Company type | Business services cooperative |
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Founded | 1999 |
Headquarters | , |
Website | ncg.coop |
National Co+op Grocers (NCG) is a business services cooperative for retail cooperative grocery stores located throughout the United States. [1] NCG offers franchise-like services to food co-ops that help businesses optimize operational and marketing resources, offering coordinated branding; access to loans through a partnership with Capital Impact Partners; [2] and bulk buying rates through the United Natural Foods (UNFI). [3]
NCG's headquarters are located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, [4] home to a number of Food Cooperatives, such as Wedge Community Co-op, as well as the historic Minnesota Food Cooperative Wars.
As of 2022 [update], NCG represents 148 independent food cooperatives operating more than 200 stores in 38 states with combined annual sales of over $2.4 billion and over 1.3 million consumer owners. [5]