Springfield Food Co-op

What Springfield Food Co-op does

Springfield Food Co-op is a member-owned retail grocery cooperative operating a single storefront at 6 Main Street in downtown Springfield, Vermont. Founded approximately 1996, the co-op serves the local community and surrounding trade area with a full assortment of grocery categories including bulk foods, cheese, deli and café, general grocery, local Vermont products, meat and seafood, produce, and wellness items. The business operates a traditional brick-and-mortar retail model with extended hours seven days per week and is open to all community members regardless of membership status, with over 3,000 individual member-owners holding participatory stakes.

The co-op differentiates through local sourcing relationships with regional farmers and vendors, fair-trade pricing to local suppliers, and community-oriented programs including C.R.O.P.S. (Community Roots Outreach Projects), the Food for All Discount Program, and Change for Change charitable giving. A Deli Catering service extends prepared-foods into event-based sales. Marketing is conducted through Instagram, Facebook, and an email newsletter. The co-op employs approximately 13 people and operates without disclosed technology infrastructure, e-commerce platform, or digital ordering systems.

Revenue is generated entirely through in-store retail grocery sales with no disclosed pricing or transaction data. The business carries no external institutional investors, no parent company, and no subsidiaries. Strategic posture is community-stewardship rather than growth-oriented, with the entity serving as a stable neighborhood grocery anchor rather than a scaling enterprise.

Name

Springfield Food Co-op

Legal name

Springfield Food Co-op

Website

https://springfieldfood.coop

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Springfield Food Co-op is a member-owned grocery cooperative operating a single retail store in Springfield, Vermont, serving local residents with grocery, produce, deli, wellness, and locally sourced products across over 3,000 member-owners.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Grocery Retail

NAICS

Grocery and Convenience Retailers (4451), Other Specialty Food Retailers (44529)

SIC

Retail-Grocery Stores (5411)

akta.pro primary industry

Member-Owned Food Cooperatives (CRAHALAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Food Co-ops with In-Store Prepared Foods & Deli (CRAHALAF), Community-Owned / Nonprofit Grocery Stores (CRAHALAB)

Keywords

• Community grocery store
• Natural foods retail
• Member-owned cooperative
• Fresh produce market
• Local food sourcing

Headquarters

HQ city

Springfield

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Retail Grocery Sales: Revenue from selling grocery, produce, meats, seafood, deli items, cheese, bulk goods, wellness products, and prepared foods to customers through their physical retail location.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Springfield Food Co-op is a member-owned community grocery cooperative that operates a single physical retail store in downtown Springfield, Vermont, selling healthy, natural, and affordable grocery items, fresh produce, meats, seafood, cheese, bulk foods, wellness products, deli/café prepared foods, and locally sourced goods. The co-op is open to all community members and is governed by more than 3,000 member-owners.

Product overview

Springfield Food Co-op is a member-owned community grocery cooperative offering a unified retail experience. The co-op operates as a single store with multiple product departments including Bulk, Cheese, Deli & Café, Grocery, Local Products, Meat & Seafood, Produce, and Wellness. The co-op also provides community programs through C.R.O.P.S. and catering services. Founded nearly 30 years ago and owned by over 3,000 member-owners, the co-op serves the Springfield, Vermont community with healthy, natural, affordable grocery and wellness products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Bulk

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Brattleboro Food Co-op: Member-owned natural foods cooperative in Brattleboro, VT operating a similar single-store, multi-department format serving a comparable small-town Vermont community. Closest comparable by structure, scale, and geography.
• Hanover Co-op Food Stores: Multi-store member-owned cooperative serving the Upper Valley region of VT/NH with grocery, produce, deli, and wellness departments — directly comparable co-op format serving a similar New England demographic.
• City Market / Onion River Co-op: Member-owned food co-op in Burlington, VT operating a large downtown grocery plus a second store. Comparable cooperative model, broader scale but same Vermont market and community-focused positioning.
• Wheatsfield Co-op: Member-owned community food co-op in Ames, Iowa operating a similar single-store grocery with deli, produce, bulk, and wellness — comparable small-town cooperative format though in a different region.
• Buffalo Mountain Co-op: Member-owned natural foods co-op in Hardwick, VT serving a small rural community with comparable scale, cooperative ownership, and product mix.
• Middlebury Natural Foods Co-op: Member-owned natural foods co-op in Middlebury, VT with grocery, deli, and local sourcing emphasis — comparable small-town Vermont cooperative structure and product mix.
• Hunger Mountain Co-op: Member-owned community food co-op in Waterbury, VT offering grocery, deli, produce, wellness, and local products — directly comparable single-store cooperative in rural Vermont.
• Putney Food Co-op: Small member-owned community food co-op in Putney, VT operating a single retail store with similar community-giving orientation and local sourcing focus.

Broad incumbents

• Whole Foods Market: Large national natural/organic grocery chain that competes for the same values-driven, local-sourcing-seeking customer, but at much greater scale and with broader geographic reach.

Regional players

• Healthy Living Market & Café: Independently-owned natural foods market in Manchester, VT and other locations with grocery, deli, café, and wellness — competing regionally for the same natural/organic customer in Vermont.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/SpringfieldFoodCoop
• Instagraminstagram.com/springfieldfoodcoop
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/springfield-food-co-op

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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