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Our Story

The idea for Hudson Grocery Cooperative began on the playground of Willow River Elementary School. As a group of neighbors watched our children play, we shared stories about our community and places we’d lived before. Of course, people have a common interest in food, and our discussion turned toward local grocery stores. We felt the void left in downtown Hudson when Econofoods closed. Some of us had enjoyed local grocery co-ops in our previous communities, and had appreciated the access those co-ops provided to local, sustainable food and the support given to local farms and independent producers.

This became the seed for a survey to gauge community interest in a neighborhood grocery store. Within two weeks of publishing our survey, we had over 200 positive responses!

After six months of further research, the Hudson Grocery Cooperative filed Articles of Incorporation and became a legal entity. Now we are taking the next big steps to build our founding membership and lay the groundwork to open the doors to Hudson’s own local grocery co-op.

Meet Our Board of Directors

Our Board of Directors and our Committees are dedicated to making the Hudson Grocery Cooperative a reality.

Joe Rouleau

President
HGC Owner #64 Joe grew up in Northern MN, where he also volunteered, from 1995-2005, at Natural Harvest Food Co-op, which is now in its third building. The co-op is where he met his wife Maggie. They...

Matt Dobberstein

Vice President
HGC Owner #234 Matt is a farmer and live with his family in Woodville WI. His background has always been in agriculture. Matt’s formal training is in animal nutrition as well as broad area agricult...

Buck Malick

Secretary
HGC Owner #231 Buck is a retired business lawyer married to Linda. They moved to Hudson in 1979. Their HGC owner number is 231. He served in elected positions five years on the school board and 19 on...

Sarah Atkins

Treasurer
HGC Owner #22 As an entrepreneur, Sarah Atkins launched Archovations, Inc. in 1996. This national company is a manufacturer of building products for moisture management in building exteriors and ther...

Erik Bjoraker

Director
HGC Owner #49 Erik, his wife Susan and their three young children have lived in Hudson since 2007. Erik is a business operations leader with a wide range of experience in healthcare, computer system ...

Joan Schoenoff

Director
HGC Owner #216 Joan grew up in Hudson and works as Realtor with Lakes Area Realty. She received a Business Management degree from UW-River Falls. Joan teaches fitness classes and makes health and fit...

Paul Bourget

Director
HGC Owner #121 Paul grew up in Hudson, and spent his career in the Washington, D.C. area where he worked for the Federal Government and was an adjunct professor at the George Washington University. ...

Pam Brokaw

Board Member
HGC Owner #536 Pam and her family moved to Hudson in 2001, and she joined the Hudson Grocery Co-op in 2018. Pam enjoys a variety of crafting activities, pickleball, bowling, and using her time and t...

HUDSON GROCERY COOPERATIVE

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P.O. Box 92
Hudson, Wisconsin 54016

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