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Mon May-30-11 08:42 AM
Response to Reply #83 |
| 84. It is a health / natural food co-op |
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Members can work at the store for their memberships. It was established in the 70's. Their produce is bad and their prices are high. They do have a nice color-coded allergy notification system, but the exact same product (when available) at Meijer's will usually be half price.
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| -What does co-op mean to you? |
OneGrassRoot |
May-29-11 09:36 AM |
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when I was a kid, the only co-op nearby was sort of a customer-run discount health food store |
eShirl |
May-29-11 09:42 AM |
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Exactly... |
OneGrassRoot |
May-29-11 09:45 AM |
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I remember that. My mom was a member of the Food Coop in Westhaven , ct |
BoWanZi |
May-29-11 12:36 PM |
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Wow, that had to be an interesting experience. |
OneGrassRoot |
May-29-11 01:05 PM |
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I wish I had a better experience but mine was tainted due to issues at bedtime |
BoWanZi |
May-29-11 05:04 PM |
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I thought it was a place you kept chickens. |
mysuzuki2 |
May-29-11 09:43 AM |
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lol... |
OneGrassRoot |
May-29-11 09:45 AM |
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LOL - really. Very funny. nt |
DURHAM D |
May-29-11 09:46 AM |
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To me Coop stands for - |
DURHAM D |
May-29-11 09:45 AM |
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Very cool about your great-grandmother... |
OneGrassRoot |
May-29-11 09:49 AM |
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To me, "employee-owned, for-profit companies" have a much different connotation. |
NYC_SKP |
May-29-11 09:52 AM |
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I think the "hippies" thing is part of it, but why that turns DUers off is beyond me... |
OneGrassRoot |
May-29-11 10:00 AM |
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2012 - International Year of the Co-op |
SpiralHawk |
May-29-11 09:53 AM |
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Yes, I just mentioned that upthread, I think... |
OneGrassRoot |
May-29-11 10:01 AM |
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we have a local organic veggies co-op run by moms nt |
msongs |
May-29-11 09:56 AM |
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That's the most common and successful type of co-op... |
OneGrassRoot |
May-29-11 10:32 AM |
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For example, a cooperative alternative to HuffPo and Patch.com... |
OneGrassRoot |
May-29-11 09:59 AM |
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I'm attempting to do something akin to a co-op |
Le Taz Hot |
May-29-11 10:05 AM |
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That's very much what I'm talking about! |
OneGrassRoot |
May-29-11 10:30 AM |
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Excellent ideas . . . community-building is the answer |
janet118 |
May-29-11 11:19 AM |
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Great Ideas, We Need to Cooperate in Everything! |
Justina For Justice |
May-29-11 01:34 PM |
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Wow, government subsidies for cooperatives, not Mega-Corporate Frankensteins. what a concept. nt |
99th_Monkey |
May-29-11 02:25 PM |
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Exactly. There are Community Development Funds.... |
OneGrassRoot |
May-29-11 02:38 PM |
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I love this stuff. |
99th_Monkey |
May-29-11 07:02 PM |
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Well then, you're a wealth of information! |
OneGrassRoot |
May-29-11 07:09 PM |
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I couldn't agree more ... |
99th_Monkey |
May-30-11 12:06 AM |
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Wow, may I use that description? |
OneGrassRoot |
May-30-11 06:08 AM |
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Sure. I don't have it copyrighted, so have at it. I feel honored to have you ask. nt |
99th_Monkey |
May-30-11 05:09 PM |
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Ooooh, I'd love for you to join in ongoing discussion about this! |
OneGrassRoot |
May-29-11 02:35 PM |
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"wi-fi coops" = great idea. |
Hannah Bell |
May-30-11 01:39 PM |
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Dear LeTazHot, you inadvertently point to an experience I"ve had with co-ops. They often involve the |
KittyWampus |
May-29-11 01:44 PM |
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That's a shame. |
OneGrassRoot |
May-29-11 02:43 PM |
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That may end up being the case, but |
Le Taz Hot |
May-30-11 08:53 AM |
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I use co-op when I'm talking about DIRECT worker |
socialist_n_TN |
May-29-11 10:48 AM |
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It's most viable on a truly grassroots local level, imho... |
OneGrassRoot |
May-29-11 11:01 AM |
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But my dream is to implement local grassroots cooperative ventures... |
OneGrassRoot |
May-29-11 11:07 AM |
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RE: your last sentence, yes, it's common sense, but |
socialist_n_TN |
May-29-11 11:10 AM |
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I agree.... |
OneGrassRoot |
May-29-11 11:19 AM |
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Well, I've studied and read a lot of Leon Trotsky |
socialist_n_TN |
May-29-11 11:40 AM |
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... |
OneGrassRoot |
May-29-11 11:43 AM |
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Sharing the work/investment on/in any consensually agreed upon (identifiable) objective/mission. |
patrice |
May-29-11 11:11 AM |
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Yes, thank you. :) n/t |
OneGrassRoot |
May-29-11 11:48 AM |
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! OneGrassRoot . . . |
patrice |
May-29-11 12:31 PM |
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Implemented by means of mutually agreed upon tools for accountability and planning. nt |
patrice |
May-29-11 12:32 PM |
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a la Paulo Freire! |
patrice |
May-29-11 01:39 PM |
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via W. Edwards Deming |
patrice |
May-29-11 01:40 PM |
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I think about food co-ops. |
InvisibleTouch |
May-29-11 11:13 AM |
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Yes, I'm trying to expand the possibilities as it concerns co-ops.... |
OneGrassRoot |
May-29-11 11:49 AM |
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Two come to mind . . . |
janet118 |
May-29-11 11:15 AM |
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I couldn't agree more.... |
OneGrassRoot |
May-29-11 11:49 AM |
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An honest answer -- It's not the kind of subject that ever gets much response on DU |
Armstead |
May-29-11 11:44 AM |
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I hear you.... |
OneGrassRoot |
May-29-11 11:46 AM |
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No you are not- |
PotatoChip |
May-29-11 04:33 PM |
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Here are two good links: |
OneGrassRoot |
May-29-11 04:48 PM |
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Also, here's an online newspaper of sorts where I'm gathering info... |
OneGrassRoot |
May-29-11 04:50 PM |
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I have yet to check out the 2nd link |
PotatoChip |
May-29-11 05:02 PM |
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One of the largest grocery chains in Norway |
KitSileya |
May-29-11 11:45 AM |
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So many ways this could be beneficial, to so many. Thanks. :) n/t |
OneGrassRoot |
May-29-11 11:48 AM |
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Yeah, in Norway, grocery shops are concentrated in very few chains |
KitSileya |
May-29-11 12:00 PM |
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Interesting. I think neighborhood grocery co-ops, especially.... |
OneGrassRoot |
May-29-11 01:04 PM |
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Worker-run businesses, they are common in my neck of the woods. |
Odin2005 |
May-29-11 11:46 AM |
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Yep, my searches often turn up Minnesota and Wisconsin.... |
OneGrassRoot |
May-29-11 11:47 AM |
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Thanks! |
Odin2005 |
May-29-11 11:52 AM |
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I once lived in a Co-op building |
Canuckistanian |
May-29-11 11:47 AM |
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Awesome. Cooperation. So much could be done with more of it. n/t |
OneGrassRoot |
May-29-11 11:50 AM |
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Sharing costs to the common good of those involved in an enterprise. I have direct |
OmmmSweetOmmm |
May-29-11 11:51 AM |
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IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN EXPLORING THIS FURTHER..... |
OneGrassRoot |
May-29-11 11:58 AM |
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FB'd. nt |
patrice |
May-29-11 12:35 PM |
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Gracias! :) |
OneGrassRoot |
May-29-11 01:01 PM |
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I am most familiar with co-ops as seen in Iowa. The old electric co-ops |
jwirr |
May-29-11 12:48 PM |
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You raise excellent points. |
OneGrassRoot |
May-29-11 01:22 PM |
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I think of Mondragon Spain |
99th_Monkey |
May-29-11 02:28 PM |
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That's the Holy Grail of examples. They "mentored" Evergreen... |
OneGrassRoot |
May-29-11 02:33 PM |
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I managed a co-op for a number of years |
canetoad |
May-29-11 03:17 PM |
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Thanks for sharing your experience, canetoad... |
OneGrassRoot |
May-29-11 07:10 PM |
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I'm glad to see this and the responses. |
mmonk |
May-29-11 03:45 PM |
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I belonged to a co-op for a short time in the 80s. It was grocery store where members |
Liberal_in_LA |
May-29-11 03:47 PM |
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Sounds great to me! |
stevenleser |
May-29-11 04:06 PM |
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Awesome! I shall add you to the list of those interested in exploring this more. :) |
OneGrassRoot |
May-29-11 07:12 PM |
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A Co-operative, that is strength in numbers |
Taverner |
May-29-11 04:41 PM |
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I would love to start an IT Co-operative |
Taverner |
May-29-11 04:42 PM |
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You guys have NO IDEA how happy this thread has made me... |
OneGrassRoot |
May-29-11 04:53 PM |
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Please do bug us. :) |
InvisibleTouch |
May-29-11 06:22 PM |
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Co-op means extraordinarily high prices. |
divvy |
May-30-11 07:02 AM |
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Where and what type of co-op, may I ask? n/t |
OneGrassRoot |
May-30-11 08:03 AM |
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It is a health / natural food co-op |
divvy |
May-30-11 08:42 AM |
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Any type of venture can be a failure if not done right... |
OneGrassRoot |
May-30-11 08:44 AM |
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The Google LOVES DU. |
OneGrassRoot |
May-30-11 08:03 AM |
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In Florida we were members of a rural electric co-op |
JCMach1 |
May-30-11 09:51 AM |
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I don't have personal experience with utility co-ops... |
OneGrassRoot |
May-30-11 09:54 AM |
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Pretty much like a regular utility company with the exception that the profits |
JCMach1 |
May-30-11 01:37 PM |
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