Coops do not have to be natural foods and can be designed to meet the needs of the membership and community they seek to serve. Cooperatively owned and operated groceries have been helpful in providing local access to cheap groceries in many inner city environs across the country at times cheaper than the chains. One example I am aware of would be community owned and operated groceries in neighborhoods that lost their grocery stores in Hartford, CT. Hartford is one of the poorest cities in the U.S. in the heart of the wealthiest state. Many groceries stopped operating in many of Hartford's innercity neighborhoods. The need is now being meet by community owned and cooperative groceries.
While the coop grocery movement in MN has been tied to natural foods(my own preference). Coops can be designed to meet other community needs with a higher priority on affordability and access. Thanks, David Strand Loring Park --- Scott McGerik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Previously I wrote: > > > I think this points to the need for a co-op. > Co-ops seem capable of > > surviving on smaller footprints than do most > for-profit operations. I know > > there is an effort underway to get a co-op in NE > Minneapolis. Maybe > > someone could work on getting a co-op started for > the area that Kowalski's > > on Nicollet now serves. > > Okay, nix that idea. It has been pointed out to me > that the Wedge Co-op is > nearby. For whatever reason, it never occurred to me > that the Wedge was > nearby. > > Are the prices at the Wedge too high for it to > capture the business that > Kowalski's is giving up? I tend to be price > "unaware" when it comes to > groceries, so I can't answer that question myself. > > Scott McGerik > Hawthorne/Ward 3/Minneapolis > http://www.mcgerik.com/scott/ > http://www.mcgerik.com/scott/public.key > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (SunOS) > > iD8DBQE82v0opwzWz3db50kRAvNRAJ9eiYZmmofdZ/HkjbB9ziCKyokkBACeOuWx > s4DxWlQ4/DkeGPRpXyiAmgQ= > =mkPQ > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________ > Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic > Discussion - Mn E-Democracy > Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: > http://e-democracy.org/mpls __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Mother's Day is May 12th! http://shopping.yahoo.com _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
