Greencity Wholefoods is a
worker co-operative wholefoods wholesaler in
Glasgow
Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europe. In 2020, it had an estimated popul ...
, Scotland. The co-operative was founded in 1978 in
Hillington, in the outskirts of Glasgow before moving in 1983 to its current location in
Dennistoun in the city's East End.
In 2019 the co-operative reported an annual turnover of £7.7 million and has 54 employee-members.
As a worker co-operative the business is directly owned and controlled by its workers through a directly elected management committee and quarterly general meetings. The co-operative operates a flat wage structure, with every member paid the same hourly wage, alongside a
flat management structure and a system of rotating the co-operative's directly elected managers.
Greencity has many similarities with
Suma
Suma may refer to:
Places
* Suma, Azerbaijan, a village
* Suma, East Azerbaijan, a village in Iran
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* Suma-ku, Kobe, one of nine wards of Kobe City in Japan
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, a worker co-operative in
West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and Humber Region of England. It is an inland and upland county having eastward-draining valleys while taking in the moors of the Pennines. West Yorkshire came into exi ...
, and stocks many Suma brand products.
The co-operative delivers goods across Scotland, except for the
Highlands and Islands
The Highlands and Islands is an area of Scotland broadly covering the Scottish Highlands, plus Orkney, Shetland and Outer Hebrides (Western Isles).
The Highlands and Islands are sometimes defined as the area to which the Crofters' Act of 18 ...
which are covered by Greencity's sister co-operative
Highland Wholefoods Workers Co-operative which Greencity helped establish in 1989.
See also
*
Suma worker co-operative
References
External Links
Official website{{Coord, display=title
Companies based in Glasgow
Co-operatives in Scotland
Wholesalers of the United Kingdom
Worker co-operatives of the United Kingdom