About the Co-op: Serving Our Members and Communities for Nearly 75 Years
From the Great Depression of the 1930s through the various economic challenges of today, the products and services offered by the Co-op have changed in response to the changing needs of our members and customers.
Our Co-op is among the oldest and most successful of its kind in the United States. One of many consumer cooperatives started during the years of the Great Depression, the Hanover Consumer Cooperative Society now operates the Co-op Food Stores, Co-op Community Food Market, Co-op Service Center, and Commissary Kitchen. These businesses are operated for the benefit of our members and community.
A cooperative business is one that is owned by those who use its services. The Co-op embodies the idea that by working together and pooling our resources we can provide ourselves and our community with goods and services we desire. Since its founding, the Co-op has relied on the vision, involvement, and support of its members for its success. Participation is both a right and a responsibility of Co-op membership. Our members’ involvement ensures that the Co-op remains a strong, responsive, consumer-run organization.
Want to learn more? The pages below are a great place to start:
Membership
- Joining the Co-op
- The benefits of membership and what you support by being a Co-op member
Who We Are
- Our history
- Mission
- Background on what it means to be a cooperative
What We Do
- Special services in some of our departments
- Information about our stores and locations
News and Information
- Articles
- Our most recent Annual Report (541K) and Financial Report Graphs
- Read about our website
- Join our email list!
How to Contact Us
Governance
The Co-op Long-Range Vision
The Co-op Ends can be summarized as the various end results that the Co-op strives to create in the world. The Ends are organized into two parts: a Global Ends statement, or overriding concept, and a subsequent Ends policy.
Blue Ox Farm
Welcome back to Steve Fulton! After a brief and well-deserved sabbatical, Steve Fulton of Blue Ox Farm in Enfield, New Hampshire, is back on the farm and back at the Co-op. We get to know these farm folks pretty well around here. We miss them when they’re gone and appreciate them when they’re back. Check out the Co-op Produce Departments, where you’ll find plenty of products from Steve and our Upper Valley growers.
