Dave Gutknecht
Dave Gutknecht has been editor of Cooperative Grocer magazine since its founding in 1985.
Author's Articles
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[Several readers responded to the previous editorial on co-op purpose, which quoted from a column by Russ Notar. Following those letters and a response are a separate letter and |
073 November - December - 1997 | March 20, 2005 |
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At the Consumer Cooperative Management Association (CCMA) conference held in May, the theme was "two-stepping between evolution and extinction" -- highlighting food co-ops' need to |
071 July - August - 1997 | January 9, 2004 |
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This year's co-op conference gave an unusual "milestone" award by recognizing a generation of food co-ops: ones that have recently reached age twenty-five. |
071 July - August - 1997 | January 9, 2004 |
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My previous column discussed our need to recognize a cooperative as something larger and more enduring than our individual stake in it, greater also than the sum of present members' |
069 March - April - 1997 | January 9, 2004 |
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Themes from this edition on co-op managers, their boards of directors, and co-op members: |
067 November - December - 1996 | January 9, 2004 |
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Themes linking this edition's feature co-op and the results from our annual survey: |
065 July - August - 1996 | January 9, 2004 |
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Milwaukee in May: over three hundred managers, directors, and others often seen in co-ops were seen here for over three thousand minutes. |
065 July - August - 1996 | January 9, 2004 |
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Take note of the recently announced campaign by the National Cooperative Business Association, promoting co-ops as "not for profit" and "operating at cost." In the Cooperative B |
072 September - October - 1997 | March 20, 2005 |
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Readers have responded positively to recent editorials on social capital. In this column I will review our co-op mission, the treatment of capital, and other co-op practices. |
070 May - June - 1997 | January 9, 2004 |
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Over three hundred co-op directors, managers, staff and consultants gathered in Cleveland June 10-13 at the Consumer Cooperative Management Association (CCMA) conference. |
077 July - August - 1998 | January 9, 2004 |
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Results of the Retail Operations Survey once again show strong growth and profitability by most food co-ops during the past year. |
077 July - August - 1998 | January 9, 2004 |
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Social capital, as distinct from private capital, is a philosophical foundation of cooperatives and a kind of ultimate realization of our efforts. |
068 January - February - 1997 | March 20, 2005 |
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The World of Food Co-ops: Powerful results can be achieved, as the previous edition's report on Co-op Atlantic shows, by a cooperative food system that is embedded |
057 March - April - 1995 | January 9, 2004 |
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"All cooperative organizations, in order to best serve the interests of their members and their communities, should actively cooperate in every practical way with other cooperat |
058 May - June - 1995 | January 9, 2004 |
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Myths die hard, and so do member discounts. |
063 March - April - 1996 | January 9, 2004 |
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Reviewing a year that has gone by as quickly as this one has shouldn't require more than a few paragraphs! |
061 November - December - 1995 | January 9, 2004 |
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Three different generations gaps can be seen in this edition: First, the annual Retail Operations Survey notes strong growth by many co-ops -- but also an inability to generate new |
059 July - August - 1995 | January 9, 2004 |
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050 January - February - 1994 | January 9, 2004 |
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Some items in my mail recently underscore questions useful for any cooperative: Who are we serving? Where is the rest of our community? |
046 May - June - 1993 | January 9, 2004 |
Pickford is "Disappointed" and Center for Science in the Public Interest says "Dangerous"November 2, 1992 |
044 January - February - 1993 | January 9, 2004 |