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| Benefits of
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Anyone can shop at the Co-op, and everyone is welcome to join. Your equity payments are an investment in your Co-op and are used as capital, assisting with store operations and improvements.
Becoming a owner of the Co-op gives you an opportunity to join your friends and neighbors in building a community, owned, and democratically controlled economic institution that serves the owners. Co-op owners are helping to build a business that brings integrity into the marketplace, a company that is responsive to and operates with the consumer's interests at heart, while providing the community with good jobs and good food.
As a Willy Street Co-op owner, you can:
- Save 10% every day
(owners pay shelf price; non-owners pay 10% more) - Write checks or use your Debit card for up to $20 over your purchase
- Get discounts on pre-ordered case purchases
- Special order items not regularly sold in the store
- Receive our monthly newsletter, the Willy Street Co-op Reader, in the mail
- Receive a 5% discount on Reader advertising
- Participate in the organization by serving on committees or running for the Board of Directors
- Co-op reciprocity: When traveling you'll pay owner prices at most other retail food co-ops throughout the country by showing your Willy Street Co-op owner card.
- Benefits are limited to Willy Street Co-op owners only; purchase surcharges waived for customers with legitimate ownership cards from other existing food co-ops.