156 September - October - 2011

Issue Number:

156

Issue Months:

September-October

Issue Year:

2 011

Issue's Articles

Title	Issue	Date
The Right Fit BY Debbie Suassuna There are a number of characteristics that can add to or detract from a natural food co-op store’s opportunity for success.	156 September - October - 2011	October 10, 2011
Updating Trends in General Manager Compensation BY Carolee Colter Note: There are additional charts in the pdf version of the story.	156 September - October - 2011	October 5, 2011
Logo Basics BY Lisa Smith John McWade, founder and creative director of Before & After magazine says "design looks easier than it is, and it’s more important than it looks." This is especially true for your sto	156 September - October - 2011	October 5, 2011
Bag It! BY Carol Spurling, Jesica DeHart	156 September - October - 2011	October 5, 2011
Delightful Shopping BY Jeanne Lakso Using cross-functional store teams to plan promotions can be a simple way to create effective promotional programs that are fun and engaging for your customers, position the co-op as an exciting de	156 September - October - 2011	October 5, 2011
Developing Standards for Domestic Fair Trade BY Kerstin Lindgren	156 September - October - 2011	October 5, 2011
Cooperatives Supporting Cooperatives BY Staff Leading U.S. food cooperative manufacturers continue to support producer co-ops in other nations. Following are two examples.	156 September - October - 2011	October 5, 2011
Does Fair Trade Have a Future? BY Phyllis Robinson In September 2010, at the Fair Trade Futures Conference in Boston, Santiago Paz, co-director of CEPICAFE, a small coffee farmer cooperative in northern Peru, shook the audience with his impassioned	156 September - October - 2011	October 5, 2011
Burlington, N.C., Welcomes Company Shops Market BY Sharon Dent What started as an exploration of interest in Company Shops Market in August 2007 led to a very quiet soft opening on May 21, 2011, in downtown Burlington, N.C.	156 September - October - 2011	October 5, 2011
Harrisonburg’s Friendly New Neighbor BY Ben Sandel In March 2006, about 30 people came to a meeting at the Little Grill Collective restaurant in Harrisonburg, Va., to talk about starting a cooperative.	156 September - October - 2011	October 5, 2011
Food Co-op Initiative Awards $100K in Grants BY Staff	156 September - October - 2011	October 5, 2011
2012: International Year of Cooperatives BY Staff	156 September - October - 2011	October 5, 2011
A World of Opportunity BY Dave Gutknecht Declaring 2012 the International Year of Cooperatives received a rare unanimous vote from the UN General Assembly.	156 September - October - 2011	October 5, 2011
Tips for Choosing a Designer BY Lisa Smith Budget and skill	156 September - October - 2011	October 4, 2011