The National Cooperative Grocers Association (NCGA) is a business services cooperative for natural food co-ops located throughout the United States. NCGA helps unify natural food co-ops in order to optimize operational and marketing resources, strengthen purchasing power, and ultimately offer more value to natural food co-op owners and shoppers everywhere.

Mission & Ends Statements

Mission: NCGA will provide the vision, leadership and systems to catapult a virtual chain of food co-ops to a position of prominence in the natural foods industry.

Ends (Global): A prominent cooperatively-owned food system which results in thriving communities at the cost of member commitment, participation, and dues.

• $3 billion in NCGA member sales by 2020
• Consumer recognition and industry influence
• A growing number of food co-op members
• A dynamic member-driven food system that is inspired by vision, innovation, and creativity
• Resources optimized system-wide
• Consumers and communities that hold cooperative values and are stewards of the environment
• Enhanced value for members

Key Statistics

• Our 112 independent co-op members operate over 140 storefronts in 32 states with combined annual sales of over $1 billion.
• The largest cooperative operates nine stores, generating over $100 million in annual sales, with over 35,000 consumer owners. The smallest cooperative has less than $1 million in annual sales.
• The median cooperative was founded in 1975.