Our Aims and Values

Dublin Food Co-op aims to provide wholesome, nutritious food and ecologically acceptable products and services to its members, in accordance with the following values:

to deal in organically grown food which is Irish-produced where possible
to discriminate in favour of ecologically acceptable products and not to deal in meat or meat products
to promote the rational use of the earth's resources and in particular to promote the use of ecologically acceptable packaging
to discriminate positively in favour of countries which uphold basic human rights, when importing wholefoods
to supply wholefoods to members at the wholesale or supplier cost plus the minimum margin necessary to cover the Society's operating expenses and the need for financial reserves
to make shopping a convivial, community experience
to promote co-operation and co-operatives
to promote consumer food co-operatives as an important means of building a locally integrated organic food economy
to encourage the use of the Irish language in social and economic relationships and to promote Irish culture where possible