SALT LAKE CITY — The Wasatch Food Co-op grocery store is planned to open this fall. It stands apart from other conventional stores because it is owned by the community and features locally grown and sourced products.
The store will be located at 416 East 900 South in Salt Lake, in the Liberty Wells neighborhood. The area will be called The Milk Block and will be the centerpiece of several other small and local businesses.
What is the Wasatch Food Co-op?
“Conventional grocery stores are wonderful, but they don’t always have the ability to work with small and mid-sized farms, or ranchers or producers, simply because of the scale,” said Wasatch Food Co-op Board Chair Stephanie Buranek. “And that’s what’s wonderful about the co-op is that we can kind of meet those vendors where they’re at.”
Buranek said they have been working to get a location open for the last 14 years, with members buying shares for the store before a location was ever announced…