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

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    Title Issuesort descending Date
    Communicating "Co-op"
    BY Peg Nolan, Patricia Cumbie

    Membership is at the heart of cooperation. Cooperative membership is the driving force for an alternative economic system predicated upon user ownership and benefit.

    		 103 November - December - 2002 January 7, 2004
    Eastern Canada: Natural Food Co-ops See Growth, Threats
    BY Tom Webb

    Natural food co-operatives in Eastern Canada are facing many of the same opportunities and problems as their counterparts in the US.

    		 103 November - December - 2002 January 7, 2004
    Farm Aid 2002
    BY Kathy Lawrence
    Press conference at Farm Aid 2002Press conference: Speakers included Kim Seeley of Pensylvania Association for Susta
    		 103 November - December - 2002 January 7, 2004
    Mondragon Retail Strategy: Eroski Partnership Path
    BY David Thompson

    		 103 November - December - 2002 January 7, 2004
    Grocery Co-ops Seek Organic Certification
    BY Barth Anderson

    Fifteen years of pushing for a federal organic law came to fruition on October 21, 2002 when the USDA's Final Rule on Organics went into effect.

    		 103 November - December - 2002 January 7, 2004
    Japan Co-ops Endure Recession, Innovate
    BY Japanese Consumers' Co-operative Union

    Editor's note: Information below is taken from the English-language newsletter of the Japanese Consumers' Co-operative Union (JCCU); their website is loc

    		 103 November - December - 2002 January 7, 2004
    Kootenay Thrives on Local and Organic
    BY Lyn Cayo

    Kootenay Country Store Cooperative is the heart of Nelson, British Columbia.

    		 103 November - December - 2002 January 7, 2004
    Not Too Late To Integrate
    BY Dave Gutknecht

    One co-op begins and another closes. One door opens and another shuts. The recent fates of retail as well as wholesale food cooperatives reflect common lessons.

    		 103 November - December - 2002 January 7, 2004
    Ownership Matters!
    BY Margaret Lund

    On September 28, members of Blooming Prairie Cooperative Warehouse voted approval, by 62 percent of the members and 73 percent of the votes, of a proposal from the board of directors to sell the co

    		 103 November - December - 2002 January 7, 2004
    Sampling Equals Sales and Satisfaction
    BY Mark Mulcahy

    Do you sample in your produce department? Not just occasionally, when a customer asks or when you think of it, but on a regular basis? Why not? Too busy? Too busy to increase your sales?

    		 103 November - December - 2002 January 7, 2004
    A Suggestion for Co-op Survival
    BY Joe Holtz

    		 104 January - February - 2003 January 7, 2004
    Branching, Blooming, and Branding
    BY Ellen Michel

    		 104 January - February - 2003 January 7, 2004
    A Good Servant to the Co-op Community
    BY Patricia Cumbie

    		 104 January - February - 2003 January 7, 2004
    It's Winter, So Think Summer!
    BY Mark Mulcahy
    Local produce programs have come a long way in the past few years. Nearly every department I work with these days has some sort of local grower program in place.
    		 104 January - February - 2003 January 7, 2004
    Democracy Works
    BY Paul Cultrera
    Democracy Works
    		104 January - February - 2003 January 8, 2004
    Building a Cooperative Virtual Chain
    BY Robynn Shrader

     

    		 104 January - February - 2003 January 7, 2004
    Co-op Devolution Part 2:
    BY Dave Gutknecht

    Co-op Devolution Part 2

    		 104 January - February - 2003 January 7, 2004
    Can Co-ops Pay a Livable Wage?
    BY Carolee Colter

    Across the country a movement is building to demand a "livable wage" (or "living wage") for employees.

    		 104 January - February - 2003 January 7, 2004
    Understanding Organics
    BY Cissy Bowman

    Organics have a new look now, offering retailers a chance to educate customers and staff.

    		 104 January - February - 2003 January 7, 2004
    Operational Improvement and You
    BY Mel Braverman

    		 104 January - February - 2003 January 7, 2004