National Co+op Grocers

About Us

National Co+op Grocers (NCG) is a business services cooperative for retail food co-ops located throughout the United States. We represent 159 food co-ops operating nearly 230 stores in 39 states with combined annual sales over $2.5 billion and over 1.3 million consumer-owners. NCG helps unify natural food co-ops in order to optimize operational and marketing resources, strengthen purchasing power, and ultimately offer more value to natural food co-op owners and shoppers everywhere. 

NCG serves as a unified voice to advocate for issues that are important to food co-op owners, shoppers and communities. Together we are working to build a sustainable food system, ensure the fair treatment of people, protect and preserve a healthy environment and promote the cooperative business model. Read about our progress on these important goals in our Food Co-op Impact Report.

Mission and Ends Statements

Mission: NCG will provide the vision, leadership and systems to catapult a virtual chain of food co-ops to a position of prominence in the natural foods industry.

Ends: NCG exists to maximize members' success, inclusivity, and impact, and to grow the cooperative grocery sector in size and scope in an environmentally regenerative manner.