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Q:  What is a Full Circle co-op?

A: Full Circle co-ops are open food co-ops that pave the way for future food co-ops by donating annually to FCI’s work. They are the partners to our small-but-mighty FCI staff team who deliver direct support, peer programs, organizing tools, and a national conference to support actively-organizing startup food co-ops across the country! 

Full Circle co-ops make the startup food co-op movement possible. FCI was founded by open food co-ops as their promise to communities across the US that want to open their own cooperative grocery store that the movement would be here to help them do it. Our Full Circle co-ops are the foundation of our funding, the bedrock we rely on so we can keep supporting startups even when the winds of federal and charitable funding sources change.

How to get your

co-op “on the map”

  • Make a donation to FCI today on the Donate page
  • Pledge your co-op’s donation by emailing jq@fci.coop  and we’ll send you an invoice for the amount. Need the actual donation to fall in your Q4 but it’s Q2? We can set the invoice date to fit your co-op’s budget plan.
  • Make FCI a “round up” beneficiary and combine financial support for FCI with educating your member-owners about the food co-op movement! We have a “round up” packet of useful education tools and graphics for your co-op to use.
  • Patronage rebates are another way co-ops donate to FCI. If your co-op regularly issues patronage, we’d love to talk to you about this option. Email jq@fci.coop.
FCI's Full Circle Map that has 60 co-ops

Why it matters

We share more at the links below about what FCI does and why being a Full Circle co-op is so powerful.

A huge thank you to our 2025 Full Circle co-ops! You make what we do possible: 

California

  • BriarPatch Food Co-op
  • SLO Food Co-op

Connecticut

  • Willimantic Food Co-op

Idaho

  • Boise Co-op
  • Moscow Food Co-op

Illinois

  • Common Ground Food Co-op
  • Dill Pickle Food Co-op
  • Food Shed Co-op
  • Green Top Grocery
  • Wild Onion Market

Iowa

  • Wheatsfield Cooperative

Maine

  • Belfast Community Co-op
  • Blue Hill Co-op
  • Good Tern Co-op
  • Portland Food Co-op

Maryland

  • The Common Market
  • TPSS Co-op

Massachusetts

  • Assabet Co-op Market
  • Dorchester Community Food Co-op
  • River Valley Co-op

Michigan

  • Detroit People’s Food Co-op
  • Grain Train Natural Foods Market
  • GreenTree Co-op Market
  • Oryana Community Co-op
  • PFC Natural Grocery & Deli

Minnesota

  • Bluff Country Co-op
  • Eastside Food Co-op
  • Mississippi Market
  • Seward Community Co-op
  • Spiral Food Co-op
  • St. Peter Food Co-op & Deli
  • Wedge Community Co-ops

Nebraska

  • Open Harvest Cooperative Grocery

New Hampshire

  • Concord Food Co-op
  • Littleton Food Co-op
  • Monadnock Food Co-op

New York

  • Flatbush Food Cooperative
  • Lexington Cooperative Markets
  • Park Slope Food Co-op
  • Syracuse Cooperative Market

North Carolina

  • Weaver Street Market

Oregon

  • Astoria Co+op
  • People’s Food Co-op – Portland

Pennsylvania

  • South Philly Food Co-op

South Dakota

  • Breadroot Natural Foods Co-op
  • Sioux Falls Food Co-op

Vermont

  • City Market

Virginia

  • Fredericksburg Food Co-op
  • Friendly City Food Co-op
  • Lovettsville Co-op Market
  • Roanoke Co+op

Washington

  • Community Food Co-op – Bellingham
  • Skagit Valley Food Co-op

Wisconsin

  • Basics Cooperative Natural Foods
  • Menomonie Market Food Co-op
  • Oshkosh Food Co-op
  • Willy Street Co-op
  • Viroqua Food Co+op

Get Started with Food Co-op Initiative

Food Co-op Initiative provides exceptional resources for people in the U.S. working to start a retail food co-op that meets the needs of their community. New startups can use our materials at no charge and are able to reach out to our staff for phone consultations and additional technical help.

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Let’s Start a Food Co-op! What do we do first?

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Guide to Starting a Food Co-op

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QuickStart from FCI Classroom

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