Park Slope Food Coop
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| Consumers' cooperative | |
| Founded | 1973 |
| Headquarters | New York City, New York, United States |
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Key people
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Officers:
Board of Directors: General Coordinators: Elinoar Astrinsky, Mike Eakin, Ann Herpel, Joe Holtz, Tricia Leith, Lisa Moore, Jess Robinson, Joseph Szladek |
| Products | Organic food, local food |
| Revenue | $39.4 million (2010) |
| Website | foodcoop.com |
Coordinates: 40°40′29″N 73°58′37″W / 40.674853°N 73.976881°W
Officers:
Board of Directors:
Eunju Lee, Bill Penner, Imani Q'Ryn, Jesse Rosenfeld
Ex officio: Joe Holtz
The Park Slope Food Coop (PSFC) is a food cooperative located in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City. It is one of the oldest and largest active food co-ops in the United States. As a food cooperative, one of its goals is to be a "buying agent to its members, not a selling agent to any industry." Non-members are welcome to visit the store, but may not shop.
Formed in 1973, PSFC has grown to include over 17,000 members. The PSFC business model requires each of its adult members to contribute 2 hours and 45 minutes of work every four weeks, and that no member share a household with a non-member. In exchange, active members may shop at the store. The store sells a variety of foods and household goods, mostly environmentally friendly products, at a 21% markup over the wholesale price (compared to 26-100% at a supermarket). The savings are possible because labor is contributed by its members. PSFC operates as a New York state cooperative corporation.
PSFC, a cooperative corporation formed under the laws of the State of New York, is run by a Board of Directors consisting of five persons elected to staggered three-year terms by and from the membership. The longest-serving General Coordinator present at the meeting (usually Joe Holtz) serves as a voting member ex officio.
The Board of Directors gather monthly to hear the advice of the members at the General Meeting (GM), and generally approve all resolutions passed by the GM. The GM agenda is governed by an Agenda Committee, and the meeting itself is run by a Chair Committee, whose members rotate in service as chairperson and collectively serve as GM parliamentarian.
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