What do you mean?

went there a couple days ago. seems fine to me

Stop by and find out.

Not great, according to some employees

https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/10/20/urban-greens-providence-ri-workers-complaint-discriminatory-environment/8175622001/

Paywall

https://web.archive.org/web/20221020110836/https://eu.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/10/20/urban-greens-providence-ri-workers-complaint-discriminatory-environment/8175622001/

Web archive will load the projo and boston globe articles that get posted here.

There was an article in Providence Journal that painted the Co-Op in a bad light. From what I remember they post signs around the store about being LGBT friendly but front end managers don't seem to care for people's pronouns.

They got some nerve

I go there pretty regularly for quick produce as it's nearby. Never had any issues and staff has always been polite. It's a little expensive for every day things but Ill grab produce or a quick lunch every now and then and it's fine.

They're def not the best with things like pronouns and trans/gnc employees though from a news article about it and knowing someone who used to work there which kinda sucks.

I go there for groceries. I will say that it's deceptive to call it a co-op when it's in no way worker owned; it's a consumer-owned co-op.

I guess you pay for a membership, and then your groceries are cheaper. Even that seems like a tenuous definition of "consumer-owned," it kinda just seems like a rebranded cupon-deal. It's technically legally considered a co-op, but the people that work there don't get any piece of the pie, like they would if it were an actual co-op. Strikes me as pretty blatant greenwashing when I think about it.

i love urban greens. it is the only grocery on the west side and is well stocked with lots of good/unique/vegan items. during the pandemic they never ran out of.. anything? lol, they do run out of fresh bread pretty much daily. prices have steadily increased but are still reasonable.

maybe they should just take down the pride flags so people don't set their expectations too high, but even on that front it is a more progressive grocery than any other i've seen.

I've been to other grocery co-ops that follow the same model fwiw

worked there, can corroborate. pay unlivable wages to front end workers too (though many grocery stores do).

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If you asked a bunch of people "what is a co-op" I think most people would think of consumer co-ops before workers co-ops, so I don't think it's deceptive. Consumer food co-ops are common across the US. Would be a whole lot better if it was a worker co-op though.

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No, it is not the only grocery in the West End. El Tesoro further down Cranston Street is good sized and I can do most of my shopping there. Full meat counter and better prices on good quality produce than Stop and Shop. Unless I need, like, leeks or something.