Weavers Way Food Justice Committee

Happy 50th, WW Mt Airy! 🎉🎉🛒🎉 On this day in 1973, community members opened their first retail location after operating as a pre-order buying club. Today, we kickoff our yearlong celebration of 50 years with cake. Come grab a slice at any of our stores, 1pm - 3pm.

A piece of Mt Airy history: Fruit boxes lined the right side of the store. Big glass cases and a counter for cutting and wrapping cold cuts lined the left, with one aisle in between. The store was unheated and so small that there was no space for checkout, so you would have to go next door to pay.

While we are still a bit quirky in our checkout line, the strength of our staff, some who have been here since the store opened, and our incredible community, we keep this small store bursting with cooperative activity.

Got a vintage or otherwise fun pic of Weavers Way's stores you can share? Tag so we can start up a collection!