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Taking Policy Governance to Heart download pdf of article |
26 Apr 2009 | #141 March - April - 2009 |
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The Company Store and the Co-op Store download pdf of article Economic news has everyone’s attention, and retailers must adapt to recession. Success in this new environment will require nimble management. |
20 Mar 2009 | #141 March - April - 2009 |
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Grow Co-op! Download a complete pdf version of this article. Under remarkably sunny skies in Portland, Ore., some 450 cooperators from the United States and Canada attended the 52nd annual Consumer... |
18 Mar 2009 | #137 July - August - 2008 |
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Counting on Co-op Employees download pdf of article download additional data Co-op managers want to know how their employees feel about the co-op as an employer. Increasingly, they are turning to employee surveys... |
05 Mar 2009 | #141 March - April - 2009 |
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Watchdogging Organic Standards download pdf of article In the midst of watchdogging and commenting on the flurry of Federal Register filings out of USDA and FDA, we were stunned when the National Organic Program (NOP) of... |
03 Mar 2009 | #141 March - April - 2009 |
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Explore the New Legal Flexibility Download a pdf of this article |
03 Mar 2009 | #141 March - April - 2009 |
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A Model for Ownership Succession download pdf of article As Franklin Community Co-op celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2007, “managing growth” had become a repeated refrain and a way of life, as we worked to creatively use... |
03 Mar 2009 | #141 March - April - 2009 |
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2008 Grants and 2009 Plans at the Howard Bowers Fund download pdf of article |
03 Mar 2009 | #141 March - April - 2009 |
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Seward Co-op Opens New Store in Minneapolis download pdf of article In Minneapolis, Minn., Seward Co-op opened its new 25,600-square-foot facility Jan. 8, 2009. The $10.5 million project relocated the store seven blocks east of its... |
03 Mar 2009 | #141 March - April - 2009 |
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My Co-op Rocks! Video Contest download pdf of article Lights, camera…arugula! National Cooperative Grocers Association (NCGA) is inviting co-op shoppers to submit videos in a nationwide “My Co-op Rocks!” contest, in... |
03 Mar 2009 | #141 March - April - 2009 |
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Gold Is Where You Find It download pdf of article There’s a saying in the gold business that is simple and to the point but makes a lot of sense. When people ask gold miners where they can find gold, the... |
03 Mar 2009 | #141 March - April - 2009 |
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Community Food Co-op in Bellingham, Washington download pdf of article |
03 Mar 2009 | #141 March - April - 2009 |
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In Memory of Eric Kindberg Eric Kindberg, 66, a longtime advocate of cooperative development, organic farming, and integrity in organic regulations, died Dec. 11, 2008. Originally from Arkansas, Eric died in China, where he... |
01 Mar 2009 | #141 March - April - 2009 |
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Development Directions, Part 2 In Part 1, "Turning Points and Lessons," I discussed the decline of two major cooperatives -- the Consumers Cooperative of Berkeley (C.C.B.) stores and DANCe (Distributing Alliance of the... |
31 Jan 2009 | #019 October - November - 1988 |
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Payment Card Security Compliance Download a complete pdf version of this article. |
26 Jan 2009 | #137 July - August - 2008 |
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CGIN: Online Community Food co-ops banded together to form the Cooperative Grocers’ Information Network (CGIN) in 1997. In the intervening years, their idea of a “low-overhead organization that cranks out products, not... |
21 Jan 2009 | #116 January - February - 2005 |
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A Model for Cooperative Challenges Mastering strategy is absolutely key for a manager. “One of the most important of a manager’s tasks consists in establishing the organization’s strategy—or in at least overseeing the process by... |
21 Jan 2009 | #116 January - February - 2005 |
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Did They Get the Message? If you are like most produce managers, you are always looking for ways to make the best use of your marketing efforts and increase your daily sales. That success depends on whether you are... |
21 Jan 2009 | #116 January - February - 2005 |
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Making Member Relations the Co-op's Organizing Principle In his booklet Three Strategic Concepts for the Guidance of Cooperatives, Brett Fairbairn urges co-ops to place our relationship with co-op members at the center of our thinking and activities.... |
21 Jan 2009 | #116 January - February - 2005 |
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Removing the President of the Board Kootenay Country Co-op is a 29-year-old cooperative operating in Nelson, British Columbia. We have been enjoying several years of financial stability and membership growth. We are fortunate to... |
21 Jan 2009 | #116 January - February - 2005 |
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Social Justice in Agriculture Forum I recently had an opportunity to represent food co-ops at a forum for Social Justice in Agriculture, along with representatives from organizations representing farm workers, fair-trade initiatives... |
21 Jan 2009 | #116 January - February - 2005 |
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Swarthmore Co-op Gets a New Store The Swarthmore Co-op started in a garage in 1937, founded by local residents in search of less expensive and fresher food. The membership fee was $5, which remained in effect until December 2002.... |
21 Jan 2009 | #116 January - February - 2005 |
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New La Crosse Store and Restaurant Opens People’s Food Co-op in La Crosse, Wis., started laying the groundwork for expansion years ago. Peg Nolan, our co-op’s former general manager, made a brilliant purchase back in 1998, buying a house... |
21 Jan 2009 | #116 January - February - 2005 |
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Don McLemore and the New NCGA I briefly interviewed Don McLemore in late November, two months after his hiring as the CEO of the National Cooperative Grocers Association (NCGA). Don McLemore can be reached via email at don@... |
21 Jan 2009 | #116 January - February - 2005 |
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Co-op Boards and Why We Do What We Do In their efforts to grow and govern democratic businesses, food co-op boards of directors need to look both inward and outward. My previous two columns discussed the expanding... |
21 Jan 2009 | #116 January - February - 2005 |
