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Rainbow Grocery
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A worker-owned vegetarian grocery cooperative in San Francisco’s Mission District, open since 1975 and at Folsom Street since 1996.
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Rainbow is a grocery cooperative in San Francisco’s Mission District. The store’s site places it at 1745 Folsom St and dates the co-op to 1975, with a stated aim of affordable vegetarian food bought from local organic farmers and vendors when possible 1.
The about page adds the ownership fact: workers are owners and decision-makers, and the co-op moved to 13th and Folsom in 1996 2.
Rainbow shows how a city can buy bulk grain, cheese, and produce without a chain buyer setting the mix. Worker ownership links it to Arizmendi Bakery (9th Avenue) and Cheese Board Collective. The cheese case leads to Cheese, while the bulk bins lead to Wheat flour and Ingredients.
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1745 Folsom St, San Francisco, CA
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- Rainbow Grocery Cooperative — Rainbow Grocery Cooperative — Worker-owned grocery. Homepage places the store at 1745 Folsom St in San Francisco’s Mission District since 1975. Omit hours and telephone.
- About Rainbow — Rainbow Grocery Cooperative — Rainbow Grocery Cooperative — Co-op about page: worker-owned; vegetarian and local-sourcing mission; moved to 13th and Folsom in 1996.
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