Margaret Lund
Author's Articles
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Multi-stakeholder cooperative governance may not be familiar to many in the U.S. |
March 15, 2017 | ||
This month we study a case example of how the ratios presented in Cooperative Grocer can be used to analyze a co-op's financial position and direction. |
074 January - February - 1998 | May 10, 2011 | |
Editor's note: |
064 May - June - 1996 | December 28, 2010 | |
Food co-op members know how important it is to “source” a product. |
127 November - December - 2006 | January 20, 2009 | |
Too many times, we have watched co-op borrowers valiantly launch expansion projects, only to struggle with the load of debt required to finance the quality of store demanded by today’s natural food |
129 march - april - 2007 | January 20, 2009 | |
Bear Stearns. UBS. |
136 may - june - 2008 | January 19, 2009 | |
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066 September - October - 1996 | January 9, 2004 | |
Did you know that giving member discounts is not one of the cooperative principles? |
063 March - April - 1996 | January 9, 2004 | |
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067 November - December - 1996 | January 9, 2004 | |
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068 January - February - 1997 | January 9, 2004 | |
Good systems show themselves by not showing themselves at all. In a well run store, product, people, and purchases flow in and out in a seemingly effortless ebb and flow. |
069 March - April - 1997 | January 9, 2004 | |
We think every day about what it costs to do different things -- 89 cents to buy a pound of organic bananas, seven dollars to see "Lethal Weapon 4," etc. |
079 November - December - 1998 | January 9, 2004 | |
The ability to raise capital -- to collect a little bit from a lot of people and build something greater than anybody's bit could have built alone -- is one of the great strengths o |
076 May - June - 1998 | January 9, 2004 | |
By Scott Beers and Margaret LundOne of the absolutely vital committees of any co-op board is the finance committee. |
075 March - April - 1998 | January 9, 2004 | |
Profit alone does not guarantee success or even survival. |
085 November - December - 1999 | January 8, 2004 | |
Ask co-op members anywhere, "What's the purpose of this co-op, anyway?" and you'll likely get some variation of the answer, "To serve the members." Ask them how best to do that, how |
080 January - February - 1999 | January 8, 2004 | |
A relative recently gave one of us a book of pithy personal advice with the humble title of "How to do Everything Right" (we won't dwell on the reason for this particular gift). |
084 September - October - 1999 | January 8, 2004 | |
Legacy is the challenge of having the thrust of your life or your organization's be perpetuated beyond an individual lifetime. |
081 March - April - 1999 | January 8, 2004 | |
Look down -- you may be standing on a gold mine. Then again, your facility may be just a black hole you throw money down once a month. |
082 May - June - 1999 | January 8, 2004 | |
Every lender probably has experienced some version of the following exchange: |
086 January - February - 2000 | January 8, 2004 |