In 2012, residents from the Bryant-Central neighborhood approached Seward Co-op to gauge interest in building a grocery store in their community. As the co-op explored the opportunity, they were introduced to leaders of the Greater Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, who agreed that Seward Co-op would be a great fit for the neighborhood. There was one…
We had a blast celebrating 10 years of the Friendship Store at the Sabathani Block Party! Our day was filled with gratitude, community, and collaboration as we honored the past, present, and future of the 38th Street corridor. Events like this aren’t possible without Seward Co-op staff and support from community partners and co-hosts like…
Happy Pride Month, Seward Co-op Community! As a member of the LGBTQ+ community, this month is one that has always felt significant to me, especially as I’ve continued to learn more about myself and my identity. I was born in June, Pride Month, in the late 1980s, a time when queerness was still taboo. The…
Dear Seward Co-op Community, We are about three-quarters of the way through our current fiscal year and would like to share this update with our owners and staff. In this report, we have financial results for the first half of our fiscal year, an update on the completed sale of the Creamery building, and some…
The 2025 Board of Directors election ballot included a proposal to change full owner equity from $75 to $99 by increasing the number of ($3) Class A Stock voting shares from twenty-five (25) to thirty-three (33). UPDATE: The election has concluded and Seward Co-op’s owners voted in favor of approving this ballot proposal by a…
Back in 1972, when Seward Co-op was spelled “Seward Cooop,” the shelves were mostly lined with bulk pantry staples: containers full of items like dill seeds, white pepper, and turmeric. Today, more than 50 years later, Bulk is just one of many departments at the co-op, but still operates on the same principles: only buy…
On a blustery, early spring day in March, an attentive, excited multi-generational group gathered in the community seating area at the Franklin store to celebrate the recent sale of the “Creamery” building to North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems (NATIFS). Darren Thompson, an Ojibwe flute player from the Lac du Flambeau Ojibwe Indian Reservation in…
S. Martinelli & Company is issuing a voluntary recall of a single lot of Martinelli’s glass bottles of “Apple Juice”, due to the potential for this product to contain elevated levels of patulin, a naturally occurring substance produced by molds that may grow in apples. Long-term exposure from drinking apple juice containing elevated levels of…
Acure has issued a voluntary recall of its Brightening Face Scrub due to customer complaints of skin irritation. We may have sold this between May 2024 and March 2025. If you purchased this product with the following lot code at Seward Co-op, it will be fully refunded at the store where it was purchased. UPC:…
February is Black History Month, a time to honor, celebrate, and recognize the contributions of Black and African Americans nationally and within our communities. We strive to celebrate Black history past and present at Seward Co-op, and this Black History Month, we wanted to highlight a community partner: Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder (MSR). In August of 2024,…
