Celebrate pride month year round by supporting LGBTQ+ owned businesses. At the Co-op, we are are proud to support a diverse range of brands including LGBTQ+ business owners, farmers and vendors.
Coolhaus
Natasha Case made ice cream and cookies as a side hustle and brought her creations to her friends. In 2008, Natasha met Freya Estrellar, who saw great potential in her cookies, and together they formed Coolhaus only two weeks later. The pair got married four years later, and continue to own and operate their business together.
Kiss My Face
Cofounders Bob Macleod and Steve Byckiewicz headed to New York’s Hudson River Valley in the early 1980’s hoping that their Greek imported, olive oil based organic soap would be picked up by retailers. They had success and began their business, offering the world’s first facial care products made from organic and wildly crafted ingredients. The pair married in 2016 and have been together for over 40 years.
Cowgirl Creamery
Married owners Sue Conley and Peggy Smith have a long history working in the food industry. After working in the restaurant industry in San Francisco and creating a company to connect farmers to chefs, they began their own business- Cowgirl Creamery. Their cheeses are now sold in hundreds of stores nationwide, and they own and operate multiple creameries and retail stores selling their products.
Pipsnacks
Pipsnacks was founded by a brother and sister duo, Jeff and Jen, in 2012. They came up with their delicious snack when they discovered tiny heirloom popcorn kernels Jen had bought from a health food store she worked at. They fell in love with the delicious snack, and found the Indiana farmer who grew the kernels, together, with Jeff’s wife, they formed Pipsnacks. Pipsnacks is proud to be a black, Chinese, white, and queer owned business.
GT’s Living Foods
George Thomas (GT) Dave started making Kombucha in his bedroom in high school, after his parents got a Scoby (colony of bacteria) from friends who visited the Himalayas. They started taking a liking to it due to the energy and digestive benefits they felt it gave them, and began brewing their own. In 1995 GT dropped out of high school and formed his business selling his kombucha. His company is now worth almost 1 billion dollars and is sold in stores nationwide.
Stonewall Kitchen
Jim Stott and Jonathan King began their hugely successful specialty foods company, by making jars of jam in their kitchen in 1991 in York, Maine. Their products are sold in thousands of stores worldwide, with hundreds of offerings including condiments, baking mixes, pasta, jams, dips, crackers and more. Today, they live together with their three golden retrievers and spend time between their homes in Maine and Puerto Rico.
Celebrate Pride
Celebrate pride month year round by supporting LGBTQ+ owned businesses. At the Co-op, we are are proud to support a diverse range of brands including LGBTQ+ business owners, farmers and vendors.
Coolhaus
Natasha Case made ice cream and cookies as a side hustle, and brought her creations to her friends. In 2008, Natasha met Freya Estrellar, who saw great potential in her cookies, and together they formed Coolhaus only two weeks later. The pair got married four years later, and continue to own and operate their business together.
Kiss My Face
Cofounders Bob Macleod and Steve Byckiewicz headed to New York’s Hudson River Valley in the early 1980’s hoping that their Greek imported, olive oil based organic soap would be picked up by retailers. They had success and began their business, offering the world’s first facial care products made from organic and wildly crafted ingredients. The pair married in 2016 and have been together for over 40 years.
Cowgirl Creamery
Married owners Sue Conley and Peggy Smith have a long history working in the food industry. After working in the restaurant industry in San Francisco and creating a company to connect farmers to chefs, they began their own business- Cowgirl Creamery. Their cheeses are now sold in hundreds of stores nationwide, and they own and operate multiple creameries and retail stores selling their products.
Pipsnacks
Pipsnacks was founded by a brother and sister duo, Jeff and Jen, in 2012. They came up with their delicious snacks when they discovered tiny heirloom popcorn kernels Jen had bought from a health food store she worked at. They fell in love with the delicious snack, and found the Indiana farmer who grew the kernels, together, with Jeff’s wife, they formed Pipsnacks. Pipsnacks is proud to be a black, Chinese, white and queer owned business.
GT’s Living Foods
George Thomas (GT) Dave started making Kombucha in his bedroom in high school, after his parents got a Scoby (colony of bacteria) from friends who visited the Himalayas. They started taking a liking to it due to the energy and digestive benefits they felt it gave them, and began brewing their own. In 1995 GT dropped out of high school and formed his business selling his kombucha. His company is now worth almost 1 billion dollars and is sold in stores nationwide.
Stonewall Kitchen
Jim Stott and Jonathan King began their hugely successful specialty foods company, by making jars of jam in their kitchen in 1991 in York, Maine. Their products are sold in thousands of stores worldwide, with hundreds of offerings including condiments, baking mixes, pasta, jams, dips, crackers and more. Today, they live together with their three golden retrievers and spend time between their homes in Maine and Puerto Rico.
