Issue: #101 July - August - 2002

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Are Co-op Employees More Satisfied? Surveys Say So

Ten years ago Karen Zimbelman and I conducted our first employee survey. In 1996 we shared the trends we observed in surveys we'd done (Cooperative Grocer, No. 63, March-April 1996, "What...

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Cooperative Grocer 2001 Retail Operations Survey: Data Summary

By Data Analysis Team

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Farm Bill Signed - But Not Yet Sealed or Delivered!

By Chris Campany

This spring Congress passed the 2002 Farm Bill, signed by the President on May 13th. The National Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture does not support the bill because we feel the huge subsidies...

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Atlantic Canada Merger After Eighteen Months

By Tom Webb

The fall 2000 merger of twenty-eight of Atlantic Canada's independent co-operative societies, with thirty-three stores and mounting losses, was a shotgun wedding. The choice facing each co...

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Strong Results, Debatable Future: 2001 Retail Operations Survey

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Pointing Resources Toward A Strong National Network

By Robynn Shrader

Having recently attended the CCMA Conference in Eureka, California, I am newly impressed and heartened by the enthusiasm and commitment by many in our co-op sector to do the difficult and...

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Think Virtual, Act Real

By Dave Gutknecht

Redwood forests and food cooperatives: Near the westernmost point of California, these two seemingly unrelated systems impressed me in parallel ways while attending the Consumer...

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Produce Career: "If You're Gonna Stay, You Gotta Play"

By Mark Mulcahy

Let's see if this sounds familiar: You set a great produce stand, so beautiful people don't want to touch it.

You are loved by your customers; people come from miles around...