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Get 25% percent off your turkey With a qualifying* purchase of $75 or more.
*Qualifinyg purchase does not include the cost of the turkey, giftcard purchases or owner equity payments,
Sale good for 11 - 19 , 11 - 23.
Read MoreLast month, our shoppers donated more than $2,100 to CNFC's Cooperative Community Fund. This money will be used to provide a sustainable, long-term resource for local non-profit organizations.
We're also honored to be receiving additional contributions from some of our cherished cooperative partners. Frontier Co-op (source of many wonderful spices, herbs, and teas), Organic Valley (a dairy farmers' cooperative), and The National Cooperative Bank have all worked together to pledge an additional $1,000 to the Co-op Community Fund.
We want to thank these fantastic organizations for so wonderfully embodying the sixth cooperative principle: cooperation among cooperatives. Together, we can accomplish so much!
Co-op owners enjoying their meal--and each other's company!
The Co-op celebrated our 2017 annual owner dinner on October 6th at the ARC Pavilion. This year’s event was the best attended owner dinner in recent memory, with more than 150 owners, friends, and family arriving to enjoy each other’s company. The Co-op Kitchen prepared a wonderful meal comprised of savory appetizers, an autumnal array of vegetarian and omnivorous chili, and tasty sweet-breads for dessert.
The meeting itself consisted of four sections. The night kicked off with a questionnaire for owners to answer. Volunteer facilitators helped guide participants through the survey, which will be analyzed and reported on by the Board. Look forward to seeing those results in a future edition of The Localist!
Member of the Board, Xopher, expounding on he Co-op with a fellow Co-op owner.
Next, Laurie Niles, the BOD President, spoke about the Board’s vision and accomplishments over the past year. Laurie’s explanation of the Global Ends policy was of particular importance. The Global Ends Policy helps to connect the Board to the operations of the store. Laurie shared with owners what the Ends are and how the Co-op realizes them in practice.
Laurie was followed by Peter Ratner and Lauren Kennedy, both Board members. They explained the Board’s decision to change the dates of all future Annual Meetings and Board Elections. Meetings and Elections will now take place in the Spring of each year, in order to better align with the Fiscal Year. They also announced the upcoming special election which will give our owners the opportunity to extend the terms of our current Directors by three months, so that the change in Board elections does not create temporary vacancies on the Board.
The evening was rounded out with a presentation by the Co-op’s General Manager, Liza Tedesco. Liza delivered an informative State of the Co-op address. She reported on the Co-op’s sales performance over the last year, and reiterated the ways in which local, community owned businesses are more vital than ever in this age of increasing corporate consolidation. Folks lingered late into the evening, enjoying food, drink, and good conversation.
By partnering with food co-ops nationwide to sell their fair trade wine and olive oil (and from a donation on behalf of these food co-ops), the La Riojana cooperative in Argentina has been able to reinvest in and dramatically improve their communities. It’s a great example of one of the co-op principles: cooperation among cooperatives! Find more info on La Riojana and the food co-op partnership: http://strongertogether.coop/article/...
Learn more about La Riojana here.
The Co-op's General Manager, Liza Tedesco
Chico Natural Foods Cooperative now has a seat on the board of National Cooperative Grocers. Liza Tedesco, CNFC’s General Manager, has been elected to the Board of Directors of the NCG. Liza will attend meetings and lend her talents to supporting this leadership group for a three-year term.
National Co+op Grocers (NCG) is a business services cooperative for retail food co-ops located throughout the United States. NCG represents 147 food co-ops operating over 200 stores in 38 states with combined annual sales over $2 billion and over 1.3 million consumer-owners. NCG helps unify natural food co-ops in order to optimize operational and marketing resources, strengthen purchasing power, and ultimately offer more value to natural food co-op owners and shoppers everywhere. Liza’s election to the NCG’s Board gives Chico a voice at the highest level of the national cooperative movement.
The NCG’s Board of Directors is elected by designated representatives from each member cooperative. The Board is directly accountable to the membership for the activities and accomplishments of the entire NCG. Specifically, it is responsible for: interacting with members to understand their needs, values and visions for NCG, developing, monitoring and revising a body of policies that guide the CEO and board to achieve outcomes that are consistent with our members’ values and vision, and ensuring, through consistent monitoring mechanisms, that management achieves the goals set by the Board and that the Board operates according to its established processes.
Everyone at the Co-op is so proud of Liza’s initiative in running for the NCG BOD. She will be even more intimately connected to the national cooperative movement, and will be able to harness the collective energy and wisdom of the entire NCG in continuing her role as CNFC’s General Manager. Congratulations, Liza!
For a map of NCG member and associate co-ops, visit www.ncg.coop. To learn more about co-ops, visit www.strongertogether.coop
Produce Specialist Milo loves food. When he's not sprucing up your produce, he's enjoying some of the delicious products available at the Co-op. Read on to find out about three of his favorites:
Pamela's Chocolate Chunk Cookies: "They make great ice cream sandwiches!"
Coconut Bliss Dark Chocolate Ice Cream: "Literally the best ice cream I've ever had."
Victoria's Vegan Alfredo Sauce: "Just add bread sticks."