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The Spirit of Generosity: Co-ops need to plant and nourish the seeds of future cooperation

By |2023-05-05T20:22:52-04:00March 4th, 2004|

By Bill Gessner 111 March - April - 2004 The collective progress in collaboration that the food co-op sector has achieved over the past decade has been significant and inspiring. “Cooperation among cooperatives,” through the Cooperative Grocers Associations and other vehicles, is building a strong, powerful momentum. An underlying core value that has supported this collaboration, but has rarely been articulated or recognized, is [...]

Community Mercantile Meets Compressed Timeline

By |2023-05-05T20:22:59-04:00September 7th, 2001|

By Jeanie Wells, Nancy O'Connor 096 September - October - 2001 When you last read about Community Mercantile Co-op in Lawrence, Kansas, we had just barely survived Wild Oats coming to town. The article in the May-June 1997 edition of Cooperative Grocer chronicles our struggle ending with the closure of Wild Oats. After being profitable for only the past few years, how did we [...]

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