Dave Gutknecht

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http://www.cooperativegrocer.coop
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612-436-9182

Dave Gutknecht has been editor of Cooperative Grocer magazine since its founding in 1985.

    Author's Articles

    Title Issuesort descending Date
    The Big Picture
    BY Dave Gutknecht

    Here is another "big picture" edition, after the previous one's annual survey report.

    		 090 September - October - 2000 January 8, 2004
    In the News
    BY Dave Gutknecht

    Crisis, or a crisis atmosphere, can be used to advance agendas and strategies that are not necessarily directly tied to those in the headlines.

    		 097 November - December - 2001 January 8, 2004
    A Greater Velocity of Cooperation
    BY Dave Gutknecht

    		 095 July - August - 2001 January 8, 2004
    2000 Retail Operations Survey: Statistical Summary
    BY Dave Gutknecht, Peg Nolan, Walden Swanson

    Cooperative Grocer 2000 Retail Operations Survey

    Statistical Summary of Income Statement, Balance Sheet, and Ratios

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    		 095 July - August - 2001 May 31, 2006
    2000 Retail Operations Survey
    BY Walden Swanson, Peg Nolan, Dave Gutknecht
     

     

    		 095 July - August - 2001 January 8, 2004
    Opportunities and Obligations
    BY Dave Gutknecht

    This edition's Retail Operations Survey provides an improved data base from which to measure co-op performance. The results? Co-ops numbers are good but are declining.

    		 095 July - August - 2001 January 8, 2004
    What's Next?
    BY Dave Gutknecht

    One hundred issues of Cooperative Grocer: it's a nice round figure, 100, but I haven't been able to attach much significance to the number of this editio

    		 100 May - June - 2002 January 7, 2004
    Human Resources Survey
    BY Dave Gutknecht, Peg Nolan, Walden Swanson

    This is the second annual Cooperative Grocer Human Resources (HR) Survey report.

    		 100 May - June - 2002 January 7, 2004
    Have You Registered Your .Coop Domain Names?
    BY Dave Gutknecht

     

    		 100 May - June - 2002 January 7, 2004
    Human Resources Survey Gives a Close Look at Co-op Compensation
    BY Walden Swanson, Dave Gutknecht

    This is the first of an annual Cooperative Grocer Human Resources Survey report. The survey is designed to help co-ops evaluate their HR and compensation practices.

    		 093 March - April - 2001 January 8, 2004
    Is Your Cutting Edge Dull?
    BY Dave Gutknecht

    		 093 March - April - 2001 January 8, 2004
    E-Merging Co-ops
    BY Dave Gutknecht

    Co-op solutions

    Collaboration and communication among leading food co-op organizations are increasing.

    		 091 November - December - 2000 January 8, 2004
    FMI Neighborhood Partnership Award Again Goes to a Co-op
    BY Dave Gutknecht

    1999: Hanover Co-op -- Harvest Partners Garden

    		 091 November - December - 2000 January 8, 2004
    Conference and Survey Show Stronger Co-ops, Yet Many Challenges Remain
    BY Dave Gutknecht

    The results from this edition's Retail Operations Survey plus reports from the recent Consumer Cooperative Management Association (CCMA) conference provide many strong indicators of food co-op heal

    		 089 July - August - 2000 January 8, 2004
    Cooperative Grocer 1999 Retail Operations Survey
    BY Dave Gutknecht, Walden Swanson

    We are pleased to present the new Retail Operations Survey, which reports double digit growth in co-op sales during the past year, along with higher than ever gross margins.

    		 089 July - August - 2000 May 31, 2006
    Relief for Human Disasters
    BY Dave Gutknecht

    If the road to hell is paved with good intentions, that common observation remains a difficult cautionary lesson for many people.

    		 080 January - February - 1999 January 8, 2004
    Peruvian Percolator
    BY Dave Gutknecht

    Thanks to Rick Stewart and Frontier Natural Products Co-op, I just spent a week in Peru, where Frontier and an allied local group, the Institute for Sustainable Agriculture in the T

    		 078 September - October - 1998 January 9, 2004
    Good News and Old News
    BY Dave Gutknecht

    There is so much good news to report, in addition to what appears in this edition, that many of the stories will have to wait. For example: new co-op stores!

    		 083 July - August - 1999 January 8, 2004
    From Home to Peru and Back
    BY Dave Gutknecht

    Readers may recall my report and editorial following a trip to Peru last year (CG #78, Sept-Oct. 1998).

    		 084 September - October - 1999 January 8, 2004
    Old and New
    BY Dave Gutknecht

     

    Times like the present help me appreciate anew the place of cooperaives. But then, this nation has always been dominated by private capital.

    		 066 September - October - 1996 January 9, 2004