The Co-op Food Stores

added 09/17/08

Want to know what will be on sale? Click here for the list! At the Co-op, our storied history is a vital part of what makes us unique, and our annual October Caselot sale is one of the ways we celebrate it. In January of 1936 , 17 Hanover and Norwich residents formed the Hanover Consumer’s Club. Initially, members of the fledgling co-op pooled orders for potatoes, oranges, and maple syrup and arranged for discounts of gasoline and fuel oil with local suppliers. A year later, Co-op members incorporated as the Hanover Consumer Cooperative Society and opened a small retail store in a basement on Hanover’s Main Street. Annual sales that year reached $11,404. Today, our yearly sales top $67 million.

Each October, one of the ways we celebrate Co-op Month is to honor our founders’ courage and vision with our annual Caselot sale. This year’s sale will be held at the Lebanon Co-op food store on October 9-11, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily. We’ll be discounting the case prices on hundreds of items, including your favorite foods, household, and pet products.