Ellen Michel
Author's Articles
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104 January - February - 2003 | January 7, 2004 |
Annual meetings: you gotta love ’em. |
112 May - June - 2004 | June 9, 2004 |
At the CCMA conference in the Twin Cities last June, attendees were treated to screenings of two short films, each of which had been made the year before in a whirlwind of inspiration and homegrown |
115 November - December - 2004 | February 11, 2005 |
“The Annual Bioneers Conference is a hub of practical solutions for restoring the Earth—and people. It’s a thriving network of visionary innovators who are working with nature to heal nature. |
129 march - april - 2007 | March 28, 2007 |
Changes to POS systems are inevitably stressful, as Liz McMann notes in her article. |
135 March - April - 2008 | April 24, 2008 |
137 July - August - 2008 | January 19, 2009 | |
Held in Austin, Texas on October 24–26, the 2007 Marketing Matters Conference gave cooperators a chance to focus on marketing topics and strategies for the advancement of our stores. |
134 Jan - Feb - 2008 | January 19, 2009 |
The co-op where I work in Bloomington, Indiana, is 30 years old this year, so we’ve been going through old boxes unearthing archival materials. |
124 May - June - 2006 | January 20, 2009 |
Steve Stroup, co-op and community development coordinator at Bloomington Cooperative Services (Bloomingfoods) in Bloomington, Indi., is busy working on a presentation to the Bloomingfoods board abo |
121 November - December - 2005 | January 21, 2009 |
The word branding sometimes conjures images of bucking broncos, rodeos where livestock are marked with an indelible sign. |
117 March - April - 2005 | January 21, 2009 |
On Saturday, November 13, 2004, Bloomingfoods Market and Deli and its Encore Café helped cater a fundraising reception for The Kinsey Institute, celebrating the premiere of the Fox Searchlight film |
116 January - February - 2005 | January 21, 2009 |
143 July - August - 2009 | July 2, 2009 | |
Marketing Matters 2010 took place in New York City, May 11–13, bringing together 75 co-op marketing and member services attendees, plus presenters and National Cooperative Grocers Association ( |
149 July - August - 2010* | October 15, 2010 |
These tips, tools, sites and strategies were all shared at this year’s Marketing Matters. |
149 July - August - 2010* | October 15, 2010 |
Every so often a question will be put forth among co-ops that, in its simplified version, asks something like this: “Does your co-op support farmers markets and community-supported agriculture (CSA |
155 July - August - 2011 | August 28, 2011 |
It's 5:00 p.m. on the first Friday night in January as I swing behind the old Coca-Cola building near downtown Bloomington, Ind. |
159 March - April - 2012 | April 9, 2012 |
The third annual "Up and Coming, Up and Running" food co-op startup conference took place in Bloomington, Ind., on March 8–10, 2012. |
160 May - June - 2012 | June 4, 2012 |
Marketing Matters, the annual conference organized by the National Cooperative Grocers Association (NCGA) marketing team, focuses on brand management and development among food co-ops across the co |
161 July - August - 2012 | August 7, 2012 |
As hosts of the annual "Up and Coming, Up and Running Food Co-op Conference," participants from Bloomingfoods Market and Deli Cooperative (Bloomington, Ind.) are keenly aware of the many challenges |
166 May-June 2013 | June 3, 2013 |
"There are no marketing emergencies,” Jeanne Lakso announced decisively at Marketing Matters 2013, the National Cooperative Grocers’ Association (NCGA) conference she helps design on topics relevan |
167 July-August 2013 | August 22, 2013 |