October is Food Waste Prevention Month, and September 28 – October 2 is Food Waste Prevention Week, a time to take a closer look at how much food goes to waste and what we can do to prevent it. At TPSS Co-op, reducing food waste …

by Amy Leo, TPSS Co-op Community Engagement Manager Early this week, the Co-op’s management team gathered in the Takoma Park Fire Station’s meeting room (because our current office space isn’t large enough to hold us all!) to discuss the results of our recent staff survey. …

by Orly Keiner, TPSS Board President On Labor Day, Georgetown University’s Center on Privacy and Technology published some disturbing research on the growing use of surveillance technology to control workers at Whole Foods Market.  Their findings are laid out in a very readable and compelling …

Dear TPSS Co-op Member-owners, For 45 years, we’ve been proving that a grocery store can be successful while caring for people, community, and the planet. Now, we want to extend the benefits of what we’ve built to a new part of our community by opening a …

By Amy Leo, Community Engagement Manager I’ll be honest, before I started working at TPSS Co-op, I treated it like a typical grocery store. I swung by for milk and bread and late-night ice cream runs. While I knew that membership was an option, nothing …

TPSS Member-owners and Shoppers, Something I’ve always valued about working at TPSS is getting to understand this store’s place in the wider cooperative movement. We’re members of the National Co-op Grocers which represent 170 food co-ops around the country. Our co-op’s strength and knowledge benefit other food …

by Hilary Abell, TPSS Co-op Board of Representatives Member Earlier this month, the United Nations celebrated the International Day of Cooperatives. This worldwide observance has been taking place on the first Saturday in July for more than 20 years. The 2026 theme is “Cooperatives for …

Our GM Mike Houston sat down with the Takoma Podcast to talk about what makes the TPSS Co-op different—and what’s coming next. Listen wherever you get your podcasts! Access it on Apple Podcasts here.

Click here to view the TPSS Co-op’s June 2026 newsletter.

Co-op Explorers, we’ve set up a fun scavenger hunt for you! Did you know that the Co-op sells food from all over the world? Here’s how it works: Pick up a scavenger hunt sheet from the information station in the front of the store (see …