Through a unique pricing model, rigorous standards, support networks, and creating demand for ethical goods, Fairtrade organizations are building a better system for imported products. Better for the People A Fairtrademodel ensures that farmers are getting fair wages and safe working conditions. Fairtrade standards also address gender equality, child labor, and worker rights. Better… Read More →
We’re proud to offer our co-op owners a guaranteed 1% back on their purchases made July 1, 2020 – June 30, 2021. Your 1% earnings will be available for you at the cash registers on August 1. Simply let your cashier or Co-op Curbside shopper know that you’d like to redeem your 1% when you… Read More →
This year was marked by the pandemic and a collective demand for racial justice. Faced with these pivotal moments in our community’s history, we pivoted as an organization to meet the increased community need, deepen our investment in our staff, and begin our journey to being an actively antiracist organization. This work continues as we… Read More →
The global health pandemic and the social unrest happening all across the country supercharged 2020, illuminating the stark disparities in outcomes among Black and brown communities and other communities of color in comparison to their white neighbors. The public murder of George Floyd on Monday, May 25, by a police officer at 38th Street &… Read More →
Our Streets Minneapolis is the local nonprofit behind the popular Open Streets events. While the pandemic forced the cancellation of all Open Streets Minneapolis events in 2020, the local nonprofit continued to focus its advocacy efforts on ensuring that the voices of folks who have historically been left out of transportation decision-making—Black… Read More →
In 2020, Co-op Partners Warehouse (CPW) created a direct partnership with Equal Exchange (EE) to become a distribution hub for EE Fair Trade Organic bananas and avocados. We are proud of this co-op-to-co-op connection— Equal Exchange is cooperatively owned, their growers are small farmer cooperatives, and CPW is part of the TCCP cooperative organization. The… Read More →
This year we are thrilled to be partnering with organizations in our community who work to empower and uplift Black, Indigenous an other communities of Color (BIPOC), along with those who are working to address the hunger crisis that has been amplified by the pandemic. Our shoppers’ generous Change Matters donations totaled over $140,000 in… Read More →
Our Commitment to you during Covid-19 AND always Twin Cities Co-op Partners (TCCP) is committed to remaining a trusted resource for our owners, shoppers and staff. We’re constantly adapting our stores to best meet the needs of the community during this time of uncertainty. Please visit our website for our safe shopping practices, Follow us…
Looking Ahead As the board looks ahead to the coming year, it has established two key priorities of board service. 1. Continue its work on Diversity, Equity, Accessibility and Inclusion (DEAI) with specific goals, strategies, actions, and metrics. 2. Deepen Twin Cities Co-op Partner’s connections with community stakeholders, partners and leaders as we further strengthen…
Rounding up at the register with our Change Matters* program is an easy way to make donations. During the month of November all register donations will go to support Centro De Trabajadores Unidos En La Lucha (CTUL). CTUL organizes low-wage workers from across the Twin Cities to develop leadership and educate one another to build power…
