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FREE | OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER 2013 | VOL 76 | NO 4 CO-OP NEWS OUR DIETITIAN GETS CHEESY. READ THE LATEST BOOK REVIEW BY MARY SAUCIER CHOATE INSIDE: WE NEED YOUR VOTE! | CASELOT | TASTEco-op newsOF TRADITION | oct nov dec | NO-KNEAD2013 | page BREADS 1 | PAPER OR PLASTIC | LOTS MORE coming up at the co-op CASE LOT If they could only see us now! potatoes, and maple syrup, and also arranged for discounts on gasoline, fuel oil, and coal. By ordering In 1936, when our founders first planted the seeds what they needed by the case, our founders launched of our noble cooperative enterprise, there were no an idea we still honor today. And as a result, one of the multiple retail locations, no online channels, no ways we celebrate Co-op Month in October is to honor social media outlets or e-news, no Co-op-supported our founders’ courage and vision with our annual Case community events. There was only one simple Lot Sale. We invite you to be a part of it! concept, which started it all: Products by the case. 2013 CASE lot SALE Lebanon Co-op Food Store It was winter, and a worldwide economic depression Thursday, October 10, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. made staple items particularly hard to acquire. A Friday, October 11, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. few industrious Dartmouth College faculty and their Saturday, October 12, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. spouses banded together to form a cooperative and order products they needed by the case. The early Check out www.coopfoodstore.coop for full details as cooperative buying club put in bulk orders for citrus, the sale gets closer. See you at the Case Lot sale! COMING SOON The holidays at the Co-op mean demos and samplings galore! Stay tuned to our website at coopfoodstore.coop/calendar for dates, times, and other information about our Taste of Tradition Holiday Parties and Pamper Me Parties, as well as Board Meetings, special events, classes, and more! See you at the samplings! co-op news | oct nov dec 2013 | page 2 table of contents The Co-op News is a publication of the Hanover Consumer Cooperative Society. Copyright 2013. All rights reserved. Permission to reproduce any part of this publication may be granted at the discretion of the editor. Send inquiries to: WHAT’S P. O. Box 633 Hanover, NH 03755. Web Addresses http://www.coopfoodstore.coop http://www.facebook.com/coopfoodstores http://www.twitter.com/coopfoodstores Board of Directors President: Kay Litten; Vice-President: Margaret Drye; Treasurer: Zeb Mushlin; Secretary: Wynne Washburn INSIDE Balkcom; Martha Graber; Tricia Groff; Tyler A. Kurasek; John Rosenquest; Susan Sanzone Fauver Board Administrator Genie Braasch Management Team GM REPORT: CAPITAL INVESTMENTS PAGE 4 Terry Appleby, General Manager; Tony Alongi, Director of Finance; Bruce Follett, Merchandising Director; Steve Miller, BOARD REPORT: PLEASE VOTE! PAGE 6 Food Store Manager, Hanover; Rosemary Fifield, Education Director; Robert Kazakiewich, Food Store Manager, Lebanon; Loretta Land, Human Resource Director; Tony COOPERATION AMONG COOPERATIVES PAGE 8 White, Operations Director; Allan Reetz, Communications Director AT THE CO-OP: BRING BACK THE SACK, NEW Statement of Cooperative Identity A cooperative is an autonomous association of persons MEMBER BENEFITS, RUN FOR THE BOARD, united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social, and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly-owned CULINARY LEARNING CENTER UPDATE PAGE 10 and democratically-controlled enterprise. Values SUSTAINABILITY REPORT: PAPER OR PLASTIC? PAGE 14 Cooperatives are based on the values of self-help, self- responsibility, democracy, equality, equity, and solidarity. In the tradition of their founders, cooperative members NEWS AND NOTES: CO-OP MONTH PAGE 17 believe in the ethical values of honesty, openness, social responsibility, and caring for others. BOOK REVIEW: KNEADLESSLY SIMPLE PAGE 18 Principles CLAY POT COOKERY PAGE 21 1. Voluntary and Open Membership 2. Democratic Member Control BOOK REVIEW: CHEESEMONGER PAGE 24 3. Member Economic Participation 4. Autonomy and Independence 5. Education, Training, and Information COMMUNITY PARTNERS PAGE 26 6. Cooperation Among Cooperatives 7. Concern for Community OCTOBER IS CO-OP MONTH! PAGE 28 Editorial Staff Rosemary Fifield (editor), Mary Choate, Ken Davis, Amanda Charland Graphic design: Ken Davis Photography: Erika Gavin, Allan Reetz Confidentiality The Co-op protects the confidentiality of information collected for membership purposes. Questions and concerns about the application of this policy should be directed to the Co-op’s general manager. Store Hours Hanover: 8 a.m.–8 p.m. daily Lebanon: 7 a.m.–9 p.m. daily White River Junction: 7 a.m.–8 p.m. daily Co-op Market: Mon-Fri: 6 a.m. to 8 p.m., Saturday and ABOUT OUR PAPER Sunday 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., ice cream window open to 9 p.m. Service Center Hours Unattended pump hours: daily, 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., credit and The Co-op News is printed by a local business on a recycled debit only; attended pump hours: Monday-Friday, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. paper that has no synthetic content. It is new paper that has Mechanics on duty: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., been certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) as Saturdays 8 a.m. to noon for select repair work coming from “responsible forestry practices.” A chain of custody Phone & Email Hanover and Lebanon Food Stores: 603-643-2667 is maintained which can identify a lot number all the way back Park Street Service Center: 603-643-6650 to the tree from which the pulp was obtained. Co-op Market: 603-643-2725 White River Junction Food Store: 802-295-3400 e: [email protected] co-op news | oct nov dec 2013 | page 3 general manager’s report THE CO-OP’S ONGOING CAPITAL INVESTMENTS Since the last expansion and remodel of the Hanover store was completed in 1994, very little substantive work has taken place on the store. Year after year there some project or other has pushed spending on the store to the back of the line. We cannot put off work on the store any longer. by Terry Appleby Each year the Co-op invests REMODELING THE substantial sums in capital investments to keep the operation running efficiently. This year HANOVER STORE a lot of the focus has been on The remodel of the Hanover store will the Lebanon store with changes be a major project that will require a to the café area and in the fall large capital investment. Some of that the construction of the teaching investment involves things we need to do kitchen in the upper seating area. The new kitchen will to ensure the structural integrity of the allow us to again offer cooking and nutrition classes and building and the efficient operation of will rearrange the café seating to orient it more toward the business. Major refrigeration systems the outdoors. Once that project is finished, we will start need replacing, for example, and the the process for a larger remodel of the Hanover store. floor needs work. Our Hanover store on Park Street was originally built in 1963 and has had significant alterations and expansions over the years. Some of the original structural elements of the building are still pretty much as originally built completed in 1994, very little substantive work has taken and are in need of upgrading. In addition, the interior of place on the store. Year after year some project or other the store needs a major facelift, and virtually the entire has pushed spending on the Hanover store to the back of refrigeration is due for replacement. the line. We cannot put off work on the store any longer. Over the past several months we have had an assessment Since the last expansion and remodel of the store was of the store done by our architects and various engineers. co-op news | oct nov dec 2013 | page 4 CO-OP PRINCIPLE 3: MEMBER ECONOMIC participation Members contribute equitably to, and democratically control, the capital of their cooperative. At least part of that capital is usually the common property of the cooperative. Members usually receive limited compensation, if any, on capital subscribed as a condition of membership. Members allocate surpluses for any of the following purposes: developing their cooperative, possibly by setting up reserves, part of which at least would be indivisible; benefiting members in proportion to their transactions with the cooperative; and supporting other activities approved by the membership. —The International Cooperative Alliance While the building is sound, it is aging and has issues costs, develop the operational program, and that need attention. Likewise, many components communicate with you about all the anticipated of systems like heating and ventilation need changes. We hope that by the fall of 2014 we’ll have replacement. a proposal to bring to the membership for a vote. The remodel of the Hanover store will be a major Our hope is that a comprehensive remodel of the store project that will require a large capital investment. will correct some of the quirks of the present store— Some of that investment involves things we need to opening the bottleneck in the produce department and do to ensure the structural integrity of the building providing a more functional entryway into the store, and the efficient operation of the business. Major to name two. It will be an interesting and expensive refrigeration systems need replacing, for example, undertaking, but will result in a much better shopping and the floor needs work. experience for you, our members, and a much improved work environment for our staff.