Where are the closest grocery stores (supermarkets)?
As the North Campus Cooperatives provide basic food (dinner cooked every night, plus food available for breakfast and lunch), members don’t have too much need to shop for groceries. The exceptions to this are holidays, such as the Thanksgiving and Fourth of July weekends; University of Michigan breaks, whether between semesters or Spring Break; alcohol; and luxury/specialty food items. The following stores are accessible by bus, bike, or foot from the co-ops. • The Peoples Food Co-op: on 4th Ave near Catherine in downtown Ann Arbor. PFC is a member-owned cooperative, like the ICC, and carries organic and conventional produce, bulk organic staples, organic/free-range/vegetarian-fed/etc meat, cleaning and beauty supplies, fair trade coffee, and similar items. Anyone can shop there, but members receive a discount (a lifetime membership involves a $60 purchase of shares, refunded when you leave the food coop). PFC is about a half-hour walk from the co-op or a ten minute walk from Central C
