HOW CO-OP SHOPPER WORKS
Start With the Business You Want to Build.
Co-Op Shopper provides practical grocery systems and infrastructure that independent operators can use to build around their market, customers, and operating model.
Start simply with MyGroceryService.com, build with a managed Website Platform, develop your grocery catalog with Product Assets, or explore a Market & Grocery Hub built around broader local demand.
You choose the starting point. Co-Op Shopper helps provide the systems behind it.
START WITH YOUR OPPORTUNITY
There Is No Single Co-Op Shopper Business Model.
Independent grocery businesses can take different forms depending on the customers, market, location, and services involved.
You might start with a simple local grocery service, build around a specific customer market, develop a more complete ecommerce operation, or explore shared infrastructure through a Market & Grocery Hub.
The starting point does not have to determine the final business. Co-Op Shopper is designed so you can use the systems that fit what you are building now and expand as the opportunity develops.
Start Where It Makes Sense. Build From There.
You do not need every product, service, or system on day one. Begin with a practical operating model and add capabilities as your customers and market create demand.
THE SYSTEMS BEHIND THE BUSINESS
Use the Infrastructure That Fits What You’re Building.
Co-Op Shopper provides grocery product systems, website and ecommerce infrastructure, and ongoing backend support that can work together or support different stages of an independent operation.
Grocery Product Systems
Build from professionally developed Product Assets and managed grocery catalogs instead of creating every online product from scratch.
Includes: Everyday Market, Costco Smart Portions, Costco Retail Ready, and Grocery Bundles.
Website & Ecommerce Infrastructure
Use a streamlined starting point or a more complete Website Platform to create the customer-facing experience your operation needs.
Includes: MyGroceryService.com and Co-Op Shopper Website Platforms.
Managed Backend Support
Co-Op Shopper helps administer the product and system infrastructure behind the operation so you can focus on serving your market.
This can include catalog administration, Product Asset implementation, website setup, system updates, and additional implementation or consulting support when needed.
You do not have to use everything at once. The systems can be combined around the needs of the business and expanded as the operation develops.
INDEPENDENT BY DESIGN
You Control How Your Business Operates
Co-Op Shopper provides the systems and infrastructure that support the business. The independent operator remains responsible for the day-to-day operation and customer experience.
Your Pricing
Set the prices, margins, and applicable service fees that fit your business and market.
Your Catalog
Choose which products and grocery offerings you make available to your customers.
Your Operations
Decide how you handle sourcing, ordering, pickup, delivery, fulfillment, and customer service.
Your Customers
Build and maintain direct relationships with the customers and markets your business serves.
Your customers. Your pricing. Your operations. Your business.
START PRACTICALLY. GROW WITH DEMAND.
Your First Version Does Not Need to Be Your Final Version.
Start with the products, services, and infrastructure that make sense for the market you can serve today.
As customer demand develops, you can expand your catalog, add capabilities, reach additional customer groups, or build into a more complete operating model.
The goal is not to build everything on day one. It is to establish a practical business that can develop around real customer activity.
START
Focused products + defined customers
Begin with a practical combination of products, customers, and services.
BUILD
Customer activity + expanded capabilities
Use actual demand to guide additional products, services, and operating capabilities.
GROW
Broader opportunities + infrastructure
Expand into additional markets, partnerships, fulfillment options, or infrastructure as the business develops.
BUILT FOR DIFFERENT OPERATING MODELS
Use Co-Op Shopper Around the Business You’re Building.
The same underlying grocery and digital infrastructure can support businesses of different sizes, customer markets, and operating models.
START SIMPLE
Build a streamlined local grocery service with a straightforward online presence and a practical way for customers to request groceries.
WEBSITE PLATFORMS
Build a more complete grocery or retail experience around a specific market with managed product systems, ecommerce capabilities, and a professionally structured website.
MARKET & GROCERY HUBS
Develop shared grocery infrastructure that can connect products, customers, partners, independent operators, and multiple fulfillment opportunities around local demand.
CHOOSE YOUR STARTING POINT
Build Around the Opportunity You See.
Whether you are starting a simple grocery service, building with a Website Platform, or exploring a Market & Grocery Hub, Co-Op Shopper gives you practical systems to begin and build from there.
Not sure where to start? We can help you identify the approach that fits what you are building. Get Started →