Swarthmore CO-OP is a community-owned food cooperative and local market, named the best in the area. It offers a great variety and wonderful, kind staff who provide great service. The market has really nice fresh vegetables and fruits, often organic and local, with a great selection of breads, fresh made sandwiches, and soup. It features a good mixture of organic and popular brands, good produce, and already cooked foods. However, it can be expensive with high markups, and some items are overpriced. The location is great, and it includes benefits like EV charging. It is a valued community spot that provides support and fresh, local options.
The essence of a simple, satisfied life is having a local shop that lets you heat up your to-go box in a microwave and pour yourself some drip coffee. Not bad, not amazing, but good enough, simple and pleasant.
October 2024
I'd give it 5 stars, but it's so darned expensive sometimes. Service is great, variety is great, freshness is great, location is great, but you really have to watch--I almost paid double for dishwashing liquid once and went on to Giant to confirm the markup.
September 2024
Lots of variety, but 35% not my taste. I do love the roasted veggies wish they had larger variety and olipops are over priced.
