Durango Natural Foods Co-op — Local services in Durango

I’ve been coming to this Co-op for 10 years and from what I understand Co-op you know means cooperation and their member owned

I just found out that I’m not allowed to purchase food there anymore due to one of the employees calling the cops on me when I went there to get orange juice and ask for a job

After reading a couple of reviews, I realize there’s probably one person in there who decided my life wasn’t worth it and decided it’s worth embarrassing me in front of my community instead of reaching out to me as a regular As the one place in town who takes the double up food buck program, I find this quite absurd and something that will make my life a lot harder and it’s already hard enough right now

Co-op’s have always been the place where like-minded people can go get nutritious food, support the local farmers and find a little relief from how difficult the world can be at times.

As somebody who just survived a near death experience, I find this attitude of people not being able to do have any compassion and patience with each other anymore. Very disturbing.

And now that it’s infected the Co-op I don’t think this town is going to be able to properly adjust do to the changes that are being asked of us by the world .

We need real change in the world. We need to be able to get along with people who are different than us. We need to get along with how the environment is different than our parents environment, we need to learn how to stand up for each other, not swat each other

As Somebody with a disability and healing from a true handicap when did we stop helping each other? When did we decide that we could be the judges and use taxpayer money to harass people who are different?

Living in this community as a white person who can speak multiple languages, including some Navajo, I find that we need to do a whole lot better and get to know our neighbors, most do not know the word yatahai

But when you called the cops on me at the Co-op, you broke a trust and I will speak out because that is not justice, that is harassment.

As a LGBTQ person, I get enough harassment from my own family I don’t need it from somebody who thinks less of me due to the way I dress or to my handicap that causes disabling pain

You can do better than this Co-op you’re making me not to be able to breathe.

When you read this understand, I’ll be speaking to people. I meet every day in this community about the way you treated me. I enjoy seeing my friends there and I’m very disappointed because when you call the cops that can be considered an act of violence because you’re not qualified in law and I understood when I spoke with them they would’ve been ready to hurt me if I couldn’t...

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Thank you all for your reviews. We greatly appreciate all your comments. My team and I shall continue to make your shopping pleasure at Durango Natural Foods Co-operative Market the most meaningful and allow communities to reap all of the benefits of the Cooperative way of doing business.

It is our pleasure to share with you our recent customer survey. Our recent customer survey indicates that employee friendliness satisfaction is 98%, price competitiveness satisfaction is 67.25%, Product selection satisfaction is 57%, quality of products satisfaction in 91%, and overall customer satisfaction is 97%, highest ever.

Our member-owners who are shopping are receiving 10% discount Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. Students with ID are receiving 5% discount every day. We are featuring more fresh quality locally grown and produced foods and goods, offering fair prices to local farmers and producers to support our community in need. Affective January 2018 our employees are receiving Thrive Living Wage (minimum $13.31 per hour). Our employees are happy.

We truly believe that DNF Co-op isn’t like other businesses. We are a small community owned co-operative institution making big impact in the Durango community. We are all here for a sustainable and meaningful local food and economy justice movement.

The more that the community use your Coop’s goods and services, the more you influence the Co-op’s ability to serve and give back to your community and the strength of your local economies. More shopping patronage of your Co-op delivers on other values such as high-quality jobs and environmental impacts.

We trust that as a valued supporter, you will continue to join in our adventure by visiting Co-op the Durango Natural Foods Co-operative Market, your Co-op more often, and spending just a % of your monthly food budget that you find appropriate.

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I went there twice and spent plenty of money in their store. Items were highly overpriced.

Employees that I met were nice.

On my 2nd visit, I ate breakfast that I purchased there and hung out for a bit in my vehicle, after a little while some dude (the owner/manager I assume) bangs on my door and started getting petty about how long I was parked.

Honestly he was kind of a dick and accused me of loitering. Last I checked loitering constitutes being in a public space with no purpose. My purpose was to purchase breakfast, consume it, and allow my body to digest.

I get the fact that their lot may have limited parking spaces, but there is an abundance of city parking adjacent to their facility. I do not believe their business was impacted by my presence. It's clear this man has a chip on his shoulder and was looking to assert control over something to validate his position. This situation could've been handled with kindness instead of passive aggressiveness.

I won't be shopping...