Dave Gutknecht
Dave Gutknecht has been editor of Cooperative Grocer magazine since its founding in 1985.
Author's Articles
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At the heart of our cooperatives is growth of services through communities of owners, employees, suppliers, and allies. |
176 January-February 2015 | February 12, 2015 |
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To be unconcerned about sustainability and whether current practices can long endure, you would need to be Rip Van Winkle—suddenly awakened after 40 years by the rumbling, not of tenpins but of ear |
174 September-October 2014 | November 19, 2014 |
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The annual food co-op milestones summary is presented at the CCMA (Consumer Cooperative Management Association) conference and reported in these pages. |
173 July - August 2014 | August 25, 2014 |
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Businesses providing goods and services often face competing expectations and must balance them. Customers often want it all. |
172 May-June 2014 | May 29, 2014 |
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Articles on shaping our future and an annual conference with the theme “Forward!” suggest that food co-ops continue to look ahead and to plan major improvements. |
171 March-April 2014 | March 25, 2014 |
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The cover section of this issue offers much on building democratic participation, a struggle with many manifestations—including the civil rights movement, forming new co-ops, and articulating a new |
170 January - February 2014 | February 6, 2014 |
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Food co-ops have thrived as consumer cooperatives, owned by the people who patronize them, and they have learned to give emphasis to the ownership part of that structure. |
169 Nov-Dec 2013 | December 9, 2013 |
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Food co-ops have been essential to the ongoing revival of cleaner food and local food economies. |
168 September-October 2013 | October 14, 2013 |
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Despite a very competitive market, new food co-ops continue to surge, with several new co-ops opening each year. |
178 May-June 2015 | May 27, 2015 |
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Food co-ops today operate with both increased competition and increased collaboration. |
177 March-April 2015 | May 27, 2015 |
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How will food co-ops differentiate themselves? How will they become more inclusive? |
179 July-August 2015 | September 3, 2015 |
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The market outlook for cooperatives specializing in organic, fresh, and local is more challenging than at any time in the past few decades. |
179 July-August 2015 | September 3, 2015 |
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181 Nov-Dec 2015 | December 2, 2015 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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There is a world of cooperatives out there, inevitably full of both potential and problems. |
183 Mar-Apr 2016 | March 28, 2016 |
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Food co-ops face strong challenges to their market position and more than ever need to differentiate the co-op in a crowded marketplace. |
184 May-June 2016 | June 2, 2016 |
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Under the theme, “Disrupting the Future,” over 400 cooperators met at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst on June 9–11 for the 60th annual Consumer Cooperative Management Associat |
185 July-Aug 2016 | September 1, 2016 |
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Among awards and milestones reported here and celebrated at the 60th annual Consumer Cooperative Management Association (CCMA) gathering, it is remarkable to note the 80th anniversary of Hanover Co |
185 July-Aug 2016 | July 23, 2016 |