Greencity Wholefoods Explained
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]
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] 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.[5] [6]
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- News: 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. live. 31 March 2021. 7 May 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160507155654/http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/green-dream-saw-thatchers-creed-5958647.
- Web site: Mutuals Public Register: Scottish Wholefoods Collective Warehouse Limited. 2021-03-31. mutuals.fca.org.uk. 22 January 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220122174114/https://mutuals.fca.org.uk/Search/Society/7748. live.
- Web site: About Us. 2021-03-31. www.greencity.coop. 22 April 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210422031829/https://www.greencity.coop/about-us/. live.
- News: Voinea. Anca. 26 June 2018. Making a difference: The Co-op Economy report 2018. Co-operative News. live. 31 March 2021. 21 January 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220121000530/https://www.thenews.coop/129666/sector/retail/making-difference-co-op-economy-report-2018/.
- News: Voinea. Anca. 24 September 2013. Greencity Wholefoods: Spreading co-operation throughout Scotland. Co-operative News. live. 31 March 2021. 21 January 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220121000527/https://www.thenews.coop/40014/sector/retail/greencity-wholefoods-spreading-co-operation-throughout-scotland/.
- Book: McDonnell, Diarmuid. Democratic Enterprise: Ethical Business for the 21st Century. Co-operative Education Trust Scotland. 2012. 978-0-9555342-2-5. Stirling. 20, 86. 921221050. 31 March 2021. 10 July 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220710164740/https://www.worldcat.org/title/democratic-enterprise-ethical-business-for-the-21st-century/oclc/921221050. live.
