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The view from the other side of the White River
When the Hanover Co-op approached us with the idea of opening a branch store right across the river from us, we were in the final negotiation process to buy our own building. In fact... |
17 Nov 2011 | #157 November - December - 2011 |
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The Write Stuff and More During four days in June, I met communication professionals from cooperatives around the country…not food co-ops, but just about every other kind of co-op: electric, agricultural,... |
20 Jan 2009 | #126 September - October - 2006 |
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Think Virtual, Act Real 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 Cooperative... |
07 Jan 2004 | #101 July - August - 2002 |
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Thinking Outside the Co-op Welcome to a new era, one of expanded possibilities for cooperatives as well as overall economic decline. Readers will be familiar with this message, even if resisting its conclusions. Here’... |
20 Jul 2010 | #136 may - june - 2008 |
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Thinking Strategically When we look at the future for the co-op, what do we see and how do we express it? These are vital questions for board members to ask because it’s the board’s job to articulate outcomes... |
22 Sep 2009 | #144 September - October - 2009 |
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Tidal Creek Triples Its Size Tidal Creek Triples Its Size |
07 Jan 2004 | #107 July - August - 2003 |
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Time Management "Time management is the act or process of planning and exercising conscious control over the amount of time spent on specific activities, especially to increase efficiency or... |
04 Jun 2012 | #160 May - June - 2012 |
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Time to Recycle Cooperative Wealth One of the more popular definitions of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again while expecting a different result. And so it goes with our economy. The all-too-familiar boom-and-bust... |
11 Apr 2013 | 165 April 2013 |
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Time To Reshape Cooperative Identity? It's a new century -- is it time to reshape cooperative identity? The new millennium has dawned, and with it comes heightened clarity in our collective awareness of the importance... |
08 Jan 2004 | #087 March - April - 2000 |
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Tipping the Scales for Local Foods Food co-ops play a pivotal role in nearly every local foods initiative I work with; they have been doing so for 40 years. |
19 Nov 2009 | #145 November - December - 2009 |
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Tips for Choosing a Designer Budget and skill Good designers can cost anywhere between $25 an hour to hundreds, but don’t make the mistake of only looking at designers in your price range. Luckily, creative folks like... |
04 Oct 2011 | #156 September - October - 2011 |
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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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Tracking the Co-op’s Local Impact It’s a common story. My family started one of the oldest farms in our region, and up until 1988 my uncle ran a dairy business that sold its milk through a local marketing cooperative. Now there is a... |
02 Jun 2004 | #112 May - June - 2004 |
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Transforming Meade Street into Green Street Late last summer, as part of its commitment to local agriculture, Pittsburgh’s East End Food Co-op began investigating the possibility of developing an urban farm. This project brought us into... |
19 Jan 2009 | #133 November - December - 2007 |
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Transforming Workplace Culture "Culture" maybe hard to define, but the signs of a dysfunctional workplace culture are hard to ignore. Do any of these sound like your co-op? |
08 Jan 2004 | #074 January - February - 1998 |
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Transitioning to a Restructured Organization On May 4, at a special meeting of the National Cooperative Grocers Association (NCGA) membership, the membership directed management to proceed with the reorganization as detailed in the... |
26 Aug 2004 | #113 July - August - 2004 |
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Translating Operations into Financial Statements Good systems show themselves by not showing themselves at all. In a well run store, product, people, and purchases flow in and out in a seemingly effortless ebb and flow. Only from... |
09 Jan 2004 | #069 March - April - 1997 |
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Truckload Sales Drive Value download pdf of article Bloomingfoods Cooperative has been holding Truckload Sales since 1999. Twice each year (spring and fall) groceries, coolers and freezers, carts, cash registers and... |
27 Dec 2008 | #138 September - October - 2008 |
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Tucson Co-ops Recover After fifteen months of debt-heavy operations, Tucson's Food Conspiracy Cooperative closed its 24,000 square foot natural foods supermarket in mid-December. Hoping to save its original store, now... |
09 Jan 2004 | #039 March - April - 1992 |
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Turnover or Tenure: For some, the subject of limited terms for directors inspires passionate debate; for others the idea of limiting directors' service seems so improbable as to be laughable. Indeed, many food co-ops... |
09 Jan 2004 | #030 September - October - 1990 |
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Twenty Years Before the Masthead This edition completes 20 years of Cooperative Grocer, an event that is of small significance but which prompts my gratitude: for work, service, and relations of solidarity with so many fine... |
21 Jan 2009 | #120 September - October - 2005 |
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Two Co-ops, One General Manager Can two cooperatives, both successful natural food retails, share a general manager? For a year ending this past April, Davis Food Co-op and Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op, two stores 15 miles... |
09 Jan 2004 | #034 May - June - 1991 |
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Two Faces of Customer Service Mike dropped by the co-op to grab a sandwich for a quick lunch. He brought his purchase to the checkout counter, relieved to see the cashier had nearly finished with the customer ahead of him.... |
03 Feb 2011 | #152 January - February - 2011 |
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Two Stores and Growing: Bloomingfoods Market and Deli Nestled in the rolling hills of southern Indiana, Bloomington is an oasis of natural beauty and culture and is home to Indiana University, the state's largest school. Bloomingfoods... |
08 Jan 2004 | #081 March - April - 1999 |
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U.K. Cooperatives on the Move 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)... |
20 Jan 2009 | #127 November - December - 2006 |
