Mujeres Emprendedoras Cooperative

Name

Mujeres Emprendedoras Cooperative

Legal name

Mujeres Emprendedoras Cooperative

Website

https://www.mecooperative.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Mujeres Emprendedoras Cooperative empowers women through a worker-owned restaurant cooperative.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Specialty Foods and Handmade Crafts Cooperative

NAICS

Jewelry Retailers (458310), Jewelry, Luggage, and Leather Goods Retailers (4583)

SIC

Retail-Jewelry Stores (5944), Canned, Fruits, Veg, Preserves, Jams & Jellies (2033)

akta.pro primary industry

Worker-Owned Grocery Cooperatives (CRAHALAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Handmade/Craft Fashion Jewelry (Beaded/Wire/Woven) (CRAKABAD)

Keywords

• Worker cooperative ownership
• Handmade artisan jewelry
• Handcrafted salsa products
• Catering and cooking classes
• Community economic development

Headquarters

HQ city

Denver

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Handmade Jewelry Sales: The cooperative sells handmade jewelry including bracelets, necklaces, and earrings through their e-commerce storefront. Prices range from $7.99 to $12.00 per item.
2. Salsa Products: The cooperative sells various homemade salsa products including Roasted Anaheim, Roasted Jalapeño, Roasted Serrano, Arbol, Serrano, Ranchera, and Green Salsa. All salsa products are priced at $6.00 per unit.
3. Catering and Cooking Classes: The cooperative offers catering services and cooking classes as part of their food and culinary offerings, generating revenue through service-based engagements.
4. Educational Content: The cooperative provides videos and resources on cooking, jewelry making, business, and financial education through their 'Learn With Us' service, potentially generating educational content revenue.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Mujeres Emprendedoras Cooperative is a worker-owned cooperative that sells handmade jewelry (bracelets, necklaces, earrings, knitted accessories) priced between $7.99 and $12.00 per item and seven varieties of handcrafted salsa (Roasted Anaheim, Roasted Jalapeño, Roasted Serrano, Arbol, Serrano, Ranchera, and Green Salsa) priced at $6.00 per unit, through its own Wix-based e-commerce storefront on mecooperative.com. The cooperative also offers catering services, cooking classes, tamales, and free educational videos/resources covering cooking, jewelry making, business, and financial education.

Product overview

Mujeres Emprendedoras Cooperative is a worker-owned cooperative founded in 2017 in Westwood, focused on creating economic opportunities for women. The cooperative operates three main product lines: Food & Salsas (handcrafted salsas in seven varieties, catering services, cooking classes, and tamales), Craft & Jewelry (handmade necklaces, earrings, and bracelets sold through their online jewelry shop), and Learn With Us (educational videos and resources on cooking, jewelry making, and business skills). The cooperative prioritizes financial education and intergenerational wealth-building, with all products sold through their e-commerce platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Food & Salsas (catering, cooking classes, tamales, and seven handcrafted salsa varieties) Handcrafted salsas in seven pepper varieties (Roasted Anaheim, Roasted Jalapeño, Roasted Serrano, Arbol, Serrano, Ranchera, and Green Salsa) priced at $6.00 per unit, plus catering services for events and gatherings, cooking classes, and tamales. Sold to individual consumers and event organizers.
• Craft & Jewelry (handmade bracelets, necklaces, earrings, and knitted accessories) Handmade jewelry including necklaces, earrings, bracelets (e.g., Red Rock Bracelet $11.00, Creamy Chocolate Bracelet $7.99, Knots and Buttons $9.00, Knot Bracelet $7.99, Rainbow Owl Bracelet $12.00, Crystal Rocks and Eiffel Tower Bracelet $12.00, Couple Kids Grey Bracelet $12.00, Rainbow Lace Bracelet $12.00, Red Bracelet $8.00 (Best Seller), Red Tan Shiny Bracelet $8.00), and knitted accessories sold directly to individual consumers through the online jewelry shop.
• Learn With Us (cooking, jewelry making, business, and financial education videos and resources) Educational videos and resources covering cooking, jewelry making, business skills, and financial education offered to the community to support personal capacity building, self-esteem, and intergenerational wealth, and to help others start worker-owned cooperatives.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Equal Exchange: Equal Exchange is a worker-owned cooperative specializing in fairly traded food products (coffee, chocolate, bananas). It is directly comparable as a long-standing, mission-driven food cooperative that uses a worker-ownership structure to drive social impact.
• GreenStar Cooperative Market: GreenStar is a multi-stakeholder food cooperative in Ithaca, NY, offering local and organic products. It is comparable as a community-owned grocery cooperative with a similar social mission of supporting local producers and underserved communities.
• Park Slope Food Coop: Park Slope Food Coop is a member-owned food cooperative in Brooklyn, NY, renowned for its cooperative governance model and community focus. It is relevant as a comparable worker/member-owned grocery cooperative structure.
• Cooperative Home Care Associates: Cooperative Home Care Associates is the largest worker-owned cooperative in the US, providing home care services. It is comparable as a worker-owned cooperative using the model to create economic opportunity for workers in an underserved population.
• Novica: Novica is an online marketplace for handmade artisan jewelry and crafts from around the world. It is comparable as a direct-to-consumer channel for handmade artisan jewelry, directly competing with the cooperative's jewelry line.
• Ten Thousand Villages: Ten Thousand Villages is a fair-trade retailer specializing in handmade jewelry, accessories, and home goods from artisans in developing countries. It is comparable as a mission-driven seller of handmade jewelry with a social-enterprise angle.
• Mighty Forge (formerly Greyston Bakery): Greyston Bakery / Mighty Forge is a Yonkers-based bakery known for its 'open hiring' model. It is comparable as a social enterprise that hires and empowers individuals facing barriers to employment, similar to the cooperative's mission for women facing displacement.

Broad incumbents

• Honest Tea (Coca-Cola): Honest Tea is a mission-driven beverage brand that started as a social enterprise and was acquired by Coca-Cola. It is comparable as an example of a mission-driven food brand that scaled through mainstream distribution, illustrating a potential growth path for the cooperative's salsa line.
• Etsy: Etsy is a major online marketplace for handmade jewelry and crafts. It is relevant as a broader incumbent that competes for the same handmade jewelry customer segment and provides a potential distribution channel for the cooperative's artisan products.

Emerging players

• Si Se Puede Collective: Si Se Puede Collective is a community-rooted economic development initiative focused on Latino empowerment in Westwood. It is comparable as a peer community organization operating in the same Westwood neighborhood with similar mission overlap around economic opportunity for underserved populations.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/mujeresemprendedorascooperative

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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