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The Anacortes Food Co-op, open since July 2016, is probably the state’s newest. And they have already moved to a bigger space, occupying 1,500 square feet – retail is 1,000 square feet, including Rachel’s Cool Beans Cafe – at 2308 Commercial Avenue since February. Coming from La Conner, you can’t miss it on the west side of the street: the “Enjoy Skagit Maid Ice Cream” covering the wall is larger than the store’s sign. The co-op’s vision: “a member-owned grocery store bringing food, goods, and services that are local, organic...
The Skagit Valley Food Co-op has experienced phenomenal growth from its 1973 start in a church basement in downtown Mount Vernon, but it has not strayed far from its roots or its original location. Now occupying two buildings, the mother store fronts South First Street at Division. C-Square is in a building tucked between Second and Third Streets. The expansion impulse was a combination of solving a mundane need to secure over 60 coveted parking spaces and a daydreaming “La-Z-Boy” concept, explained long time General Manager Todd Wood. He fir...
