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Startup Technology Choices Been called by a new food co-op for advice recently? The number of startup food cooperatives is swelling, and with it, the ranks of cooperative advisors. |
09 Apr 2012 | #159 March - April - 2012 |
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Promoting the International Year of Cooperatives Video Series on Food Co-ops A video series, "Lights, Cameras, Co-ops: Exploring the Country's Thriving Food Co-ops" has been launched by the National Cooperative Grocers Association... |
09 Apr 2012 | #159 March - April - 2012 |
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Diverse Means, Common Ends Alongside many new cooperatives that are springing up, established food co-ops continue to evolve and deepen their community roots. This edition has several substantial reports that illustrate... |
09 Apr 2012 | #159 March - April - 2012 |
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Fresh Foods, Fresh Questions Growth in fresh food sales – and “fresh packaged” – is at the heart of recent comments from the Hartman Group, a leading analyst of the natural/organic grocery industry whose research has... |
25 Mar 2012 | • Endcap Articles |
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An Italian View of "Co-op: Made in USA" A new publication presents a dossier on U.S. worker-owned and consumer co-ops in the U.S. Written by Enrico Massetti, an Italian who has lived in the United States for the last 30 years, "Co-op:... |
08 Mar 2012 | • Endcap Articles |
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Who’s Watching Member Labor in Retail Food Cooperatives? When many retail food cooperatives were formed in the 1970s, the distinctions among worker cooperatives, consumer cooperatives and not-for-profit corporations were not considered to be barriers to... |
18 Jan 2012 | #158 January - February - 2012 |
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Food Justice in Its Simplest Form Food has an amazing way of bringing people together. We all relate to the fact that we need to eat, every day. This is why I chose to become a dietitian; I knew that I could connect to anyone... |
18 Jan 2012 | #158 January - February - 2012 |
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Marquette Co-op: Building Local Food In a small, rural community in the Upper Peninsula (U.P.) of Michigan, a vibrant cooperative grocery store is proving to be a growing local economic player. Marquette Food Co-op (MFC) boasts... |
18 Jan 2012 | #158 January - February - 2012 |
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Accounting Best Practices: Nurturing Your Income Statement Summary: our previous article was on the balance sheet, and after our review below of the income statement, a subsequent installment will cover internal controls and cash management. Our vision... |
18 Jan 2012 | #158 January - February - 2012 |
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Kitsap=Community One of the issues that faces startup co-ops is how best to use their oftentimes limited resources to get the most impact in equity, publicity, and community support. The Kitsap Community Food Co-... |
18 Jan 2012 | #158 January - February - 2012 |
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Makin’ Groceries with New Orleans Food Co-op While most New Orleanians wouldn’t call themselves foodies, they are known for their love of food. "Makin’ groceries" is a traditional term used for food shopping in New... |
18 Jan 2012 | #158 January - February - 2012 |
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IYC on Camera Happy International Year of Cooperatives! We’ve been thinking about International Year of Cooperatives (IYC) for long enough that making the mental shift from 2011 to 2012 was a... |
18 Jan 2012 | #158 January - February - 2012 |
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Looking to the UN’s International Year of Cooperatives When the president of the United Nations General Assembly invited Dame Pauline Green to come to the iconic green marble podium, a billion proud cooperators walked with her. As she spoke in her... |
18 Jan 2012 | #158 January - February - 2012 |
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International Year of Cooperatives Launched— Get Your Story Out There Cooperative Enterprises Build a Better World." The International Year of Cooperatives is underway, after being officially launched in late October at the United Nations. Earlier, a unanimous... |
18 Jan 2012 | #158 January - February - 2012 |
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Reviving Democracy, Spreading Cooperatives The Occupy movement in the U.S. (there also are international manifestations) is one of the more encouraging recent developments in the present political environment. Most of the Occupy sites have... |
18 Jan 2012 | #158 January - February - 2012 |
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America Beyond Capitalism In a recent article in "Dollars and Sense," Gar Alperovitz presents cooperative enterprise, especially worker-owned co-ops, along with other methods of democratizing capital -- an essential... |
09 Jan 2012 | • Endcap Articles |
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IYC Message from Pauline Green Pauline Green, president of the International Cooperative Alliance, in early January released a message about the International Year of Cooperatives. It was published through the "Guardian/UK"... |
08 Jan 2012 | • Endcap Articles |
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Accounting Best Practices: The Balance Sheet Can you tell me in 10 minutes what the best practices for finance are that I can use at my co-op?" This question has been repeatedly asked of us in our respective work with co-op finance managers... |
17 Nov 2011 | #157 November - December - 2011 |
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PDF of November 2011 issue It seems the printer for Cooperative Grocer experienced some unusual difficulty in binding the November issue, and there are a number of copies out there with 3-6 and 31-34 taking the place of 7-... |
17 Nov 2011 | #157 November - December - 2011 |
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Learning from Co-op Startups In the years since 2005, when the Food Co-op 500 pilot project began to challenge the sector to have 500 food co-ops by 2015, a lot has been accomplished in an attempt to achieve this goal. As a... |
17 Nov 2011 | #157 November - December - 2011 |
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Cooperative Strategic Leadership There has been much discussion, debate and downright argument about the role of the board in the strategic process of our co-ops. "Isn't that getting into operations? Aren't our hands tied by our... |
17 Nov 2011 | #157 November - December - 2011 |
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Sign-Making Solutions: A Review Have you ever tried to sell a product without a sign? If you have, you know how important signage is to grocery sales. With upwards of 70 percent of all purchases being unplanned, good signage on... |
17 Nov 2011 | #157 November - December - 2011 |
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Restorative Practices Before the Olympia Food Co-op became a two-store operation with over 80 staff members, resolving internal conflicts was a direct but mostly informal process. If a conflict arose, such as an... |
17 Nov 2011 | #157 November - December - 2011 |
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Healthy Foods, Cooperative Communities
The national conversation around healthy food access has recently gained significant momentum and attention. While co-ops have pioneered many food system innovations, including... |
17 Nov 2011 | #157 November - December - 2011 |
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Co-ops and Public Figures Look to 2012 Spreading inspiring co-op stories. Developing more co-ops to serve more people. Building more collaboration among different co-op sectors: credit unions, food co-ops, worker co-ops, housing co-ops... |
17 Nov 2011 | #157 November - December - 2011 |
