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

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Also available in the archives is LEADer, the NCG Governance Newsletter

    Title Issuesort descending Date
    Premature Expansion Forces a Co-op Recovery
    BY Mary Overlie

    Everything I’m not happy about was because we didn’t implement it completely, not the system itself,” reflects Dennis Montgomery, former chair of the Harmony Co-op board in Bemidji, Minn

    		 181 Nov-Dec 2015 December 2, 2015
    Let's Talk About Unions in Co-ops
    BY Heather Wright

    For several decades, only a handful of food co-ops across the country were unionized.

    		 181 Nov-Dec 2015 December 3, 2015
    Diversity
    BY LaDonna Sanders–Redmond

    Simply having differences is interesting; doing something with them is powerful.

    		 181 Nov-Dec 2015 December 10, 2015
    Bringing Grocery Stores to Low-Income Urban Food Deserts
    BY Mary Stennes Wilbourn

    Food Access Terminology: Food Co-op Initiative uses the terms food desert as well as low access or limited access, along with underserved.

    		 181 Nov-Dec 2015 December 11, 2015
    Thirty Years Before the Masthead
    BY Dave Gutknecht

    		 181 Nov-Dec 2015 December 2, 2015
    Welcome to the New CGN
    BY Ellen Michel

    I’m pleased to say that the new Cooperative Grocer Network (CGN) platform is up and running at www.grocer.coop.

    		 181 Nov-Dec 2015 December 2, 2015
    Better Tools for Startup Co-ops
    BY Jacqueline Hannah

    Bigger. Better. Stronger.

    		 180 Sept-Oct 2015 November 12, 2015
    Engaging the Whole Person in Succession Planning
    BY Sarah Dahl

    There are two commonly seen staffing problems in co-ops that may at first seem unrelated: 

    		 180 Sept-Oct 2015 November 13, 2015
    Getting Started with Expansion Planning
    BY Bill Gessner

    Expansion projects for food co-ops fall somewhere between a labyrinth and a maze.

    		 180 Sept-Oct 2015 November 13, 2015
    A New Collaborative Platform for CGN
    BY Ellen Michel

    As we go to press, Cooperative Grocer Network is about to launch a new iteration of its website. Let’s take a look at its main features.

    		 180 Sept-Oct 2015 November 13, 2015
    “To Be Happy, to Achieve Solidarity”
    BY Gail Graham, Rebecca Torpie

    A lot has changed in Cuba since the July 2014 visit by U.S. cooperators, reported in these pages by Stuart Reid (CG#175, Nov.¬Dec. 2014).

    		 180 Sept-Oct 2015 November 13, 2015
    Cuban Meeting Ground
    BY Dave Gutknecht

    Cuba is opening not only to more visitors but also to more cooperatives.Its food economy is shifting from centralized practices of the past to rapid cooperative development. 

    		 180 Sept-Oct 2015 November 4, 2015
    Understanding the Fair Labor Standards Act
    BY Sarah Dahl, Melanie Reid

    The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, or FLSA, is a federal statute that provides certain protections to workers.

    		 180 Sept-Oct 2015 November 6, 2015
    Mighty Marketers
    BY Annie Hoy

    I’ve been at this gig so long that I can remember when there wasn’t National Co+op Grocers (NCG) and there wasn’t Marketing Matters.

    		 180 Sept-Oct 2015 November 12, 2015
    NCG Hosts Marketing Matters 2015
    BY National Co+op Grocers

    National Co+op Grocers (NCG) held its annual Marketing Matters conference July 8–10 in beautiful Boise, Idaho.

    		 180 Sept-Oct 2015 November 12, 2015
    Sharing Stories, Struggles, and Solutions
    BY Ellen Michel

    I’m writing this after a shopping trip to my hometown co-op, Bloomingfoods Market and Deli, where I worked for a dozen years as marketing and outreach manager.

    		 182 January-February 2016 February 5, 2016
    Funding and Selling “Co-op”
    BY Dave Gutknecht

    Got capital? Few topics are as persistent in co-op history. How will the co-op finance improved assets and services that will attract and retain owners?

    		 182 January-February 2016 February 5, 2016
    Governance Lessons from Co-op Atlantic
    BY Dave Gutknecht

    The dream of a united co-operative system spanning the chain from farmers to consumers has come to an end.” The recent closing of Co-op Atlantic operations signaled the end of a major co-op federat

    		 182 January-February 2016 February 5, 2016
    Complaints and Operational Concerns
    BY Michael Healy

    As a director, you may notice or hear things about your co-op that may be cause for concern—or are at least worth asking about.

    		 182 January-February 2016 February 5, 2016
    Ten Meat Margin Killers
    BY Pete Hodgson

    Building your meat department’s reputation for variety, high quality, and freshness is a big part of creating loyal customers.

    		 182 January-February 2016 February 5, 2016