Jeanne Lakso

Organization:

National Cooperative Grocers Association

Website:

http://ncga.coop

Email:

Jeanne.Lakso@ncga.coop

Jeanne Lakso is a marketing programs specialist for the National Cooperative Grocers Association.

Articles by Jeanne Lakso

Don't Wait—Act Today!

Issue: #159 March - April - 2012

Competition in the grocery industry is fierce. With more retailers entering the natural and organic market and more shoppers purchasing natural and organic foods

Delightful Shopping

Issue: #156 September - October - 2011

Using cross-functional store teams to plan promotions can be a simple way to create effective promotional programs that are fun and engaging for your customers, position the co-op as an exciting...

Eat Local, America!

Issue: #153 March - April - 2011

From Maine to Florida and Bozeman to Chico, approximately 40 co-ops around the country took part in the 2010 Eat Local, America! campaign to celebrate local food and local producers. Last year...

Stronger Together

Issue: #150 September - October 2010

As co-op insiders, when we talk about what we do best and how we want to be perceived by our shoppers, owners and neighbors, we use words like local, community, sustainable, responsive...

Selling Clothing and Predicting the Future

Issue: #133 November - December - 2007

The store was packed with babies, toddlers, mommies, and daddies. Organic juice boxes and cookies helped keep the mini-mob under control, and conversations about potty training outnumbered other...