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 | |
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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 |
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Editor's note: |
064 May - June - 1996 | December 28, 2010 |
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Food co-op members know how important it is to “source” a product. |
127 November - December - 2006 | January 20, 2009 |
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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 |
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Bear Stearns. UBS. |
136 may - june - 2008 | January 19, 2009 |
Planning is about thinking of what you would like to have happen and then making an educated guess about what is likely to happen in the marketplace and what you would reasonably |
066 September - October - 1996 | January 9, 2004 |
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Did you know that giving member discounts is not one of the cooperative principles? |
063 March - April - 1996 | January 9, 2004 |
Creating a good template for financial planning is an investment on the co-op's part -- a darned good one.Computer spreadsheets make the task of financial |
067 November - December - 1996 | January 9, 2004 |
Like the 2,000 pound gorilla at a small party, whether you choose to acknowledge it or not, risk is always present, just standing there at the pretzel bowl waiting for you to tur |
068 January - February - 1997 | January 9, 2004 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Profit alone does not guarantee success or even survival. |
085 November - December - 1999 | January 8, 2004 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Every lender probably has experienced some version of the following exchange: |
086 January - February - 2000 | January 8, 2004 |