Aliquippa Food Co-op

10/29/2026

💚 ALIQUIPPA, WE DON’T HAVE TO WAIT FOR PROSPERITY TO TRICKLE DOWN. WE CAN BUILD IT TOGETHER.

A recent article from Next City challenges the idea that economic prosperity will eventually reach every community on its own.

At the Aliquippa Food Co-op, we believe our community deserves more than waiting. We deserve the opportunity to participate, invest, and help shape our own economic future.

That’s why we’re building a community-owned grocery store.

🛒 Expanding access to fresh, healthy food.
🤝 Creating opportunities for local businesses and entrepreneurs.
💼 Supporting jobs and economic activity.
💚 Giving residents a meaningful stake in a community asset.

The cooperative model is about more than buying groceries. It’s about bringing people together around shared needs and shared ownership.

When we invest together, we build together.

Aliquippa’s future is worth building—and every one of us has a role to play.

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Sponsored: Trickle-down economics never reached communities of color. CDFIs and community ownership models exist to do what the market wouldn’t.

10/23/2026

Become a member-owner of the Aliquippa Food Co-op and invite your family members to join virtual meeting. Zoom link below and in the comments.

Learn more directly from the Aliquippa Food Co-op team and ask questions live at our upcoming virtual informational session.

Thursday, November 5th @ 6:30 PM ET:
Register Here ➡️ https://psu.zoom.us/j/95928877624

We’ll walk through the top reasons to invest—from joining a proven movement that builds community wealth, supports local businesses, and creates jobs, to seeing your dollars actively at work developing a community-owned asset and strengthening our local food system. It’s an opportunity to be part of real, lasting neighborhood revitalization.

Join us live. You can be inclusive ownership in action.

10/23/2026

💚🤝 IT’S CO-OP MONTH! 🤝💚

We’re celebrating the cooperative economy—where people come together to build businesses, create opportunities, and strengthen communities.

At the Aliquippa Food Co-op, we believe when we own together, we grow together! 🛒🌱

Community-owned. Community-powered. Built together.

“They actually had a system where someone who wanted to own a business could get help in doing that.” -Kristi Williams, Greater Tulsa Area African American Affairs Commission By now, many know the history that the largest racial massacre in U.S. history occurred in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1921. White

10/20/2026

When regional investments are made, how do we know who benefits?
Gross Regional Product is the standard way of expressing conventional economic impacts at the regional level. Social Return on Investment (SROI) is used as a way of referring to and quantifying the social value that conventional models fail to capture, but that residents experience most directly.
In the Active Economy, the chief goal of development is to ensure both GRP and SROI are created in ways that primarily benefit local communities – particularly those historically characterized by worse economic, social, and environmental outcomes.
For Allegheny and Beaver Counties, the Active Economy Report found that a portfolio of 21 projects are projected to produce $845 million of GRP and an additional $123 million in Social Return on Investment over 20 years.
Dive into the report and learn more about how our economy can work in service to strengthen our communities (link in comments).
RiverWise | Neighborhood North: Museum of Play | Crop and Kettle | Millvale Community Development Corporation | Aliquippa Food Co-op | Communicycle | The Genesis Collective | Beaver Falls CDC | Reforest Our Future | Greenhouse Lab | Just Transition Fund | General Sisters | Borough of Ambridge | Baron Batch

10/09/2026

🚨 MEMBER-OWNER ALERT! 🚨

We’re excited to welcome FIVE new member-owners to the Aliquippa Food Co-op! 🛒❤️

1) Everett Marston & Emerald Marston
2) Chaz Oden
3) Noel Wilson
4) Elaine Haynes & Lawrence Haynes
5) Darin Tyson

THANK YOU for believing in the vision and, more importantly, for being willing to join the movement to bring a community-owned food cooperative to Aliquippa.

Every member-owner represents another voice, another investment, and another step toward making this vision a reality.

This is what community ownership looks like. This is what cooperation looks like.

Welcome to the movement! 🙌🏾

Learn • Join • Volunteer • Spread the Word!!
👉https://aliquippafoodcoop.com/membership/membership-application/

🌱 A grocery store by us. For us. Built together.

10/08/2026

10/01/2026

🛒💚 WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BUILD A CO-OP THAT LASTS?

A recent article from Garlic and Roses reflecting on a half-century of cooperative retail offers an important lesson for the Aliquippa Food Co-op:

Cooperation is built for the long haul.

Food co-ops that have lasted 50 years didn’t simply open their doors and stay the same. They grew, reinvented themselves, stayed connected to their communities, and remained focused on serving their members and shoppers.

A few lessons stand out:

🌱 Stay connected to your purpose.
Know what makes your cooperative meaningful to the community—and keep that purpose at the center.

🤝 Build relationships.
Co-ops don’t have to figure everything out alone. Learning from other cooperatives, sharing experiences, and building strong partnerships can help a new co-op avoid mistakes and accelerate its progress.

🛍️ Make service a priority.
A cooperative is ultimately about people. Creating an experience where members, shoppers, producers, and community partners feel valued matters.

🔄 Grow and reinvent.
Communities change. Markets change. A successful cooperative has to evolve while remaining grounded in its founding values.

💚 Think beyond today.
The goal isn't simply to open a grocery store. It's to build a community institution that can serve Aliquippa for generations.

That is part of what makes the Aliquippa Food Co-op so exciting.

We are building something with our community—not simply for our community.

A grocery store by us.
For us.
Built together.

If you believe in the power of community ownership, there is a place for you in this story.

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Spinning Cooperation into Gold: Lessons from a half century in cooperative retail with Dave Olson, Senior Director of Strategic Development for National Co+op Grocers Gold is the traditional gift for a 50th wedding anniversary. For food co-ops, the equivalent might be a 30 lb case of golden raisins

09/25/2026

🛒💚 Join us for the Aliquippa Food Co-op Community Open House and learn how we can build something together that creates jobs, supports local businesses, increases access to fresh, affordable food, and strengthens our neighborhoods.

This is more than an open house—it’s an opportunity to learn, ask questions, meet your neighbors, and see how you can be part of the movement.

As a member-owner, you have a voice and a vote in the direction of the Co-op. You can help shape what’s on the shelves, support local entrepreneurship, and play a role in building a healthier future for Aliquippa.

🙌🏾 Come learn. https://www.mobilize.us/movementlabs/event/1044748/

Come connect. Come get involved.
Together, we can grow something that truly belongs to all of us.

📅 October 8
⏰ 6:00–7:30 PM
📍 Quippian Club — 2205 Sheffield Ave., Aliquippa

Bring a neighbor. Bring a friend. Bring your ideas.

Meet the team
Mary Alice Gettings Tamu Gilbert Tamara Mitchell Deborah Jones Pat BrownMonique Tucker Tyrone Patillo Carla McCoy David Slebodnik Erika Kauffman

The Aliquippa Food Co-op is a member-owned grocery store designed to create jobs, support local businesses, and bring fresh, affordable food to our community. Join us for an open house to connect with neighbors, learn about becoming a co-op member-owner, and help build a local, healthy future. As a....