Opening Summer 2018

Grassroots Local Market is a full-service, natural foods grocery store in the heart of historic downtown Lynchburg, Virginia. We're a proud member-owned cooperative, which means that anyone can shop here, and members get special benefits. Learn more about membership.

 

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We’re sorry if you aren’t a member-owner yet and all your friends start haggling you. They just want you to join Grassroots and enjoy the wonderful benefits of co-owning a grocery store with us! #sorrynotsorry ********************************** Our Membership Referral Incentive Program is here! Refer a new member and earn a $20 Grassroots gift card. We are excited to announce a membership referral incentive program for current Grassroots member-owners. That's right, you can be rewarded for sharing Grassroots with others! We have the funding to open a co-op, but are depending on continued new members to make it a GREAT co-op. Members, check your email for ALL the program details! Happy referring y’all!
Tasting 3: saved the zinger for last - Panamanian Organic Extra Dark Chocolate with 80% cacao paired with Love Buzz Coffee. “Love buzz” is right - so tasty! And that’s a wrap! 🤗 We want to thank our members who came out tonight and to the perspective members who came and joined Grassroots tonight! Special thanks to our event and planning committee and a HUGE thanks to LJ Taylor of @equalexchange for helping educate all of us on fair trade practices!!!! Stay tuned for more updates on the store progress and more fun and educational member-owner events!!!
Tasting 2: Peruvian Medium Coffee paired with orange infused dark chocolate with 65% cacao. Yay for citrus! @grassrootslocalmarket @equalexchange #whatisfairtrade
Equal Exchange is here... And we’re learning about fair trade practices and sampling delicious coffee and tasty chocolate! Tasting 1: Organic Milk Chocolate (with 43% cacao). Paired with an Organic Mexican Coffee.... together they taste like hot chocolate. Sooo yummy. @grassrootslocalmarket @equalexchange #whatisfairtrade
Don’t forget - TONIGHT is the night! The “What is fair trade?” event begins at 6PM! The chocolate is ready and the coffee will be hot! Come taste sustainability and learn about fair trade practices! Grassroots Local Market 1300 Main Street Downtown Lynchburg See you there!
Last week we shared the fifth Principle of the Seven Co-op Principles, Education, Training and Information. As last week’s Principle 5 stated, education is a key value of co-operatives and we hope you have enjoyed learning about the Principles so far. This week, we are exploring Principle #6, Cooperation Among Cooperatives. Read more: https://www.grassrootslocalmarket.com/latest-updates/co-op-principle6 ********************************* As we share this week's blog post about Co-operative Principle 6, we want to give a shout out to our sister Co-ops, Roanoke Co-op and Friendly City Co-op, with a huge thank you for all the support! You're the best friends a Co-op can have, and we love you!
The Marples, current Grassroots member-owners, stopped by the store-front today to say hi and share what they love about Lynchburg.
Meet us outside the storefront THIS Saturday morning (6/16) from 9:00AM - 2:00PM! Learn more about Grassroots, the community-owned grocery opening at 1300 Main Street this summer. That's right -- THIS summer!!! We will be on-site to answer your questions about the co-op, the role the store will play in the community and discuss the benefits of becoming a member-owner. ~SHARE WHAT YOU LOVE about Lynchburg~ We’ll have a fun opportunity for you to share something that you L❤️VE about Lynchburg! Stop by the store and check it out. See you there!
What do you L❤️VE about Lynchburg?!?!?!? {Pretty soon you can say you love our co-op grocery} This ‘lil lad says he likes “the fountains” - how sweet. 😊 Comment below! ~~~~~~~~~~~~ We have a project going on at our Saturday table setup outside the store. We’ll be outside again this Saturday! Stop by, say hi, learn more about Grassroots and share something you love about #ourlynchburg!