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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 |
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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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The Cooperative Economy Is Booming! Six years ago, Food Co-op 500 started with a volunteer task force and no staff. NCB/NCB Capital Impact donated some staff time (Richard Dines) to coordinate a round of seed grants and to assemble... |
03 Feb 2011 | #152 January - February - 2011 |
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The Editor Notes From rural Indiana to Japan, from Indonesia to Puget Sound, cooperatives are providing answers and a way forward in an environment of increasing challenges. Past issues of Cooperative Grocer have... |
24 Apr 2008 | #135 March - April - 2008 |
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The Editor Notes “Under construction” assumes multiple meanings when one is immersed in a project. Construction, whether of an organization or, as in my home case, a building, leads to reviewing matters such as... |
28 Mar 2006 | #112 May - June - 2004 |
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The Editor Notes New tradition: thanks locally At the farmers market or a co-op, I'm thankful for wonderful food and the hardworking producers who supply it. And when working I am gratified to be associated with... |
29 Dec 2003 | #110 January - February - 2004 |
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The Editor Notes Sid Pobihushchy offered thoughtful perspectives on co-op education and values at the June 2003 food co-op conference (see the July-August CG), and his remarks have now been posted at the CGIN (... |
01 Dec 2003 | #109 November - December - 2003 |
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The Editor Notes Values and ends This publication's editorial advisory board recently approved a statement of ends and values for Cooperative Grocer: |
07 Jan 2004 | #108 September - October - 2003 |
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The Editor Notes The Editor Notes |
07 Jan 2004 | #106 May - June - 2003 |
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The Editor Notes: Co-op Milestones The annual food co-op conference provides important opportunities for recognizing achievements and inspiring more. Milestones of service by co-ops to their communities are announced along with... |
28 Mar 2006 | #113 July - August - 2004 |
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The Fair Trade Movement For more than 60 years, fair trade—a trading partnership based on dialogue, transparency, and respect—has contributed to greater social and economic equity and to protection of the global... |
15 Oct 2010 | #150 September - October 2010 |
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The Farmer and the Feds Entering the second year of the fully implemented National Organic Program, we are beginning to see the NOP's impact on a grassroots movement gone "mainstream." Those of us whose business relies... |
29 Dec 2003 | #110 January - February - 2004 |
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The Farmer in the Deli Janet Zeller of the Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op and I recently led a workshop at the Ecological Farming Conference in California. During the session she described many of the wonderful consumer... |
07 Jan 2004 | #105 March - April - 2003 |
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The Farmers Market: An Invitation to Play With more than 90 vendors, $2 million in annual sales, and a customer count that hovers around 7,000 each week, the Davis Farmer’s Market has moved beyond “quaint local tradition” straight into an... |
20 Jan 2009 | #130 May - June - 2007 |
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The Fresh Competitive Advantage download pdf of article |
18 Jan 2009 | #140 January - February - 2009 |
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The Growth Roadway Expansion and growth are on the minds of many cooperative board and management leaders. And this makes sense, since growing our cooperatives’ abilities to deliver on their organizational... |
04 Dec 2012 | #163 November-December 2012 |
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The Howard Bowers Fund and CCMA The Howard Bowers Fund was established to honor Howard Bowers, who dedicated his life to the consumer co-op movement. In his five-decade career, he worked for food co-ops throughout the Midwest... |
04 Jun 2012 | #160 May - June - 2012 |
