In 1999, the Wedge established Co-op Partners Warehouse
(CPW) out of the desire to have a wholesaler who could represent
products from small, quality-focused growers in the region. CPW,
which distributes organic produce to co-ops, as well as to natural
food stores, schools, and restaurants, provides an invaluable
service as the connective tissue linking customers to small-scale
farmers, fair-trade operations and grower cooperatives. In each
issue, we give you the story of CPW through the numbers that
define them. In future issues, we’ll delve deeper inside the CPW
warehouse, telling its stories with facts and figures that may shock
and surprise you.