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Myths and Maxims for Co-op Boards Without a doubt, an effective board of directors requires smooth and well-planned internal systems. Yet, given the press of responsibilities and the on-going demands of the job,... |
09 Jan 2004 | #052 May - June - 1994 |
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Should Your Store Be Planning On Scanning? P0S scanning is only one component of a possible fully "computerized co-op." Paul Cultrera does a fine job describing a more complete system as envisioned at the Cape Ann Food Co-... |
09 Jan 2004 | #052 May - June - 1994 |
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Co-op Principles Then and Now (Part 2) The co-op on Toad Lane was legally registered as the Rochdale Equitable Pioneers on October 24,1844, hence our reason for celebrating Co-op Month in October. The store opened for... |
09 Jan 2004 | #053 July - August - 1994 |
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When a Natural Foods Supermarket Arrives in Town, the Co-op Changes. "Prospects look pretty good for the co-op"Weaver Street Market Carrboro, North Carolina 10,000 sq. ft. totaI/7500retail; $3.8M 1993 sales. Target markets: urban population 40,000,... |
09 Jan 2004 | #053 July - August - 1994 |
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Local and Organic: Going Beyond the Expected Bloomingfoods Co-op in Bloomington, Indiana just celebrated its 18th birthday. We have two stores. Our original store has 1,600 square feet in retail, about 2,000 total. It's... |
09 Jan 2004 | #054 September - October - 1994 |
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To Condemn or To Condone? "A grievance has been filed against the co-op." These words almost invariably cause an immediate emotional reaction in everyone connected to the co-op. Hardly anyone is untouched... |
09 Jan 2004 | #055 November - December - 1994 |
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Grievances: Doing the Right Thing "Many a man would rather have you hear his tale than grant his request. --G.K Chesterton The ideal grievance system would be impartial, respectful of all... |
09 Jan 2004 | #055 November - December - 1994 |
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Green Fields Anchors Main Street Greenfield is a town of 18,000 at the base of the Berkshire Mountains in western Massachusetts. The food cooperative, Green Fields Market, is one of two anchor businesses on Main... |
09 Jan 2004 | #055 November - December - 1994 |
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Organic Bedding Plants Bonanza With grocery chain competitors and a nearby mass merchandiser carrying bedding plants, I felt that our co-op, Bloomingfoods, should do so too -- only do it a different way... |
09 Jan 2004 | #056 January - February - 1995 |
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Return to Co-op Atlantic By Jane Livingston Atlantic Canada -- the provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland, and Labrador has been hard hit by cuts in government spending... |
09 Jan 2004 | #056 January - February - 1995 |
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Member Services, Education and Outreach Most of us who work in cooperatives are excited by the vision of an alternative form of business ownership. With open membership, democratic control and shared participation in the... |
09 Jan 2004 | #057 March - April - 1995 |
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Hang Together - Or Be Hanged Separately The World of Food Co-ops: Powerful results can be achieved, as the previous edition's report on Co-op Atlantic shows, by a cooperative food system that is embedded in the local... |
09 Jan 2004 | #057 March - April - 1995 |
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Learning From A Failure In the aftermath of an attempt to expand which was successfully opposed by disaffected members and employees, the board of directors of the co-op in Davis, California has returned... |
09 Jan 2004 | #057 March - April - 1995 |
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Grocery: The Core of the Store Details, details, details. I do not know who gets credit for the phrase "retail is detail" -- I heard it for the first time last week in a training session -- but it succinctly... |
09 Jan 2004 | #058 May - June - 1995 |
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From Nonprofit to Cooperative Nonprofit (dues-based) corporate structures, used by many social, political, and charitable organizations, are relatively easy to understand and implement. But an equity (share-... |
12 Jan 2004 | #058 May - June - 1995 |
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You're Gonna Have to Serve Somebody In coffee shops, break rooms, and breakfast nooks across this country playground scuffles are taking place between inner children. "My upbringing was worse than yours" has replaced... |
09 Jan 2004 | #058 May - June - 1995 |
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Cooperation Among Cooperatives "All cooperative organizations, in order to best serve the interests of their members and their communities, should actively cooperate in every practical way with other... |
09 Jan 2004 | #058 May - June - 1995 |
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Northeast: Cooperatives Seek Integration Cooperative Grocers of the Northeast (CGANE or "see-gain") is now in the midst of its second major transformation since the group formed a bit over two years ago. We were initially... |
09 Jan 2004 | #058 May - June - 1995 |
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Herbs / Supplements / Health and Beauty Over the past five years, our co-op has gone through tremendous growth and has had to work hard to keep up. Like many other natural foods stores, Sevananda has had to restructure,... |
09 Jan 2004 | #059 July - August - 1995 |
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Generation Gaps Three different generations gaps can be seen in this edition: First, the annual Retail Operations Survey notes strong growth by many co-ops -- but also an inability to generate new... |
09 Jan 2004 | #059 July - August - 1995 |
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Creating Boards That Lead The board must play a meaningful and critical role in cooperative affairs. I hope this article will help clarify what the board should be doing, how the board can organize its... |
09 Jan 2004 | #059 July - August - 1995 |
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Managing Your Cheese Section The cheese stands alone, The cheese stands alone, Heigh-ho the derry 0! The cheese stands alone... |
09 Jan 2004 | #060 September - October - 1995 |
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El Salvador Co-ops This spring a dozen cooperators and students had the opportunity to travel to El Salvador for a firsthand look at coffee production. The trip was sponsored by Equal Exchange, a... |
09 Jan 2004 | #060 September - October - 1995 |
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Assessing Board Performance Without a doubt, a co-op's board of directors plays a key role in the co-op's success. Yet too often, an assessment of the board's performance in that role is overlooked or... |
09 Jan 2004 | #060 September - October - 1995 |
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Shopper Credit Cards and Member-Owner Benefits I just read an article in Supermarket News indicating that within a year or so it will be common for shoppers at Publix or Kroger or Winn Dixie to present "cobranded" credit cards... |
09 Jan 2004 | #060 September - October - 1995 |
