The Better Buyers Club of Greenbelt was founded in 1938 by a concerned Greenbelt woman named Miss Ollie E. Hoffman. The cooperative method of providing services for the town was most popular with Greenbelt's citizens, and the Better Buyers were concerned with making sure the best possible products were available to the town. As described in Greenbelt's first Directory of Organizations, published October 1, 1938, the Better Buyers Club of Greenbelt met "to discuss consumer problems as they relate to the people of Greenbelt." Housewives who belonged to the club organized "testing parties," where the women would taste and judge different canned foods to select them as possibilites for the cooperative store's inventory. The women also studied different grades of meat, learned how to most efficiently use their new electric stoves, studied fabrics for sewing, and learned about other items pertinent to households (Williamson, 77).
The Better Buyers were particularly proud of their efforts in researching the proper grading of milk, an endeavor that inspired the Citizens' Association to take action on the matter. One member of the Better Buyers, Carnie Harper, was named chairperson of a committee to get properly graded milk in the county (Williamson, 77). The Better Buyers became very knowledgeable on such matters, and their efforts were much appreciated and noticed by the citizens of Greenbelt.