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Grocery story : the promise of food co-ops in the age of grocery giants / Jon Steinman.

Steinman, Jon, 1980- (author.).

Summary:

Through penetrating analysis and inspiring stories and examples of North American food co-ops, this book makes a compelling case for the transformation of the grocery store aisles as the emerging frontier in the local and good food movements. Jon Steinman deconstructs the food retail sector and the shadows cast by corporate giants, makes the case for food co-ops as an alternative, and shows how co-ops spur the creation of local food-based economies and enhance low-income food access.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780865719071 (paperback)
  • Physical Description: xxi, 281 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
  • Publisher: Gabriola Island, British Columbia : New Society Publishers, 2019.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-270) and index.

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Subject: Food cooperatives > Canada.
Food supply > Canada.
Grocery trade > Canada.
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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Selkirk College.

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Castlegar Campus Library HD 3448 S74 2019 (Text) B001643782 General Volume hold Available -
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"Food System" Defined xiii
Preface xv
Note from the Author: Big Food xix
Introduction 1(14)
1 Rise of the Grocery Giants
15(16)
A&P -- The First of the Giants
15(3)
Other Giants Emerge
18(2)
Self-Service
20(3)
Regulating the Rise of Big Business
23(3)
Expanding the War on Chain Grocers
26(2)
Enter the Supermarket
28(3)
2 Retailer Market Power
31(14)
Taming the Chains
33(4)
The Giants Break Loose
37(3)
The Accelerating of Supermarket Dominance
40(2)
Regulating Market Power Today
42(1)
The Generational Effect and Self-Reinforcing Apathy
43(2)
3 Food Prices and the People Who Grow Our Food
45(18)
The Farm Crisis of the 1980s
46(1)
The "Farm Share" and "Marketing Share" of Our Food Dollars
47(3)
Squeezing Food Dollars Through Bottlenecks
50(3)
Farm Value vs. Retail Price
53(3)
Eaters Pay the Price for Concentrated Markets
56(3)
Mergers Decrease Prices Paid to Farmers
59(1)
The Most Extreme Expression of the Farm Income Crisis
60(3)
4 Grocery Stores -- The Food System's Control Center
63(26)
Shaping Food -- Literally
64(1)
Losses in Flavor
65(1)
Cosmetic Requirements and Food Safety
66(1)
Genetic Diversity
67(1)
Food Standards as Buyer Leverage
67(1)
Standards and Food Waste
68(1)
Marching Orders for Suppliers
68(3)
Suppliers Finance Their Own Servitude
71(1)
Category Management
72(2)
Pay to Play, Pay to Stay
74(2)
Is It Bribery?
76(2)
Private Labels (Deliberately Anonymous)
78(3)
Barriers to Entry
81(1)
Setting Food Policy
82(2)
Eaters at the Controls
84(5)
Interlude
Welcome to What's Possible, North America
89(2)
Welcome to Resisterville (Nelson, British Columbia)
91(2)
Grocery Giants in Nelson
93(2)
The Regional Food Movement
95(2)
Viroqua, Wisconsin
97(4)
5 Enter the Co-op
101(14)
What Is a Co-op?
103(2)
Mission-Driven and Transparent
105(1)
Resilience
106(1)
History of the Cooperative Movement
107(3)
The First Consumer Co-ops in Canada and the United States
110(1)
The Empowered Consumer
111(4)
6 The Food Co-op Waves
115(18)
The Consumer Wave
115(4)
The New Wave
119(6)
The New Wave Grows Up
125(3)
The Newest Wave
128(3)
Beyond Natural Foods -- Co-ops for Low-Income Communities
131(2)
7 Consumer Food Co-ops Today
133(28)
There's Nothing Cookie-Cutter About Food Co-ops
133(4)
Food Co-ops as Community Centers
137(1)
Education
138(1)
Kitchen Skills Training
139(1)
Children's Programming
139(1)
Co-ops in Schools
140(1)
Food Access
140(2)
Inexpensive Meals, for Community Building
142(1)
Community Giving
142(1)
Nonprofit Arms
143(1)
Positive Workplace
144(1)
Working Members
145(2)
Cooperation with Local Businesses
147(1)
The Co-op Footprint
148(1)
Community-Owned Good Food Media
149(1)
College Town Co-ops
150(2)
Governance and Ownership
152(1)
Profiles of Board Directors at Food Co-ops
152(1)
Engaging Members in Their Co-op
153(2)
Diversity
155(1)
Social Cohesion
155(1)
Activism
156(1)
On Prices
157(3)
Unleashing Potential
160(1)
8 Co-ops as Food Desert Remediation
161(14)
Greensboro, North Carolina
162(5)
Cincinnati, Ohio
167(5)
Other Stories of "What's Possible"
172(2)
Starting a Co-op Isn't a Shoo-In for Success
174(1)
9 Food Co-ops and the Local Economy
175(18)
Easier Access to Eaters
176(1)
True Local
176(4)
The Language of "Economic Development"
180(3)
Food Co-ops as Economic Development
183(2)
Local Food System Stimulation
185(4)
Anchors for Main Street
189(1)
Retention and Rearing of Community Leaders
190(1)
A Different Kind of Profit
191(2)
10 Local Foodmakers -- The People Behind the Products
193(16)
Co-ops as Small Business Incubators
195(5)
The People Behind the Products
200(5)
Where Does Your Food Dollar Go?
205(1)
Planning the Co-op Shelves with Local Producers
206(3)
11 Threats to Food Co-ops
209(20)
Fierce Competition
213(2)
The Co-opting of "Local"
215(2)
The "Whole Foods Effect"
217(3)
The Demise of Co-op Atlantic
220(2)
Closed
222(1)
Relevance
223(2)
Ideology
225(2)
Institutional Isomorphism
227(1)
Member Engagement
227(2)
12 Growing Food Co-ops, Growing the Movement
229(12)
Start-ups
234(2)
Financing Food Co-ops
236(2)
Co-ops Supporting Co-ops
238(3)
Epilogue: Where Do We Go from Here? 241(4)
Acknowledgments 245(2)
Grocery Story's Supporters 247(4)
Endnotes 251(20)
Index 271(10)
About the Author 281(1)
A Note about the Publisher 282

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