La Louve
París · Île-de-France · France
Paris's first cooperative and participatory supermarket, opened in 2016 in the 18th arrondissement, inspired by the Park Slope Food Coop in New York. Each member pays a fee, takes part in governance and works around three hours a month in the shop in exchange for lower prices. The model shows that collective ownership of food retail is viable in a large city, although the time commitment required limits who can really take part.
- Led by
- Cooperative founded by Tom Boothe and Brian Horihan, inspired by New York's Park Slope Food Coop
- Status
- Active
- Participation
- Community led
- Visitable
- Yes, shop open to cooperative members
- Website
- cooplalouve.fr ↗
- Contact
- No public contact on record
- Last reviewed
- 10 September 2026
Verification
Verified
This place is verified through the first-hand knowledge of the atlas curator: a visit to the place or a relationship with the project, dated below. It is not a source you can check yourself, which is why it is declared this openly.
- Verified two sources including a primary one, or first-hand knowledge of the place
- Partial one source on record
- Unverified starting knowledge, sources pending
Sources
- La Louve, un premier supermarché coopératif et participatif à Paris ↗ · secondary source · consulted on 1 September 2026
- La Louve (supermarché) ↗ · secondary source · consulted on 1 September 2026
- Visita al lugar y relación con el proyecto · first-hand knowledge · 4 September 2026