To better understand what “healthy” means to the communities they serve and cut through stigmas around food, Erie Food Co-op hosted a staff conversation session and presentation by NCG Racial Equity and Food Justice Manager Gabby Davis.
NCG offers thousands of marketing and promotions assets for co-ops to use. Locating the resources that you’re looking for among all those files doesn’t have to be challenging. Here are our top five tips for finding what you need.
According to SPINS data, more than 22,000 new products were launched in 2022! To help navigate the quickly changing natural product landscape, SPINS looked at the array of new items and spotlights some of the ones to watch.
Amid record price increases and supply shortages of eggs, co-ops’ creativity and adaptability have proven to be essential in retaining customers and fulfilling shopper needs. Oshkosh Food Co-op gained media attention when it took to social media to promote the price and availability of local eggs at the store.
Bring some friendly competition to your co-op this spring with Cheese Madness! If reinvigorating storewide promotions at the co-op this year is on your list of goals, we invite you to kick off this effort with Cheese Madness.
To celebrate its 50th anniversary and its continued support of local, organic agriculture, the co-op contributed to Viva Farms, a nonprofit farm business incubator and training program in Skagit Valley.
Sales during the week of Valentine’s Day reflect an increase in purchases seen as “indulgences,” especially desserts, high quality meat and seafood, unique prepared foods, strawberries and floral. In fact, nearly every department in the store can enjoy a sales boost from Valentine’s Day using these promotional and merchandising ideas.
Produced by a group effort from the staff of Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op, The Co-op Scoop podcast features interviews with farmers, bakers and other individuals involved with the co-op.
Throughout 2022, we’ve shared a number of stories about co-ops’ community commitment and response to disasters and injustice, as well as the recognition they have received. To close out the year, we look back at some of the success stories that have inspired us.
While co-ops’ support for local nonprofits and charitable causes continues year-round, many of them make an extra effort around Thanksgiving to give back to their communities. Here are a few examples of what co-ops did for the holiday.
