The Co-op Food Stores

It’s not easy keeping the big and busy Co-op Merchandising area organized. In fact, it was so difficult that not long ago we realized someone special needed to help us with it. Fortunately, Jolene agreed to take on the job, and we’re lucky that she did. Jolene has been at the Co-op for a long time. She’s smart, friendly, and super organized. She spent years helping customers at our Service Desk, and was so good at what she did she was given more responsibility. Now she assists our Merchandising Director and Assistant Director, and with her help all of our merchandisers can more easily do what they do so well.  Read more »

Co-op Dietitian and Food and Nutrition Educator Mary Saucier Choate, M.S., R.D., L.D., helps Co-op customers find easy ways to meet their health and nutrition goals. For shoppers wanting to start eating more healthfully, Mary has created the popular Better Eating for Life program, a friendly step-by-step guide to improving your food choices. To get started, look here. Mary also has been known to wear odd food-related costumes and play in a bluegrass band. Takes all types.  Read more »

We’ve all heard the stories: You have a once-in-a-lifetime event such as a wedding or major anniversary, you plan everything a year in advance, and something still goes wrong with the flowers. Ann Smith Lyons, Operations Manager for the Co-op Floral Department, will ensure that doesn’t happen.  Read more »

The Co-op is full of folks like Patrick. He’s smart, free-spirited, bounced around a lot in his day, and ended up liking the Co-op so much that it made him settle down a little.   Read more »

Amos Daisey is a long-time familiar face at the Co-op, currently working in BIN Grocery in the Hanover Store.  Read more »

What do you get when you take a chef’s certification, a master’s degree, a beautiful singing voice, a welcoming manner, and mix it all together?  Read more »

Every company has ‘em: Number crunchers. Those important people working behind the scenes. But not every company has a number cruncher as good as Janet.  Read more »

Tom Belisle serves customers on a typical busy day in the Lebanon Meat Department. Tom is a familiar face to many members and shoppers—with a devoted following of regular customers who have been visiting him for years to benefit from his advice and expertise.  Read more »