Membership at the Davis Food Co-op
How to Join | Seniors | Non-Members | Update Your Address
Withdraw Your Membership | New Member Orientation | link to Annual Report
Benefits
• Participate in a cooperatively owned and run business.
• Vote in Co-op elections.
• Enhance your check cashing privileges.
• Opportunity to join the Yolo Federal Credit Union.
• Opportunity to place free Classified ads in the newsletter every month.
• Discounts at local businesses with your Co-op Card.
• Lower food prices.
How to Join
Joining the Co-op is easy. Just fill out a brief application at the store. You pay a $5
(non-refundable) membership fee and your first $10 worth of shares. (Each share is $1.) Congratulations! You are now a shareholder and owner of the Co-op.
As a shareholder you are asked to invest in the Co-op. Your share dollars provide the Co-op with what every business needs to operate: working capital. You need to invest $20 worth of shares once a year at the end of March (until you own $300 in shares) to keep your membership “active.”
If you are experiencing financial hardship, you can request an exemption from purchasing additional shares. All share money is refundable after you resign from membership.
If you have just joined or are thinking about joining, we strongly encourage you to attend a New Member Orientation. Times are posted in the store at the Information Desk.
Seniors always receive working member prices
If you are 62 years old or older, you will receive the 5 percent working member discount every time you shop whether or not you are a member of the store. To receive your discount, let your cashier know that you are a senior. Seniors are welcome and encouraged to show their suppport by joining the Co-op.
Non-members welcome!
Non-members are welcome to shop at the Davis Food Co-op but are charged an additional 5 percent above our member price. The price you see on packages, or on the shelf, is the member price.
Keep your address current
Update your address in the Co-op's member files by dropping us a note or
, with the subject, “Update my co-op address.”
Withdrawal from Membership
Co-op membership means a little more than cornflakes. We think that it makes sense that processing a membership withdrawal would be a touch more complicated than returning a box of flakes that don't suit you.
We can mail you a form, or you can submit a short note which must contain the following:
• your name (and it must be legible)
• a simple statement such as “I wish to withdraw my membership.”
• your signature and the date
• an address to which we can send a check for your share investment
Refund checks can take as long as eight weeks to process (depending on the time of year). We generally are able to mail them within four weeks, and often are able to accomodate members with special circumstances—please inquire by .
You also have the option of writing the same note but donating your investment dollars to the Davis Co-op Community Fund.
New Member Orientations
New members (and old-timers!) are encouraged to attend a New Member Orientation, typically held twice each month. Visit our Events Page to find the next scheduled orientation.