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Symbolic Gardens, New Faces /*download a pdf of this article* The state of the (organic) nation is not good—especially for dairy farmers. That shouldn’t be too much of a surprise since the entire economy is hurting... |
02 Jul 2009 | #143 July - August - 2009 |
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Take it From Here: Cool Marketing Implements for 2010 These tips, tools, sites and strategies were all shared at this year’s Marketing Matters. NCGA members may log in to the NCGA website for details. Take it from here to help your co-op make more of... |
15 Oct 2010 | #149 July - August - 2010* |
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Taking a Hard Look at 'The Co-op Difference' When a competing natural foods store comes to town, it forces a co-op to sit up and take notice. In 1981, when Wellspring Grocery opened four blocks from the Food Co-op in Durham, North Carolina,... |
09 Jan 2004 | #006 August - September - 1986 |
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Taking Care of Board Fundamentals As cooperative boards strive for heavenly results, they need to be sure the devil is not in the details. When boards of directors consider their duties—ensuring organizational accountability... |
20 Feb 2013 | #164 Jan-Feb 2013 |
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Taking Food Safety to the Source As businesses providing ready-to-eat foods, co-ops should be taking precautions to ensure that we are not contributing to the statistics on food-borne illness. With an estimated 1.5 million people... |
24 Feb 2005 | #116 January - February - 2005 |
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Taking Policy Governance to Heart download pdf of article |
26 Apr 2009 | #141 March - April - 2009 |
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Taking Stock of Your Customer Service Level In these times of tough competition, your store depends on repeat customers for survival. Giving great service not only keeps present customers but will create new customers as well. Many... |
09 Jan 2004 | #014 December - January - 1988 |
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Tallahassee’s New Leaf Market Flourishes in Expanded Store /*download a pdf of this article* New Leaf Market spent five years searching for an expansion opportunity. Three promising projects fell apart in the feasibility stage. Just when the... |
02 Jul 2009 | #143 July - August - 2009 |
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Task Force Eyes Cooperative Equity Fund Too many times, we have watched co-op borrowers valiantly launch expansion projects, only to struggle with the load of debt required to finance the quality of store demanded by today’s natural... |
20 Jan 2009 | #129 march - april - 2007 |
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Tax Deduction Supports Accessible Remodeling Proposed rules requiring handicapped accessibility for retail businesses and public establishments of all types were announced in January 1991 by the U.S. government -- the latest step in... |
09 Jan 2004 | #033 March - April - 1991 |
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Teaching Kids: Food Education in America If you're reading this during store hours, chances are that someone at your co-op is teaching a kid about food right now. Truth be told, it's actually more difficult to avoid teaching kids about... |
17 Mar 2011 | #153 March - April - 2011 |
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Tell the Fair Trade Story Values long held within the cooperative business community are now hitting the mainstream. More and more consumers are asking not only, “Is this good for me?” but also, “Is this good for others... |
15 Nov 2006 | #126 September - October - 2006 |
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Telling Stories Long ago, back in the days of community barn raising, an Upper Midwest barn was new in a day. Neighbors traveled by horse, wagon, and maybe a model-A or two to help a young German homesteader and... |
04 Jun 2010 | #148 May - June - 2010 |
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Terrible Fix, Farm Bill in "Uncharted Territory" The nine-month “fix” in the farm bill is worse than nothing. With the last-minute approval of this compromise, largely without debate, we lost relatively inexpensive yet... |
21 Jan 2013 | • Endcap Articles |
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The ABCs of POS What point-of-sale (POS) system does your co-op use, and how well does it work for you?” “Should we be recording cost of product in our POS system?” “How do you create a... |
25 Sep 2012 | #162 September-October 2012 |
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The Best Job Ever The following statements were made by pre-teens and teenagers from Philadelphia public schools. Be warned—you’ll be shocked. |
03 Feb 2011 | #152 January - February - 2011 |
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The Big Picture Here is another "big picture" edition, after the previous one's annual survey report. The new Food Co-op Directory is the most complete such listing available... |
08 Jan 2004 | #090 September - October - 2000 |
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The BIG Scoop They don't call me "Binhead" for nothing -- I believe in Bulk! Unfortunately, word on the aisles is that Bulk has reached its plateau -- sales have flattened -- interest is dying... |
09 Jan 2004 | #079 November - December - 1998 |
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The Board Role in the Accountability Stream Boards of directors are the critical link between owners and management in the accountability chain for a cooperative. If boards don’t have a good understanding of how accountability works or don’... |
20 Jan 2009 | #130 May - June - 2007 |
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The Board's Role in Expansion Planning At the beginning of 1986, New Pioneer Co-op in Iowa City was thriving. In our 3300 square foot facility, we were setting new sales records regularly, and the store was bursting with merchandise... |
09 Jan 2004 | #020 December - January - 1988 |
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The Buzz on Fair Trade Once Again Nut Butter is an employee-owned company. Beekeeper sustainability projects and the establishment of fair trade infrastructure have been an important part of our work at Once... |
05 Oct 2010 | #150 September - October 2010 |
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The Changing Face of Co-op Development How do you start a new retail food co-op? Can you give me a checklist and a budget? I’ll take it from there! If only it were that easy. With hundreds of communities interested in opening new... |
15 Oct 2010 | #149 July - August - 2010* |
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The Co-op Difference and Capital What distinguishes the cooperative store from other retails will vary according to the features of the particular market the store is in and how the co-op has defined its niche in that market.... |
09 Jan 2004 | #008 December - January - 1987 |
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The Co-op Empowerment Stream Our cooperatives are truly empowering organizations, in origin and in practice, in vision and in mission, in theory and in action. Empowerment can be a simple and clarifying... |
09 Jan 2004 | #063 March - April - 1996 |
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The Color of Dedication Stage three-and-a-half means "yellow," and yellow means "go, go, go" in the banana world. |
26 Oct 2010 | #150 September - October 2010 |
