Entries by Steve Cooke

The Co-op Looks Forward: The Next 5 Years

November 16, 2017 in /by

By Steve Cooke, General Manager Just after we opened in 2011, the board of directors and a few members of the management team, including myself, spent a weekend creating a document which defines how and why the world will be different because the co-op exists. There was a very lively debate, and lots of visionary […]

Giving Back by Paying it Forward!

March 27, 2017 in /by

By Steve Cooke, aka the Big Cheese Earlier this month, I had the privilege of attending the 8th Annual Up and Coming Food Co-op Conference in Milwaukee, WI. Over 350 attendees from start-up food co-ops around the county, including a group from Fredericksburg, Va came out to learn how to get their co-ops off on […]

Shopping in Friendly City

January 30, 2017 in /by

By Steve Cooke, General Manager Friendly City is not like any other place that you have shopped. We get that! In fact, it was always our intention to create a whole new way to run a grocery store, from the way the store looks to the way our team members interact with you, our community, […]