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In Tune with Food Trends Strong trends in the U.S. food industry show that people care more and more about their food. They care about its effects on their health and on the planet and the people who grew it. |
21 Jan 2009 | #119 July - August - 2005 |
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Where We Are, Where We’re Going This edition’s annual survey of food co-op performance highlights largely healthy operations and continuing strong sales growth among these community-based businesses. And the review of the task... |
21 Jan 2009 | #119 July - August - 2005 |
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Organic Ruling Updated, Hot Issues Remain The world continues to watch developments in the Arthur Harvey lawsuit, while the organic community, plaintiff Arthur Harvey, and the USDA work to find common ground on solutions. Harvey visited... |
21 Jan 2009 | #119 July - August - 2005 |
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Café Verde Expands Ann Arbor Co-op In downtown Ann Arbor, Mich., People’s Food Co-op (PFC) is thriving, thanks especially to its expansion into an adjacent space and opening Café Verde. The co-op launched the combined café and... |
21 Jan 2009 | #119 July - August - 2005 |
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Board Training at Two Startup Co-ops On an evening in early May 2004, I had just completed the first half of board of directors training for Harvest Market, a new cooperative in Barneveld, Wisc. The president asked how boards make... |
21 Jan 2009 | #119 July - August - 2005 |
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500 Co-ops in 10 Years! 500 Co-ops PDF Version(237Kb) When I get calls and emails from people looking for information on how to start a food co-op, I’m glad I can send them to the Cooperative Grocers Information... |
21 Jan 2009 | #119 July - August - 2005 |
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Appreciating the Diversity of Member Needs and Motivations download pdf of article In my work with food co-op boards and staff over the past 30 years, one of the questions I have often encountered is this: How can we get more people more involved at... |
21 Jan 2009 | #140 January - February - 2009 |
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Improving General Manager Compensation Packages For what they are expected to do, general managers of food co-ops are underpaid. They have to manage not only the operations of a retail store (or stores), they also have to manage budgeting,... |
21 Jan 2009 | #119 July - August - 2005 |
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Home-Grown Talent Promoting leaders from among your existing staff offers a lot of advantages. Surprises are minimized—the person’s strengths and weaknesses are known quantities. Furthermore, you can reward and... |
21 Jan 2009 | #122 January - February - 2006 |
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Manager Compensation Manager Compensation PDF Version (324Kb) (includes charts and data not found on this web page version) |
21 Jan 2009 | #124 May - June - 2006 |
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Foodservice: Fast Forward It’s no secret that lifestyle changes have led to big changes in the way people eat. The new consumer mantra of “faster, better, cheaper, more convenient” has led to the addition of healthier... |
21 Jan 2009 | #120 September - October - 2005 |
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New @ CGIN This year’s CCMA conference once again afforded CGIN (Cooperative Grocer’s Information Network) the chance to hold its annual meeting and report on its activities to members. This was CGIN’s... |
21 Jan 2009 | #120 September - October - 2005 |
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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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Down the Drain? In May 2003, the National Organic Program announced a broadening of the scope of organic certification. Richard Mathews, at the National Organic Standards Board meeting, told attendees that... |
21 Jan 2009 | #120 September - October - 2005 |
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Avoiding Post-Expansion Burnout: The board of directors' role More than half of our food co-ops have engaged in planning and implementing an expansion project during the past three years. As demanding as these projects can be, the real challenge begins when... |
21 Jan 2009 | #120 September - October - 2005 |
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A Year Past Reorganization Glancing back at articles in Cooperative Grocer magazine a year ago, I’m struck by how much has changed in just one year since the official reorganization of the former CGA system into the... |
21 Jan 2009 | #120 September - October - 2005 |
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5 a Day: Serving Good Health We are all dedicated to serving our communities the best food possible, but I have to wonder if we are doing everything we can. I recently read these alarming statistics on the “5 a day” website,... |
21 Jan 2009 | #120 September - October - 2005 |
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Co-op Expansions Raise the Bar Every expansion is unique in some respect, but the universal truth is that building a larger facility includes taking on a bigger role in the community. More and more food co-ops are remodeling,... |
21 Jan 2009 | #121 November - December - 2005 |
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Cooperative Community Funds Steve Stroup, co-op and community development coordinator at Bloomington Cooperative Services (Bloomingfoods) in Bloomington, Indi., is busy working on a presentation to the Bloomingfoods board... |
21 Jan 2009 | #121 November - December - 2005 |
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Farm Aid 2005 On Sept. 17, with Farm Aid 2005 ready to go the next day, the Chicago Tribune ran a story claiming that Farm Aid does not apply significant funds to really help family farmers. The folks at Farm... |
21 Jan 2009 | #121 November - December - 2005 |
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General Assembly: Colorado In late September, nearly 100 co-op managers and organizational staff held sessions for the National Cooperative Grocers Association (NCGA). Regional and special interest groups, the General... |
21 Jan 2009 | #121 November - December - 2005 |
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Internal Service Why spend extra time, energy, and money on customer service enhancement? For most stores, the decision stems from poor interactions between customers and staff. Like when a deli worker tells a new... |
21 Jan 2009 | #121 November - December - 2005 |
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Where Are You Growing? Let’s say you have your labor in line, your margin has been consistent, and your sales have been steady. Now is a good time to review the horizon and set sails for the growth ahead. A couple of... |
21 Jan 2009 | #121 November - December - 2005 |
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Ruling Prompts Controversy Democracy and the high price of organic food |
21 Jan 2009 | #121 November - December - 2005 |
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Building the Future The COOP group of retailers in Italy is the largest and fastest growing co-op sector in Europe. For U.S. food co-ops, how COOP, a confederation of consumer co-ops, became the market leader in... |
21 Jan 2009 | #121 November - December - 2005 |
