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

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Title Issue Date
Seek ye the diamond in the rough.

The economy slows down, and produce departments start looking for answers to boost business and gain new customers.

097 November - December - 2001 January 8, 2004

Education, as noted in my previous editorial, is key to sustaining a leading position in our competitive market -- education supported by example and an inspiring vision.

094 May - June - 2001 January 7, 2004

Editor's note: A new wave of acronyms has been spawned in the past three years by a data sharing program for co-op managers, CoCoFiSt: Common Cooperative Financial Statements, an innovative pro

094 May - June - 2001 January 7, 2004

Not too long ago, the Oxford, Swindon & Gloucester Co-operative Society Limited (O, S & G), in the United Kingdom, faced a difficult situation.

097 November - December - 2001 January 7, 2004

096 September - October - 2001 January 7, 2004

Green Fields Market follows the annual Cooperative Grocer (CG) survey closely.

095 July - August - 2001 January 7, 2004

Five years ago, general manager Susan McGaughey and member-owners of Valley Natural Foods initiated the relocation project that led to the development of property on the Burnsville/

096 September - October - 2001 January 7, 2004

Last time I briefly mentioned the cultural shift required for us to work together with effectiveness and accountability.

100 May - June - 2002 January 7, 2004

The Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA") prohibits discrimination in the workplace based on disabilities (physical or mental).

100 May - June - 2002 January 7, 2004

My recent trip to Austin for the Organic Trade Association's "All Things Organic" event brought the issue of organic aquaculture back into focus.

102 September - October - 2002 January 7, 2004

The fall 2000 merger of twenty-eight of Atlantic Canada's independent co-operative societies, with thirty-three stores and mounting losses, was a shotgun wedding.

101 July - August - 2002 January 7, 2004
Have you read the latest news stories on food bioterrorism in the US and around the world?

Taliban fighters sneak growth hormone into milk supply.

099 March - April - 2002 January 7, 2004

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

News of the proposed acquisition of Blooming Prairie Cooperative Warehouse by United Natural Foods, Inc. has evoked many different reactions throughout the food co-op community.

102 September - October - 2002 January 7, 2004

098 January - February - 2002 January 7, 2004

Cass Corridor Co-op, which will celebrate its 30th anniversary in the summer of 2002, relocated in late September after many years in a small, rented facility with 1,700 retail square feet.

098 January - February - 2002 January 7, 2004

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

The Cooperative Grocers Information Network -- CGIN -- held its fifth annual meeting at the June CCMA conference this year. For those of you who were unable to join us, highlights included:

102 September - October - 2002 January 7, 2004

098 January - February - 2002 January 7, 2004

100 May - June - 2002 January 7, 2004