Patrick Shabram has conducted co-op market studies since 2017 focusing on new stores in new markets. Shabram first started working in location analysis at Thompson Associates in 1998, working with Debbie Suassuna, today of G2G Research Group. Shabram has worked in location research, market research, and mapping and Geographic Information Systems (G.I.S.) since that time.
Aside from his work with food co-ops and independent grocers, Shabram works in academia as a professor of geography. He has conducted geographic research since 1995. The collaboration of Suassuna and Shabram allows an additional layer of collective expertise in assessing market potential for co-ops in new markets.