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

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    Title Issue Date
    Who’s Watching Member Labor in Retail Food Cooperatives?
    BY Thane Joyal

    When many retail food cooperatives were formed in the 1970s, the distinctions among worker cooperatives, consumer cooperatives and not-for-profit corporations were not considered to be barriers to

    		158 January - February - 2012 January 18, 2012
    Food Justice in Its Simplest Form
    BY Leika Suzumura

    Food has an amazing way of bringing people together. We all relate to the fact that we need to eat, every day.

    		 158 January - February - 2012 January 18, 2012
    Marquette Co-op: Building Local Food
    BY Matt Gougeon

    In a small, rural community in the Upper Peninsula (U.P.) of Michigan, a vibrant cooperative grocery store is proving to be a growing local economic player.

    		 158 January - February - 2012 January 18, 2012
    Accounting Best Practices: Nurturing Your Income Statement
    BY Bruce Mayer, Peg Nolan, Steve Wolfe

    Summary: our previous article was on the balance sheet, and after our review below of the income statement, a subsequent installment will cover internal controls and cash management.

    		 158 January - February - 2012 January 18, 2012
    Kitsap=Community
    BY Kristina Kruzan

    One of the issues that faces startup co-ops is how best to use their oftentimes limited resources to get the most impact in equity, publicity, and community support.

    		 158 January - February - 2012 January 18, 2012
    Makin’ Groceries with New Orleans Food Co-op
    BY Lori Burge, Elizabeth Underwood

    While most New Orleanians wouldn’t call themselves foodies, they are known for their love of food. "Makin’ groceries" is a traditional term used for food shopping in New Orleans.

    		 158 January - February - 2012 January 18, 2012
    IYC on Camera
    BY Kelly Smith

    Happy International Year of Cooperatives! 

    		 158 January - February - 2012 January 18, 2012
    Looking to the UN’s International Year of Cooperatives
    BY David Thompson

    When the president of the United Nations General Assembly invited Dame Pauline Green to come to the iconic green marble podium, a billion proud cooperators walked with her.

    		 158 January - February - 2012 January 18, 2012
    International Year of Cooperatives Launched— Get Your Story Out There
    BY Dave Gutknecht

    Cooperative Enterprises Build a Better World." The International Year of Cooperatives is underway, after being officially launched in late October at the United Nations.

    		 158 January - February - 2012 January 18, 2012
    Reviving Democracy, Spreading Cooperatives
    BY Dave Gutknecht

    The Occupy movement in the U.S. (there also are international manifestations) is one of the more encouraging recent developments in the present political environment.

    		 158 January - February - 2012 January 18, 2012
    America Beyond Capitalism
    BY
    In a recent article in "Dollars and Sense," Gar Alperovitz presents cooperative enterprise, especially worker-owned co-ops, along with other methods of democratizing capital -- an essential direction
    		Endcap Articles January 9, 2012
    IYC Message from Pauline Green
    BY
    Pauline Green, president of the International Cooperative Alliance, in early January released a message about the International Year of Cooperatives.
    		 Endcap Articles January 8, 2012
    LEADer Winter 2011 Issue 14
    BY Lucinda Berdon, Paige Lettington, Martha Whitman, Marcia Shaw, Cindy Owings
    		 LEADer Board Newsletter December 1, 2011
    Accounting Best Practices: The Balance Sheet
    BY Bruce Mayer, Peg Nolan, Steve Wolfe

    Can you tell me in 10 minutes what the best practices for finance are that I can use at my co-op?" This question has been repeatedly asked of us in our respective work with co-op finance managers a

    		 157 November - December - 2011 November 17, 2011
    PDF of November 2011 issue
    BY Dan Nordley

    It seems the printer for Cooperative Grocer experienced some unusual difficulty in binding the November issue, and there are a number of copies out there with 3-6 and 31-34 taking the place of 7-11

    		 157 November - December - 2011 November 17, 2011
    Learning from Co-op Startups
    BY Patricia Cumbie

    In the years since 2005, when the Food Co-op 500 pilot project began to challenge the sector to have 500 food co-ops by 2015, a lot has been accomplished in an attempt to achieve this goal.

    		 157 November - December - 2011 November 17, 2011
    Cooperative Strategic Leadership
    BY Art Sherwood

    There has been much discussion, debate and downright argument about the role of the board in the strategic process of our co-ops. "Isn't that getting into operations?

    		 157 November - December - 2011 November 17, 2011
    Sign-Making Solutions: A Review
    BY Lisa Smith

    Have you ever tried to sell a product without a sign? If you have, you know how important signage is to grocery sales.

    		 157 November - December - 2011 November 17, 2011
    Restorative Practices
    BY Jennifer Crain

    Before the Olympia Food Co-op became a two-store operation with over 80 staff members, resolving internal conflicts was a direct but mostly informal process.

    		 157 November - December - 2011 November 17, 2011
    Healthy Foods, Cooperative Communities
    BY Micha Josephy

     

    		 157 November - December - 2011 November 17, 2011