Highlights from the June 2020 Consumer Cooperative Management Association (CCMA) Conference Bob Gibson, TPSS Co–op Board Member The Covid-19 pandemic has posed significant economic and operational challenges to the co-operative grocery business in the U.S. At the same time, the crisis has brought renewed attention …
Same Faces, New Places: TPSS Staff During the COVID-19 Crisis
Leandra Nichola, Community Engagement Manager In March, when we learned that the store would be closed to the public and would be transitioning to fully online operations, everyone agreed that coming to work would not be the same for a long time. But, none of …
COVID-19 Operations Updates
Taking the health and safety of our staff and shoppers seriously during this time means that there are some changes to the shopping experience. Here’s what you can expect:Outside The Store Separate areas to pick up online orders and line up for entry into …
TPSS COVID-19 Response
Since March 6th, TPSS has introduced a variety of safety procedures and precautionary methods to keep our staff, our customers, and our community healthy. Our goal is to continue to provide groceries and needed resources to our shoppers in the safest possible setting. Below is …
2024 Board Candidate: Sheila Rieser
Why are you interested in serving on the Board? I applied and was appointed to fill an interim position on the Board in April and also served as the membership committee chair since July. In the past six months I have been honored to take …
Interview with a Vendor: Bridget from 2Betties
1. How would you introduce yourself? Bridget Greaney, co-founder/ceo and chief product officer of 2Betties, a Baltimore, MD healthy snack company. 2. What is the back-story behind your business? In college, after realizing the snack bars I was consuming were full of sugar, I started …
Our New Guest Column: Pro-Pollinator
From January until the fall of this year, we’ll be hosting a monthly collaborative column with the good people of Climate Action Coffee featuring information on native plants, Takoma Park-specific gardening, pollinators, birds, and the processes of our planet. To kick things off, we have …
Interview with a Vendor: Meira from Chocotenango
1. How would you introduce yourself? We are a small ‘mom and pop’ bean to bar chocolate business with a genuine passion for food and flavors. ‘Pop’ Ismael is a professional chef who developed a passion for chocolate while living in Guatemala, where his wife …
Our GM’s Remarks From the USDA Grant Press Conference
11/28/2022 The Takoma Park Silver Spring Co-op, or TPSS, is a grocery store owned by the community that shops here. Our cooperative business model reminds us that no one in our community achieves anything by themselves, we all grow and progress together. This GusNIP grant …