PCC Community Markets to Open 17th Store in Seattle Oct. 14

PCC Community Markets will open its 17th location on Oct. 14 in Seattle's Madison Valley neighborhood, the West Coast grocery cooperative announced in a press release Wednesday.

The new store will carry locally grown organic produce, seasonal products sourced from the Pacific Northwest, and ethically raised seafood and meat. Shoppers will also find bulk goods, fresh sushi made on-site and an assortment of private label goods.

The location will feature a deli with freshly prepared meals, soups, salads, artisanal sandwiches and grab-and-go choices, PCC said. The grocer's refreshed pizza program will offer pizza made with flour supplied by local provider Cairnspring Mills.

The store will employ about 75 people. It will also sport new decor that reflects the co-op's quality standards, according to the press release.

PCC first announced in April that it intended to open a store in Madison Valley this fall, noting the location was nearly a decade in the making.

"We signed this lease ten years ago, and it's been a long road to get here as the project worked through the local process, with input from the neighborhood along the way. That makes it especially meaningful to finally open our doors and put down roots here," PCC CFO Amy Chow said in a statement on April 7. At the time, Chow was also serving as acting CEO while President and CEO Krish Srinivasan was on leave for personal reasons.

The expansion follows a significant improvement in the co-op's performance. PCC posted income from operations of nearly $1 million in 2025, compared with an operating loss of almost $250,000 in 2022.

Leadership is also changing. The co-op announced in August that Srinivasan, who presided over the grocer as it turned around its financial results, will retire in January.

The Madison Valley store arrives just over a year after PCC debuted its first small-format location in downtown Seattle in July 2025. That store occupies a site that formerly housed a much larger PCC location, which closed at the start of 2024 after operating for only about two years.

With operations now firmly in the black and a new leadership transition ahead, PCC's 17th store will test whether the co-op's decade-long bet on Madison Valley can extend its recent momentum.