After years of planning and waiting, Wasatch Food Co-op finally has an opening date for its physical location in Salt Lake City.
According to an Instagram reel posted by real estate agent and historian Babs De Lay, the co-op is opening on May 20, and both members and nonmembers will be able to shop there.
The brick-and-mortar location of Wasatch Food Co-op, at 416 E. 900 South, has been in the works for almost two decades. The market is the anchor tenant in the Milk Block development on 900 South, along with businesses and organizations like Neighbors Bar, Equality Utah and Xiao Bao Bao.
The co-op will be about one-fifth the size of the nearby Smith’s grocery store at 800 South and 900 East, said co-op development coordinator Barbara Pioli in 2023, and its focus is on local food and goods.
The co-op is housed in what was originally the O.P. Skaggs Market, which has been the location of several businesses over the decades, including Southeast Market.
Kolbie Peterson reports on food, drink and small business for The Salt Lake Tribune and also writes the Utah Eats newsletter. She previously covered breaking news, crime and public safety as part of The Tribune's enterprise team. She received her bachelor's degree at Westminster University, back when it was Westminster College. She has five cats.