Jeanie Wells

Organization:

CDS Consulting Co-op

Website:

http://www.cdsconsulting.coop

Email:

jeaniewells@cdsconsulting.coop

Jeanie Wells is former general manager of Community Mercantile in Lawrence, Kansas, and currently is a member of CDS Consulting Co-op specializing in expansions, operations, and startups.

Articles by Jeanie Wells

Who’s Driving the Bus?

Issue: #162 September-October 2012

As we go about our work of assessing organizational structures and conducting employee surveys in food co-ops, we frequently encounter an ongoing struggle between the marketing department (or lone...

Balancing Employers and Employees

Issue: #159 March - April - 2012

Food co-ops are known for being compassionate employers. Unlike some of our big competitors in the grocery industry who only work to maintain their organization's interests, food co-ops seem...

Community Mercantile Meets Compressed Timeline

Issue: #096 September - October - 2001

When you last read about Community Mercantile Co-op in Lawrence, Kansas, we had just barely survived Wild Oats coming to town. The article in the May-June 1997 edition of ...