Our Mission
As a consumer-owned cooperative grocery store, Wasatch Cooperative Market is committed to providing ecologically sustainable, socially responsible, organic and high-quality foods and goods at fair prices. By focusing first on foods and goods produced by local crop growers and animal stewards and artisans, we create and strengthen relationships between local producers and consumers, and build and keep wealth in the community. We serve our Member-Owners and the greater community by providing the highest quality foods, product information, and conscientious choices while engaging in environmentally and socially responsible business practices. In all its endeavors, Wasatch Cooperative Market is guided by the seven cooperative principles, through which we exemplify the values common to all cooperatives.
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Our Vision
- To foster and support community well-being throughout Northern Utah
- To provide an inviting marketplace offering only healthy, high-quality foods and goods produced in an environmentally and socially responsible manner
- To constantly strive to run the most energy efficient and sustainable business
- To count among our Member-Owners every household in Utah
- To be profitable for the Cooperative and its Member-Owners
History of the Wasatch Cooperative Market
Organizing work for the Wasatch Cooperative Market began in April 2009. At that time we didn't have a name for our cooperative. We were simply asking people if they wanted to shop at a community food co-op in Salt Lake City. The answer: Overwhelmingly YES!
We had three community meetings in 2009: April 18, May 30, and October 7. Soon after the May 30 meeting we held a vote among interested individuals on the email list to select a name for our member-owned cooperative grocery market and that's how we became the Wasatch Cooperative Market!
We have formed several committees to further the development of the Co-op and we need more participants. Contact us if you'd like to get involved.
The plan is BIG! We envision stores up and down the Wasatch Front, with thousands of Member-Owners!