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A Member Linkage Tool Builds Policy and Action NOTE: This article is a summary of a workshop presented at CCMA 2000 called "Building Member Linkage: A Tool for Policy and Action." What follows is first a description of the presentation... |
08 Jan 2004 | #092 January - February - 2001 |
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Location, Location, Location...and Site, Site, Site: Co-ops are Retailers Too Site and location characteristics can greatly influence customer loyalty to a co-op and the co-op's competitiveness. The retail environment is one in which any given store holds but... |
08 Jan 2004 | #092 January - February - 2001 |
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NCGA Board Envisions Big Picture The National Cooperative Grocers Association board of directors met recently to build a framework and long-term vision for the organization, as we move into our second full year... |
08 Jan 2004 | #092 January - February - 2001 |
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A Near Miss at Mississippi Market What went wrong? What lessons can other co-ops contemplating expansion learn from Mississippi Market's experience? By all accounts, Mississippi Market's second store expansion was... |
08 Jan 2004 | #092 January - February - 2001 |
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Got the AM/PM Blues? Do you have the AM/PM blues in your store's produce section? I recently bought a new computer, and whenever I do something wrong that doesn't jive with... |
08 Jan 2004 | #093 March - April - 2001 |
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Weaving a Cloth of Many Threads How does one introduce a new structure that merges many community co-operatives into one? Very, very carefully! |
08 Jan 2004 | #093 March - April - 2001 |
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Is Your Cutting Edge Dull? This edition's report on the merger of twenty-eight Atlantic Canada co-ops states that the new board of directors must answer those who ask, "Why should I belong, why should I be... |
08 Jan 2004 | #093 March - April - 2001 |
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Human Resources Survey Gives a Close Look at Co-op Compensation This is the first of an annual Cooperative Grocer Human Resources Survey report. The survey is designed to help co-ops evaluate their HR and compensation practices. We believe this... |
08 Jan 2004 | #093 March - April - 2001 |
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Co-ops Bowers Fund Grows "The ... Board of Directors would like to thank you and the Howard Bowers Fund for providing two full scholarships for individuals from the ...Cooperative to attend the CCMA conference this... |
08 Jan 2004 | #093 March - April - 2001 |
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Organic Rule Still Needs Comments At last, the USDA Final Organic Rule -- or is it? On December 20, 2000 USDA published CFR Part 205: the "Final Rule with request for comments."... |
08 Jan 2004 | #093 March - April - 2001 |
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Are You Certifiable? By Mark Mulcahy One of the hottest topics in the retail environment is how the new Organic Rule will affect us. One of the main areas in question is the... |
08 Jan 2004 | #094 May - June - 2001 |
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For Today, For Our Future Education, as noted in my previous editorial, is key to sustaining a leading position in our competitive market -- education supported by example and an inspiring vision.... |
07 Jan 2004 | #094 May - June - 2001 |
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CoCoFiSt Tools Boost Southeast Co-ops Editor's note: A new wave of acronyms has been spawned in the past three years by a data sharing program for co-op managers, CoCoFiSt: Common Cooperative Financial Statements, an innovative... |
07 Jan 2004 | #094 May - June - 2001 |
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Co-op Union Conflict Yields Problem-Solving Lessons A manager looks at employee relationships, common interests, and a method of problem solving that builds trust and improves employee morale. This isn't an article about unions,... |
08 Jan 2004 | #094 May - June - 2001 |
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Cooperative Grocers Associations There is no shortage of ideas or opportunities for collaboration among co-ops, and as the list continues to grow we are faced with the reality of structure. How can we efficiently... |
08 Jan 2004 | #094 May - June - 2001 |
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Cost Overruns and Expansion Problems Editor's note: The January-February issue of Cooperative Grocer presented an in-depth analysis of an expansion project at Mississippi Market that nearly sank the co-op. That... |
08 Jan 2004 | #094 May - June - 2001 |
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New Pioneer Opens Coralville Site [Co-authors with Dennis Maclearn for this article were Ben Nauman and Jennifer Masada. Dennis Maclearn was general manager, and Ben Nauman and Jennifer Masada were on staff,... |
08 Jan 2004 | #094 May - June - 2001 |
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Small Co-op, Big Leap! After 28 years in the same location, Bluff Country Co-op's members made a large leap. The results: a beautiful new store and renewed belief in how a small co-op can do big things... |
08 Jan 2004 | #094 May - June - 2001 |
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2000 Retail Operations Survey: Statistical Summary Cooperative Grocer 2000 Retail Operations SurveyStatistical Summary of Income Statement, Balance Sheet, and RatiosSMALL Sales <$1 MillionMEDIUM SMALL Sales $1-2 MillionMEDIUM Sales $2-4 Million... |
31 May 2006 | #095 July - August - 2001 |
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Pow-wows Not Pinballs As a prepared foods manager almost a decade ago, it struck me that not only did I have a lot of information that I wanted to share with staff, but they also had many suggestions... |
08 Jan 2004 | #095 July - August - 2001 |
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Opportunities and Obligations This edition's Retail Operations Survey provides an improved data base from which to measure co-op performance. The results? Co-ops numbers are good but are declining. Co-ops also... |
08 Jan 2004 | #095 July - August - 2001 |
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Using Survey Data to Improve Co-ops Green Fields Market follows the annual Cooperative Grocer (CG) survey closely. For me, the survey and the accompanying analysis have been textbook lessons in cooperative finance. I... |
07 Jan 2004 | #095 July - August - 2001 |
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08 Jan 2004 | #095 July - August - 2001 |
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Hiring in a (Still) Tight Labor Market With the slowing of the economy, many co-ops and other natural food stores are noticing a slight easing in the difficulty of recruiting and retaining workers. Despite economic... |
08 Jan 2004 | #095 July - August - 2001 |
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A Greater Velocity of Cooperation Well over three hundred directors, managers, trainers, and other cooperators met at the 2001 Consumer Cooperative Management Association (CCMA) conference under the theme, "... |
08 Jan 2004 | #095 July - August - 2001 |
