Industry: Grocery
Location: San Francisco, California
Number of employees: 22
Became employee owned: 1975

From the company

• https://www.otheravenues.coop/
• Job posting – Full-time Grocery Worker-owner (2020)
• Huston – Other Avenues: Written Historical Narrative (2019)
• Sacharoff – Other Avenues Are Possible: Legacy of the People’s Food System of the San Francisco Bay Area (book) (2016)

Learn more

• Support Local – Owner Check In: Emily From Other Avenues (2020)
• Eater – Are Worker-Owned Restaurants Better Equipped to Weather the COVID-19 Crisis? (2020)
• San Francisco Office of Small Business – Legacy Business Registry Staff Report: Other Avenues (2019)
• San Francisco Chronicle – Q&A with Shanta Nimbark Sacharoff (2017)
• San Francisco Chronicle  – Outer Sunset grocery to close in protest on Inauguration Day (2017)
• San Francisco Public Library – Shanta Nimbark Sacharoff “Other Avenues” at the San Francisco Public Library (video) (2016)
• Community Vision – Other Avenues Food Co-op Secures Their Place in the Community (2013)
• Stories.coop  – Organic Food Co-op Going Solar with Innovative Nonprofit (2012)
• Western Edition – SF Food Cooperatives Work Together for a Healthier City (2012)

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