Seward Co-op’s Board of Directors is seeking candidates for the 2017 board election. If you feel strongly about the cooperative business model and want to help shape the future of our co-op, please consider being a candidate. The election will begin in late September, ending at the annual co-op owners meeting on Oct. 23. In…  Read More →

Thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate the anniversary of the Friendship store and the annual meeting. The family-friendly event was held in the parking lot of the Friendship store in the same location as the ribbon cutting one year ago. We are thankful that the rain held off and a chili supper…  Read More →

Please join the board of directors at its meeting on Tuesday, July 26. Seward Co-op’s Board of Directors is seeking candidates for the 2016 board election. If you feel strongly about the cooperative business model and want to help shape the future of our co-op, please consider being a candidate. The election will be held…  Read More →

Seeking Principle Six (P6) – Co-operative Trade Movement National DirectorPrinciple Six (P6) – Co-operative Trade Movement is a multi-stakeholder co-operative, comprised of retail and wholesale co-op members, working together to build economic relationships rooted in the values of co-operation. P6 promotes small farmers/ producers, co-operative businesses, and local farmers/ producers to consumers in retail co-ops.…  Read More →

Seward Co-op’s 2015 board of directors election culminated at the annual meeting on Oct. 6. The board of directors governs the entire co-op — Franklin store, Friendship store, Creamery Café — and is comprised of nine co-op owners. Through a democratic election, four seats were filled this year. Full results are available here. Congratulations to…  Read More →

The 2015 Annual Meeting at the Friendship store was quite likely the largest one in Seward Co-op’s history – in terms of sheer number of people in attendance and in terms of the size of the event. The night’s agenda was packed, and we were thrilled to see such a great turnout. The 2015 board…  Read More →

By October, Seward Co-op will have a total of three business units: The Franklin store (our current location), the new Friendship store, and the Co-op Creamery Cafe, due to open in late July. In anticipation of that, the co-op is hiring right now (you may have heard that Seward Co-op has already hired a chef…  Read More →

Love GMOs? Then Label ‘Em! A coalition called Right to Know Minnesota (RTK-MN) has organized a campaign supporting passage of a labeling bill to require foods containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs) to be labeled as such. This joins with over two dozen other state initiatives for GMO labeling and 64 countries that currently label. RTK-MN…  Read More →

Construction on the new Seward Co-op Friendship store will be starting soon. Anyone who is interested in learning about the construction project, and the requirements and qualifications needed for construction employment, is invited to attend this information meeting. When: August 12, 2014, at 3 p.m. Where: Sabathani Community Center, 310 E. 38th Street, Minneapolis 55409,…  Read More →

Are you an owner of Seward Co-op who would like to: shape strategic, long-term plans for the co-op; learn about issues in the cooperative and natural foods sectors; and develop policies that govern the co-op? Then, please consider running for the board of directors! Serving on the board is fulfilling and challenging. It requires a…  Read More →