Building a Successful Board-GM Relationship
Presented by Art Sherwood & Todd Wallace CBLD Board Consultants Panelists Amy Holt - Board President Lexington Co-op Market Buffalo, NY Rose Marie Klee - Board President Wheatsville Food Co-op Austin, TX George Huntington [...]
Annual Meetings and Annual Reports
The annual meeting and annual report provide our co-ops with a built-in mechanism for telling the important story of how we make a difference in our member-owners’ lives. Think of them as a structured opportunity [...]
Understanding Marketing Research
By Debbie Suassuna 149 July - August - 2010 In order to improve overall sales performance and compete effectively against other food stores, food co-ops can choose from several types of market research tools. Generally [...]
Waking the Sleeping Giant: Recognize patronage dividends for what they are, co-op capital
By Marilyn Scholl, Joel Dahlgren, Bruce Mayer 148 May - June - 2010 Creating solutions begins with building the foundation for the future you want. One of the remarkable things about cooperation is that mutualism [...]
Choosing the Right Location for your Co-op
Guest Presenter: Rochelle Prunty, GM, River Valley Market, Northampton, MA Why is location so important? What site characteristics should you look for? When do you need a market study? When should you hire a professional [...]
Acting on Ends Reports
When a board receives an Ends monitoring report from their manager, a thoughtful process can transform the report from just another document to file away into a valuable resource that helps the board, the manager [...]
Annual Planning Calendar
CBLD - Board Annual Calendar Template 2016 Updated: August, 2016
A Recipe for Good Board Meetings
By Michael Healy 146 January - February - 2010 Here it comes again: the monthly board meeting. You’ve figured out child care for the fourth Monday of every month, that version of parental Olympics where [...]