Greencity Wholefoods

Greencity Wholefoods is a worker co-operative wholefoods wholesaler in Glasgow, Scotland. The co-operative was founded in 1978 in Hillington, in the outskirts of Glasgow before moving in 1983 to its current location in Dennistoun in the city's East End.[1] In 2019 the co-operative reported an annual turnover of £7.7 million and has 54 employee-members.[2][3]

Scottish Wholefoods Collective Warehouse Limited
Greencity Wholefoods
TypeWorker co-operative
IndustryWholesaler
Founded6 June 1978 (1978-06-06)
HeadquartersDennistoun, Glasgow, Scotland
Area served
Scotland
ProductsWhole food, organic food and natural products
Revenue£7.7 million (2019)
Number of employees
54
Websitegreencity.coop

As a worker co-operative the business is directly owned and controlled by its workers through a directly elected management committee and quarterly general meetings. The co-operative operates a flat wage structure, with every member paid the same hourly wage, alongside a flat management structure and a system of rotating the co-operative's directly elected managers.[4][5][1] Greencity has many similarities with Suma, a worker co-operative in West Yorkshire, and stocks many Suma brand products.

The co-operative delivers goods across Scotland, except for the Highlands and Islands which are covered by Greencity's sister co-operative Highland Wholefoods Workers Co-operative which Greencity helped establish in 1989.[6][4]

See also

References
  1. Brown, Annie (27 June 2015). "Our green dream saw off Thatcher's creed of greed: How pioneering workers' health food co-op became £6m business". Daily Record. Archived from the original on 7 May 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  2. "Mutuals Public Register: Scottish Wholefoods Collective Warehouse Limited". mutuals.fca.org.uk. Archived from the original on 22 January 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  3. "About Us". www.greencity.coop. Archived from the original on 22 April 2021. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  4. McDonnell, Diarmuid (2012). Democratic Enterprise: Ethical Business for the 21st Century. Stirling: Co-operative Education Trust Scotland. pp. 20, 86. ISBN 978-0-9555342-2-5. OCLC 921221050. Archived from the original on 10 July 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  5. Voinea, Anca (26 June 2018). "Making a difference: The Co-op Economy report 2018". Co-operative News. Archived from the original on 21 January 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  6. Voinea, Anca (24 September 2013). "Greencity Wholefoods: Spreading co-operation throughout Scotland". Co-operative News. Archived from the original on 21 January 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2021.

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