Our Stores

Linden Hills Co-op

• Provides and promotes healthful choices for its members and shoppers

• Provides, uses, and promotes earth-friendly, sustainable products

• Encourages activism on sustainability, health and nutrition-related issues

• Builds community within Linden Hills and neighboring communities.

The idea for a natural foods cooperative in the Linden Hills neighborhood of Minneapolis’s Lakes district was first considered in 1975, by a small group of neighborhood residents interested in having access to organic, local and natural food. After a series of planning meetings and initial fundraising, a small space was secured and the new co-op opened on March 12, 1976. At the end of Linden Hills Co-op’s first fiscal year, $101.69 in profit was divided among the twenty-four founding members.

In the thirty years since then, Linden Hills Co-op has moved and expanded its offerings three times while remaining the neighborhood’s primary grocer—“big enough to meet your needs; small enough to meet your neighbors.” With a full service deli, great selection of locally made and locally raised foods, many choices for different dietary needs, and an inviting outdoor courtyard, the co-op serves as a community gathering place—with groceries.

Natural Home

Linden Hills Natural Home opened its doors just two years ago, on March 1, 2005, when the opportunity arose for the co-op to offer members and neighbors more of the sustainable products they had begun to request. The store’s products encompass a wide variety of nontoxic, local, Fair Trade and recycled/recyclable lines from organic gardening supplies to ergonomically designed baby carriers.