I am a member of a co-op. I strongly believe in the mission, however, it is not affordable for families. Maybe if we prioritized less speciality foods and had more members we could bring costs down, but it is truly a struggle in balancing supporting the community and staying open.

My co-op tries to balance this by incentivizing donating to the local food banks, both in product and monetary donations, but it is a real struggle.

All that being said, since the price fixing began, health food is no longer that much more expensive.