Mission
Our mission is:

• To provide a marketplace for the purchase and sale of organic and natural foods and other items which the members deem appropriate and to make these products available at the lowest manageable prices.
• To provide information and education to our members and the community-at-large about the importance of high quality foods and their role in the maintenance of good health.
• To provide a workplace that is both safe and healthy, and to provide meaningful employment opportunities.
• To promote cooperative principles, practices and values and to affiliate with other groups to build a cooperative economy
• To conduct such other activities that will serve the economic, educational, and cultural needs of our members, the community, and the public.

Guiding Principles

Chico Natural Foods is committed to the following principles in all our interactions with employees and customers.

INTEGRITY                       Working at the highest ethical standards

RESPECT                         Treating co-workers, members and customers with courtesy and appreciation

QUALITY                          Striving toward excellence in all that we do.

CUSTOMER SERVICE        Providing the greatest possible customer care

What is a Cooperative?

The overall goal of the cooperative movement is to create organizations that serve the needs of the people who use them.  Cooperative businesses provide goods and services in a way that keeps community resources in the community.  While there are a number of different types of cooperatives, Chico Natural Foods is a Consumer Cooperative. 

A Consumer Cooperative is a business that is owned by its members for their mutual benefit.  Members exercise their ownership by patronizing the store, voting in Board elections and referendums, and participating in co-op sponsored events.  Consumer Cooperatives utilize the cooperative principle of “Democratic member control”, or one membership/one vote.  To learn more about cooperatives visit  www.ncba.coop.