PRESENTING our NEW food RETAIL PARTNERS
We’re thrilled to welcome seven Minnesota food retailers to the Co-Retail Integration Program as they begin bringing co-retail into their store operations.
Crow Wing Food Cooperative - Brainerd
Madison Mercantile - Madison
Manna Food Cooperative - Detroit Lakes
New London Food Cooperative - New London
Oxendale Companies - Minneapolis
Sunset Scion LLC (dba Super Fresh) - Austin
The Smoke Wagon (Ditterich Mercantile) - Vergas
*Seasoned Specialty Food Market (since 2017)-St Paul
MORE ABOUT THE co-retail integration program
WHAT IS CO-RETAIL? Short for community retail, it is a grocery retail model that creates an early-stage pathway—similar to an incubator—helping food makers get their products onto shelves and earn 100% of sales.
For retailers, it strengthens product mix, adds fresh and local offerings, and creates a more engaging in-store experience. At the same time, it helps build a stronger and more inclusive local food economy.
HOW DOES IT WORK? TMEF works with retail partners who select products from licensed local makers and sell them in-store, providing shelf space and handling merchandising, promotions, and sales, and gives back 100% of sales to the maker.
Co-retail may be used as the main operating model in a store, but it works best as a focused program within an existing operating structure—applied to select products/makers and managed with distinct terms.