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We are a member-owned cooperative committed to outstanding customer service. We support our community by providing education, healthy food choices, and environmentally friendly products. Lakewinds Natural Foods, a full-service cooperative grocery, has served the western suburbs for over 30 years, and currently has locations in Minnetonka, Chanhassen and Anoka. The soul of the co-op has always been the people involved, and Lakewinds has enjoyed a high level of commitment from everyone: members, staff, and board alike. Lakewinds is a proud past recipient of the "Retailer of the Year" award from the Consumer Cooperative Managers Association. In the beginning, there was a small buying club called the Minnetonka Buying Club, started in 1972 by Edith Stodola and Helen Davis. In the basement of the Davis' (long since demolished) Glen Lake home, a handful of volunteers stocked as many natural food items as they could find. The Davis' garden provided organic produce and the little hen house provided fresh eggs. The members loved buying food for their families from "people they could trust". The club moved to a couple of other houses before settling into the famous "Red Shack" behind St. Luke church in 1975. A progressive church with an enlightened worldview concerned with poverty, health, fairness and cooperation, St. Luke was the perfect environment for the co-op's growth. By 1983, the little red shack was overwhelmed, and the co-op moved to a small building at Minnetonka Blvd. and Groveland School Rd. Just six years later, enthusiasm for natural foods dictated another move. Across the street we went, to the current site of the hardware store, simultaneously changing our name to "Lakewinds Natural Foods" in a successful attempt to help make everyone in the community feel welcome. Six years later, in 1995, we moved to our present corner location, allowing us to grow into one of the largest natural food cooperatives in the entire Midwest. In 1998, we added Lakewinds Natural Home, just a few doors down, to provide our customers with safe and natural cleaners and paint choices, as well as wonderful organic clothing, artisan-crafted jewelry and fair trade gifts. In January 2006, we closed the Lakewinds Natural Home store so we could incorporate its product lines into the larger wellness departments at our Minnetonka and Chanhassen stores.