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Welcome to Greens & Beans
Greens & Beans is a grocery co-operative based in the Logan Circle neighborhood of Washington, DC. We pool our resources to buy groceries at wholesale prices. We'd love for you to join and help grow our project! Interested? Fill in the form below and we'll ...
Membership
You can sign this here. This document outlines the rights and responsibilities of members of Greens & Bean Grocery Cooperative. This membership agreement applies to our current situation where Greens & Beans does not have a fixed physical location. This is a ...
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
What can I buy at the co-op? Currently we sell spices, rice, grains, beans, coffee, nuts, flour, dried fruit, vinegar, cooking oil, detergent, and an assortment of other dry goods and pantry staples. From March to November, we order fresh produce weekly from...
Orientation Overview
Quick and dirty overview of everything Co-op Overview Mission statement Greens & Beans Grocery Cooperative is a community-driven grocery cooperative that challenges traditional grocery and economic models through collective buying power to increas...
Paying Monthly Dues
Monthly dues are paid on a sliding scale to promote equity and inclusion in our membership. Members can pay between $5 - $20 per month, depending on their economic and social circumstances. To pay dues, pay through our Open Collective page. Members are enco...
Proposal - Meeting Operation
Proposal 1 By Ari Meeting Time Meetings are on Sundays 6:15-7:15pm. At 7:15pm, the meeting stops and all unfinished agenda items are added to the next meeting's. Meeting Agenda The meeting agenda is drafted as a bulleted list on its own page, titled by th...
Markup Policy
Context / Problem Since the co-op moved away from using Venmo for order payments and transitioned to an online payment processor (Stripe), we pay a fee to Stripe for every order we place. Every time a member places an order, Stripe charges: 2.9% of the or...
Formalizing the proposal and voting process
Context / Problem Our grocery cooperative values democratic governance and inclusive participation. However, our current voting process lacks standardization, which can lead to inconsistent implementation, unclear timelines, and reduced transparency. Specific...
Proposal - Expanding Coop Access
This proposal is to allow non-members to be able to shop from the coop, while reserving voting privileges to dues-paying members. Simon - Overall thoughts: I think this would be cool if it existed but I don't really see why this needs to be a co-op project an...
To archive- Onboarding New Members to the Co-op
New members express interest by filling in the Interest Form. The responses to the interest can be found on the subscribers page of MailerLite Every month we schedule two onboarding meetings on two different days: At 5:30pm before monthly social (...
Proposal - Task Management 7.29.25
By Hadley Developed 7/29/25; Discussed 8/3/25 Current State Members sign up for tasks monthly in this spreadsheet, which calculates their total labor contributed over time. This approach allows members to experience a variety of tasks, but we often have tro...
Quarterly Task Roundup Proposal
by Jon Background As previously raised by Hadley in her proposal for task assignment, we have struggled so far with tasks going unassigned and a lack of clarity on who is responsible to find replacements if members drop their assigned tasks for a given week....
11 Questions to Discuss Before You Talk to a Lawyer
Please answer the following questions as a team to the best of your ability. How do you want the coop to be managed? By an elected board, by the members themselves, by one or more managers? Relevant membership agreement. How will major decisions be ...
Trial Period for New Members
As Greens & Beans continues to grow, we should ensure that new members demonstrate consistent interest and engagement with the group before obtaining full membership rights. This will avoid situations where new members join and then stop paying dues or disenga...
Awesome Foundation 2025
https://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/submissions/new?chapter=dc Tell us about your awesome project! (2000 chars) We started a cooperative grocery store in DC, serving dues-paying members out of a shared space in a church, and are looking to grow. Groceries a...
11 Questions for a Lawyer
Since the co-op is considering incorporating in some form, we have been talking to Beloved Community Incubator (BCI) for legal support with this. As a next step, they asked us to answer 11 questions. This proposal is to get consensus and agreement on how we'...
Dupont Circle Citizens' Association
https://dupont-circle.wildapricot.org/grants
Business Plan
Business Model Canvas lives here. Some projections live here.
Desired Expenses
Item Category Cost Description 2 chest freezers Supply $800 10 cu. ft. each Shelving units Supply $50 dry goods Bags Supply 50 LLC incorporation fees Services $99
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