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Issue: #127 November - December - 2006

Post date: Jan 20, 2009

Bigger Is Better

Common Market enjoys quadrupled size

By Sarah Lebherz

Some people thought we were crazy to go from a 4,000-square-foot store to an 18,000-square-foot store. It definitely took a lot of courage from all levels of our organization. We just knew we...

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Post date: Jan 20, 2009

Beyond Organic

By Barth Anderson

Organic food is still growing at a remarkable clip, especially now that this “pure product” has made the leap from food co-ops to megastores like Wal-Mart, which is infamous for driving down...

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Post date: Jan 20, 2009

U.K. Cooperatives on the Move

Mergers, marketing and membership

By David Thompson

The face of Britain’s consumer cooperatives has changed dramatically over the past decade. A once shrinking sector is on the move. A generation of co-op leaders born around World War II (1939–45)...

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Post date: Jan 20, 2009

Organics and E. Coli

In the wake of the E. coli debacle, is organic spinach safe to eat?

By Cissy Bowman

The big news this fall is spinach, salad mixes and E. coli. Retailers of organic products will need to be able to address this issue. In order to do so, staff must know about the sources of the...

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Post date: Jan 20, 2009

NCGA Signs National Purchasing Agreement

By Kelly Smith

Our National Cooperative Grocers Association (NCGA) had much to celebrate at its General Assembly in Austin, Texas, this September. We welcomed new staff, commemorated developments in business...

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Post date: Jan 20, 2009

Investing in the Cooperative Economy

By
Margaret Lund
Rebecca Dunn

Food co-op members know how important it is to “source” a product. One of the main reasons many of our members choose to shop at the co-op is because they can be sure that co-op products...

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Post date: Jan 20, 2009

Four Years Early

Achieving Neighborhood Co-op’s vision in Carbondale, Illinois

By
Francis Murphy
Lisa Smith

One of Neighborhood Co-op’s board members recently said, “We’ve achieved the co-op in 2010 in 2006!” With this curious statement he was referring to the result of a “Future-Back” planning process...

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Post date: Jan 20, 2009

Cutting Edge in the Cotswolds?

Midcounties shares successes and challenges with co-op tour

By Doug Walter

How can food co-ops in North America achieve greater alignment and forge a common identity? One way is by learning from co-op movements in the rest of the world. The United Kingdom has 160-plus...

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Post date: Jan 20, 2009

Locally Grown Conservation

By Dave Gutknecht

Is your cooperative selling local salad greens and prominently telling people about it?

The most recent E. coli problems led prudent retailers everywhere to toss the spinach and salad...

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Post date: Dec 29, 2006

Bringing Fair Trade Home

By Erbin Crowell

Domestic or international? One of my most lasting memories from my visit with the Federation of Southern Cooperatives in Georgia last summer was a profound sense of commonality.

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