Solidarity co-op Groceries, bakeries and food
Central Co-op is the grocery at 1600 E Madison on Capitol Hill, with a second store on North Pearl Street in Tacoma. Since its 2015 vote it has been a solidarity co-op: staff buy worker shares and own the stores alongside shopper-members, with workers holding half the ownership. Open daily.
At a glance
- Ownership
- Solidarity co-op, 50 percent employee-owned
- Employee-owned since
- 2016
- Location
- Seattle (Capitol Hill); Tacoma
- Address
- 1600 E Madison St, Seattle; 4502 N Pearl St, Tacoma
- Region
- Seattle, South King County and Tacoma
- Website
- www.centralcoop.coop
- Category
- Groceries, bakeries and food
How it's owned
Owned jointly by the people who work there and the people who shop there, with both groups holding shares and a say in governance.
In the company's own words: “Central Co-op is a Solidarity Cooperative, where consumer and worker shares are an equity investment.”
Information verified October 2026 by FYP Seattle. Know something we got wrong, or a business we missed? Tell us and we'll fix it.