Food Front will become Market of Choice
92% of co-op members favor Eugene-based grocer
Food Front Cooperative Grocery members voted overwhelmingly to sell their property at 2375 NW Thurman St. to Market of Choice.
Market of Choice received 92% of 688 votes cast. Mark New, a local retail developer making no guarantees that he could find a grocery tenant, received 8%.
Market of Choice offered to buy the property for $1.9 million in 2023, but former co-op leaders refused to put that option to a vote. The current offer is for $1.54 million.
Board Vice-President Sue Harrison said Zach Wright of Market of Choice, who took over leadership of the company after his father’s unexpected death in June, is thrilled at the decisive vote of confidence and will work promptly to close the sale.
thank you to the current BOD, especially Kate Fulton - who stood up against two other board members who were leading the board like a, "dictatorship". NW Thurman has missed Food Front and MOC has always been the right choice. Happy that Friendly House will benefit :)
Very pleased about this outcome.
MOC sells my son's roasted coffee beans, some of the best in Portland. (Carnelian Coffee, named after the beautiful red agate!)