Patronage Refund Passes!
Thank you for Voting!
We couldn’t have done it without your support.
We’re happy to report that by an overwhelming majority, our owners voted in favor of a Patronage Refund System.
What does a Patronage Refund System mean for Co-op owners?
It’s more important than ever to use your Co-op owner number EVERY time you shop to maximize your owner benefits.
- If you don’t know your number, you can use your owner card. If you have an older card that doesn’t have a barcode, we can make you a new one for free. If you don’t have your owner card, you can purchase a new one for just $1 — ask a cashier next time you shop.
- Remember to keep your equity payments up to date because only purchases made to current memberships will count toward your patronage refund.
The more you SHOP the Co-op
- The more tax savings for our Co-op: the more sales we make to our owners, the more we can save
- The bigger your patronage refund in profitable years: your refund would be proportional to how much you spent at the Co-op that year, and that includes sale and Co+op Basics purchases*
- The more money stays LOCAL
Owners can SAVE more
- Look for MEMBER DEALS throughout the stores
- Earn a discount through our MEMBER LABOR PROGRAM
- Check out FLOWER, our food access discount program
We cooperatively SHARE
- OWNERSHIP: we are owned by more than 12,000 individuals!
- Decision-making: VOTE!
- PROFITS: when the co-op has a profitable year, the Co-op will distribute patronage refunds to owners in the SPRING of the following year.
*Gift cards, newspapers, postage stamps, equity payments, class fees, GreenLeaf advertising, round-up contributions, and donations do NOT count towards Patronage Refund.
Still have questions? Contact the Membership Department at Membership@greenstar.coop or by calling (607)-273-9392.
