and lectures, attending special events and board meetings, and learning more about the cooperative principles we were founded on.
The East End Food Club has been around in Pittsburgh since 1980 when were incorporated. And that was around the time a lot of other cooperatives were sort of starting to go out of business, but we thrived and have grown into the store we are now. We are a full scale grocery store, so we do have packaged goods. We put a lot of emphasis on our produce department, w Our bulk department is one of the biggest in the cities also, and we definitely have pretty much everyt We do put more emphasis on carrying organic. We also put a lot more emphasis on carrying local goods. We believe in the sustainability of local providers, and as a result we work very closely with the farmers in the area to try and work with them to get them certified organic. We put our priority on organic, but if we can find a local source for organic that will always be our first choice, and if not we still try to adhere to the local organic standards. The cafe is vegetarian and vegan. We are not gluten free just because it is a salad bar set up so we can't actually guarantee that there won't be cross contamination, but everyt We try to source as much of their products locally as possible. We also have a juicy and smoot We do a lot of work to try and carry items here that are good for people who are on special diets. We'recently trying to increase the amount of raw foods that we offer for the raw food diet. We do have a n We do have a lot of vegan offerings, including soy cheese and meat alternatives. We get as much as possible, especially in produce, wit We deal with Clarion River Organics, we also just work with a lot of different places, including Turner's Dairy. Shopping local is always good for the economy locally, but also better for the environment with sustainability issues these days. I just feel
