Enjoy the archive of Cooperative Grocer magazine, with articles going back to 1985.

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    Title Issue Date
    Keeping Staff Committed to the Cooperative
    BY Carolee Colter

    Staff turnover may not be measurable in costs, but it can seriously cripple a co-op. All employees of more than a few months represent a significant investment in training.

    		 003 February - March - 1986 January 9, 2004
    Determining Your Market Niche
    BY Rex Stewart

    We are cooperatives out there -- that much we know. But what does that mean as far as your store's niche in a marketplace of food stores?

    		 005 June - July - 1986 January 9, 2004
    Formulating a Market Strategy
    BY Rex Stewart

    In the previous article, we talked primarily about tools to determine your market niche and ways to utilize these tools in gathering information to determine your store's market position.

    		 006 August - September - 1986 January 9, 2004
    Editorial
    BY Dave Gutknecht

    		 135, March-April 2008 January 9, 2004
    Stormy Weather in California
    BY Dave Gutknecht

    The past year has been a difficult one for Associated Cooperatives Inc. (ACI), the wholesale in Richmond, California, and for some of its member retail co-ops.

    		 004 April - May - 1986 January 9, 2004
    Characteristics of Effective Supervisors
    BY Carolee Colter

    Whether you oversee a whole department of employees or one assistant manager or an ever-changing group of volunteers, you as a supervisor are ultimately responsible for the work of others.

    		 006 August - September - 1986 January 9, 2004
    Art Danforth
    BY Dave Gutknecht

    Art Danforth died May 10, 1987, at the age of 74, after five decades of consumer cooperative activism and public service.

    		 011 June - July - 1987 January 9, 2004
    Assessing Management Performance
    BY Karen Zimbelman, Geoffrey F. Smith

    The good news is: you're not alone.

    		 009 February - March - 1987 January 9, 2004
    How to Critique a Business Plan
    BY Walden Swanson

    "Business plans may be great for bankers and investors, but if companies really followed them, you might never have heard of Compaq, Lotus, or Ben & Jerry's." This quote is from "The Best-Laid

    		010 April - May - 1987 January 9, 2004
    The Co-op Difference and Capital
    BY Dave Gutknecht

    		 008 December - January - 1987 January 9, 2004
    Evaluating Co-op Boards
    BY Sue Futrell

    		 008 December - January - 1987 January 9, 2004
    Interview Guidelines: Getting to Know All About You
    BY Carolee Colter

    I'll never forget my interview for the personnel coordinator job in a collective. I was questioned by 25 people at a meeting.

    		 011 June - July - 1987 January 9, 2004
    Another Look at Member Labor
    BY Dave Gutknecht

    "Boon or Bane?" was the title question in a section on member labor in the first issue of Cooperative Grocer (October-November 1985).

    		 008 December - January - 1987 January 9, 2004
    Management Reporting to the Board of Directors
    BY Rick Stewart

    This article deals with management reporting to the board of directors. Before I jump into specifics, however, let me establish a set of assumptions to work from.

    		 011 June - July - 1987 January 9, 2004
    The Past as Prelude
    BY Art Danforth

    During the 1960s and the 1970s, when "new wave" co-ops were thriving, one other consumer goods co-op all by itself probably exceeded all of them put together in number of members, lives touched, sa

    		 010 April - May - 1987 January 9, 2004
    When the Price Is Right
    BY Rex Stewart

    Customers are complaining, "Prices are too high"; "Safeway only charges 98 cents for milk"; "Your produce prices are too high." Yet, at the same tirne, your gross margin is only 24 percent, and the

    		 010 April - May - 1987 January 9, 2004
    Pricing for Results: Part 1
    BY Rex Stewart

    Pricing is a crucial but often misunderstood aspect of retailing.

    		 009 February - March - 1987 January 9, 2004
    Establishing Produce Quality: Jack Alexander Interview
    BY Staff

    Cooperative Grocer: Jack, you've worked with a number of co-ops, of various types. What are some of the common problems in produce?

    		 009 February - March - 1987 January 9, 2004
    Interview: Produce Backroom Handllng
    BY Jack Alexander

    Cooperative Grocer: Jack, last time we talked about establishing quality in the produce department. Let's go into some of the specific operational areas.

    		011 June - July - 1987 January 9, 2004
    Remodeling for Fun and Profit, Part 1
    BY Rex Stewart, Chris Quinn

    Your store is bursting at the seams, customers are elbow to elbow, merchandise is falling off the old wooden shelves.

    		 011 June - July - 1987 January 9, 2004