window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'UA-60020161-1');

More results...

Generic filters

Jeanie Wells

Jeanie Wells

Jeanie Wells

Organizational Development Consultant
Green Line Design, LLC

jeaniewells@columinate.coop
785-766-8454

Author Articles

Areas of Expertise:

  • Retail grocery training for GMs and department managers
  • Store Audits and improvement plans
  • One of the primary trainers in the GM Development Program
  • Founder and lead trainer of Mighty Community Markets
  • Internal capacity assessments & planning
  • Expansion support for leaders
  • Executive coaching and leadership development
  • Operational & store conditions’ assessments
  • Setting financial benchmarks & improvement plans
  • GM-Board relationship support
  • Store development and start-up support.

🏆 Jeanie Wells received the CCMA Innovation Award. Read the full article here.

 

Offerings by Jeanie Wells

Grocery Trends Report 2023

This annual grocery trends report, presented by Jeanie Wells, is summarized for leaders and boards of directors of retail grocery stores.

Mighty Community Markets Grocery Bootcamp

This 6-week remote training program is designed to give leaders like you, the essentials needed to grow sales, understand financial metrics, confidently make planning decisions, and make sense of competition and differentiation no matter where you are or who you serve. Next session begins May 7th, 2025.

Mighty Community Markets Grocery Bootcamp gives cooperatively owned and independently owned grocery stores the tools and resources they need to thrive.

Small and independent grocery stores do not have built-in training programs like large chain stores, so they are often isolated trying to run a very complex business. Mighty Community Markets Grocery Bootcamp provides a pathway to development and training needed to help smaller stores meet the community’s needs.

Launching May 7th 2025, this 6-week remote training program is designed to give leaders like you, the essentials needed to grow sales, understand financial metrics, confidently make planning decisions, and make sense of competition and differentiation no matter where you are or who you serve.

Click here to learn more.

— Jeanie Wells

Experience:

  • 25+ years in retail operations & leadership development
  • Served as GM/CEO of fast growing retail grocery for more than 10 years
  • National leadership development and retail grocery consultant for the past 15 years
  • Help clients assess and develop their internal talent in order to meet the organization’s growth needs
  • Clarify roles and responsibilities to bring more focus and efficiency to organizations
  • Has led many multi-year training and development programs for all aspects of Retail Operations, Price Strategy Development, and Board-GM relationship workshops for cooperative grocery stores.
  • Leads a team of executive coaches to help mentor and develop our nation’s food cooperative leaders
  • Nationally recognized as a leader in support for small community markets and is now leading Mighty Community Markets: Real grocery training for small independent stores
  • Extensive experience with grocery stores of all sizes, from large multi-location organizations to small community markets servicing small and remote communities
  • Coordinates and is the primary instructor in the GM Development Program
  • Helps stores optimize store merchandising plans to grow sales and community engagement.
  • Conducts operational assessments and developmental improvement plans.
  • Works with start-up organizations in a variety of development phases and has served on the board for Food Co-op Initiative, a non-profit organization that supports the start-up food co-op community.
     

Success Stories:

MCM 2025 Logo Check out whats coming up for

Mighty Community Markets in 2025!

Learn More

Jeanie did an excellent job of assessing our current structure and then providing us with a road map to begin preparing for the operation of a much larger store. Her communication skills helped us navigate a particularly difficult situation. Any general manager would gain confidence by having Jeanie as their sounding board and advocate.

Matt Stanley, General Manager, Astoria Co-op Grocery, Astoria, Oregon

Jeanie had a great amount of information and really understands the unique position that food co-ops and independent grocers exist in.

Recent Mighty Community Markets Attendee

A well rounded and holistic approach to my operations.

Recent Mighty Community Markets Attendee

Jeanie was there for me for so many challenges over the years: expansion, deli changes, leadership team development, Covid response, the list goes on and on…. She helps with humor but also frank honesty to help us be the best leadership team we could be.

Glen Lower, general manager, Middlebury Co-op in Vermont

I personally know of her passion for the issues facing small retailers (managers and staff), and her heartfelt commitment to offering support to these stores.  I hold her in great esteem as a gifted consultant and cooperator.

Kevin Edberg, Cooperative Development Services executive director

Ready to take your organization to new heights? Contact us today to get started!

Get Started

You have questions, we have answers.

In our library, you’ll find a wealth of free resources from expert partners whose experience and hard-won victories can help address your specific questions.

Find Answers in Our Library
This website uses cookies and third party services. Settings ACCEPT

Tracking Cookies

Basic analytics and user activity tracking.

Third-party Content

Required for Youtube videos and other off-site content.