Every month we choose an organization to feature for our "Round Up" program at the register! When checking out the cashier might ask you if you'd like to round up to support the cause or you can ask to round up your purchase to the nearest dollar to donate your change! 100% of the profits go to the cause!

This month we're supporting the Clean Air Council, Philadelphia's oldest environmental non-profit!

This upcoming spring we will be holding our annual elections for our Board of Directors. If you're a Member-Owner of the Co-Op and want to serve your community and get involved, you can declare candidacy today!

The Board of Directors is responsible for governing the Co-op. They are elected by Member-Owners to act on their behalf, with the goal of guiding our Co-op through policy and making decisions in the best interest of our community. The Board of Directors elections take place at our annual spring General Membership Meeting. Each Director serves a two-year term, starting the summer following elections.

You must be a Member-Owner in good standing & at least 18 years old to run.

The South Philly Food Co-op encourages all eligible candidates eager to advance our mission of using food as a force for good to consider running for the Board!

If interested, you can fill out this Board Candidate Packet or pick one up at the Register in store.

Observable Meetings, Online Info Sessions & More!

March 15th @ 10AM - Join us outside Grindcore House for a Co-Op meet up to discuss Membership, the Election & more!

March 24th @ 6PM - Online Info Session & Observable Meeting

Email [email protected] RSVP to online events!

Black cooperatives & mutual aid societies have been a vital part of Black history and the fight for economic and social justice. 

Thank you for being a part of our Co-Op community and helping us celebrate 4 years on Juniper!

It's been a fun filled year with new events & returning traditions!

We're halfway through our October Equity Drive! This month we're trying to raise $10,000 in Equity and welcome 25 new Member-owners! In addition to the fun & prizes we have in store for this drive we are also decorating a Free Little Library and welcoming you to be a part of this community staple and art piece!

Read more to see progress pictures of the Little Library & learn how to participate!

Fun for all in the fall!

TOMATO SZN IS HERE! 🍅🍅🍅 We love local tomatoes here at South Philly Food Co-op, and we are thrilled it’s finally their time to shine.

To celebrate our second year of HOT TOMATO SUMMER, we asked chefs throughout Philly to share their favorite tomato recipes, and here they all our! 

Click to see HOT TOMATO SUMMER recipes from Chef Monica Glass, Chef Jen Carroll, Chef Billy Riddle, Chef Amarildo Bojko, Chef Kelly Guerrero, Chef Saudamani Gray, Chef Char Nolan, Chef Kiki Aranita, Chef Nok Suntaranon, Chef Dionicio Jimenez, and Chef Lila Colello.

What a wonderful year of accomplishments we had in 2022:

We supported 12 incredible community organizations with over $2,500 in donations via our Round Up at the Register program, all of which we're keeping in touch with and continuing to support in various ways. If there is an organization you'd like to see join our Round Up program in 2023, please let us know.

We brought in 33 new local brands on our shelves increasing local product sales by 43%. We highlighted all of them in our local producer e-zine (https://www.southphillyfood.coop/we-love-local)

We continued to grow our Shop South Philly Program which is currently over 40 local businesses strong. We encourage our members to support these businesses by offering deals and discounts that are only available to SPFC members. If you're a local store interested in joining our program, please send us a DM! We'd love to support you and amplify you on our platforms.

We went on a field trip to Lancaster Farm Fresh Co-op and had a community volunteer day at Novick Urban Farm.

We held 6 Owner Appreciation Days and partnered with dozens of local producers to make them all a big success!

We held over a dozen community events — kids art contests, mural making workshops, cooking classes, volunteer days, composting workshops, donut decorating events, and so many more! If you have any ideas for events in 2023, please reach out. 

Our sales program grew significantly in both grocery and produce... including lots of owner sales! We plan on keeping this going next year.

We supported many community organizations via food & gift drives, pumpkin decorating, Susan's lemonade stand, Taylor & Ash's holiday cards, and more!

We displayed lots of artwork on our walls thanks to the kids in our community and the students next door at Southern.

We had more holiday products on our shelves than ever before throughout the year. We even more than doubled the number of turkeys we sold this year from last year! If there’s a holiday item you'd like to see that we didn't carry, please send us a note. 

We completed the community mural on our back wall thanks to artist, Danielle

Back-to-School Recipes with Chef Monica Glass

We have a yummy Back-to-School treat and challenge for you this month! South Philly Chef Monica Glass will be sharing four different easy to make recipes that are PERFECT for Back-to-School snacks featuring the following five local products from our shelves:

Week 1 - Conscious Culture Vegan Cheese & Habitat Farms Honey 

Week 2 - Soom Tahini 

Week 3 - Mother Butter Seed Butter

Week 4 - Local Apples 

YOUR MISSION IF YOU CHOOSE TO ACCEPT: If you make all 4 of Chef Monica's recipes in September, you get a FREE Habitat Farms Honey, Mother Butter, Soom, Conscious Culture, or local apple!

Rules: Tag SPFC in a video or photo of each recipe on social media or email them to [email protected]. Once we get all 4, we'll reach out to you to arrange which FREE GIFT you want.

Below is a sneak peek of all 4 recipes:

Dear Member-Owners and Neighbors,

We want to begin by acknowledging the profound impact of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization Supreme Court ruling. We stand with National Co+op Grocers, a cooperative of nearly 150 food co-ops across the country, in affirming the human right of bodily autonomy and the liberty of women, trans, and nonbinary people to make decisions about their own bodies, including healthcare decisions.

Our co-op’s mission is to use food as a force for good - at our tables, in our community and for our planet.

In response to Dobbs, using food as a force for good at our tables means:

• Reviewing our in-store benefits package to ensure coverage for reproductive health and abortion care;
• Committing to improving our benefits coverage for reproductive health and abortion care when we next have the opportunity to renegotiate our benefits plans; and
• Expanding in-store health coverage to provide Board-funded travel benefits in the event that Pennsylvania adopts restrictive abortion laws to ensure all staff have equal access to necessary health care.

Using food as a force for good in our community and for our planet means:

• Supporting local advocacy organizations through partnerships and our Round Up at the Register program;
• Educating folx about the significant impact reproductive choice and bodily autonomy have on food insecurity in our community; 
• Collaborating with our neighbors on special events, like Judy Ni of bāo • logy for a two-day community outreach event and bake sale with Bakers Against Racism; and
• Working to promote voter registration and participation throughout South Philly.

We encourage you, and everyone you know, to attend Bakers Against Racism’s Abortion Access Edition August Bake Sale on Sunday, August 7th and Monday, August 8th. The event aims to provide community education about choice, healthcare, human rights, and to raise funds and awareness for the upcoming election cycle. SPFC will serve as an order pick-up spot on Monday, from 2-7pm. 

We welcome all member-owners to help us continue to think about how we can collectively advance the dialogue on reproductive justice, the human rights of women and any individual who has the capacity to experience a pregnancy (planned or unplanned) and women’s and gender-expansive individuals’ health more generally. Member-owners are encouraged to email our Board with their thoughts.

In Cooperation,

Chad Hooper, President

Mita Banerjee, Vice President

Sharon Ulak, Treasurer

A Procik, Secretary

Molly Devlin

Brendan Duffy

Zaire DuRant-Young

Eliza Kinsey

Jenn Ladd

Beckett Woodworth