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Owner Rights and Benefits

Becoming an Owner of the Co-op gives you an opportunity to join your friends and neighbors in building a community-owned and democratically controlled economic institution that serves the Owners. Co-op Owners are helping to build a business that brings integrity to the marketplace, a company that is responsive to and operates with the consumers' interests at heart, while providing the community with good jobs and good food.

As a Willy Street Co-op Owner, you can:

  1. Receive a Patronage Refund during years the Co-op is profitable (initiated in late 2009)
  2. Take advantage of Owner Rewards sales
  3. Receive free tickets to our Annual Meeting & Party
  4. Get discounts on pre-ordered case purchases
  5. Special order items not regularly sold in the store
  6. Receive our monthly newsletter, the Reader, in the mail
  7. Receive a 5% discount on Reader advertising
  8. Participate in the organization by serving on committees or running for the Board of Directors
  9. Co-op reciprocity: When traveling you'll pay owner prices at most other retail food co-ops throughout the country by showing your Willy Street Co-op Owner card
  10. Save 5% every day (Owners pay shelf price; non-Owners pay 5% more)
  • Benefits are limited to Willy Street Co-op Owners only; purchase surcharges waived for customers with legitimate ownership cards from other existing food co-ops.

You'll find competitive prices at the Co-op, along with several programs designed to help you save even more!

Co-op Sales Programs

Owner Rewards

Every week we put a selection of products on sale in appreciation of our Owners.		 Owner Rewards weekly promo

Co+op™ Deals

Co+op™ Deals program specials, available to all shoppers, changing every two to three weeks.

 Co-op Deals monthly promo
Everyday Sale Price

ESP (Everyday Sale Prices)

Twenty products throughout the store at the same low price every day.

Wellness Wednesday LogoWellness Wednesdays

Save 10% on all supplements and body-care products on the first Wednesday of every month. See the calendar of Wellness Wednesdays for the year here.

Madison HOURS

Madison has its own local currency, Madison HOURS. You can use HOURS to buy groceries at the Co-op. Due to the varying number of HOURS we receive and/or are able to disburse, we need to be able to adjust our policy occasionally. We will do our best to give you as much notice as possible before these changes occur. As of March 1, 1997, you can use one quarter HOUR or one half HOUR as partial payment per purchase totaling $20 or more—TUESDAYS ONLY. You may also exchange Federal dollars for Madison HOURS or request HOURS as change.

Updated - July 11, 2012