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Common Ground Owners;

Recently, I had the opportunity to do an analysis of Common Ground's credit/debit card processing fees. I had not looked at these numbers for years and found them fascinating, a bit painful, and thought you might also find them interesting.

For years the grocery industry resisted accepting credit cards, fearful of the costs. The banks lowered the rate for grocery stores and eventually the food industry joined the bandwagon. There is no going back as you will see in the following bullet point details.

See our Impacts Report for 2016!

Owner Election Results

2017 Board of Directors Results

560 voters (457 electronic ballot voters, 103 paper ballot voters)

4 available Board of Directors slots (Three 3 year terms and One 1 year term)

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Karen Carney, 336 votes, elected to a 3 year term.

Karen Medina, 326 votes, elected to a 3 year term.

Magdalena Casper-Shipp, 238 votes, elected to a 3 year term.

By Sam Ihm, Promotions Coordinator

The buzz is all about our competition these days because local products have become a focus at big box stores. Co-ops like ours, who’ve always focused on local, are losing the money that the “big boys” are raking in. In these trying times, it’s ever more important that our community-owned store has community support.

So, what can you do? Here’s a list to get you started.

A well-known avocado shortage has driven up prices on everyone’s favorite fatty fruit this year, and the same thing is now happening with Brazil nuts.

by Sam Ihm, Promotions Coordinator

While more grocery stores carry local produce in response to consumer demand, it’s important to understand why local food is more than just a fad. Fads come and go, but the benefits of robust local food systems and the reasons to support them endure.

Health issue

The following policies become effective Wednesday February 1, 2017.

The purpose of our return policy is to promote customer satisfaction while setting reasonable and fiscally responsible boundaries for refunds and exchanges.

Common Ground will accept returns with a receipt within:

The Students for Environmental Concerns is petitioning for a ban or fee on single-use bags at grocery stores in CU. How does the Co-op feel about this?

Please make your (our) financial information available to owners. I think it's reasonable for our owners to be able to review sales figures, co-op profit, and debt. Thank you! P.S. I am a former board member. I also know that other co-ops are far more transparent about this information than Common Ground.

Hello! Apparently it is fun and fine to fantasize. I fantasize that a Common Ground co-op will come to North Carolina. Fine right? P.s. Thanks for the water fountain!

Hehehe! We hope we one day can expand and we are glad to know you want to bring the co-op home with you! Keep dreaming, we hope we can make them come true!

I love this place. Love Love Love. We sometimes shop here. I love the dried fruit collections!

Oh! Dried fruit, especially in the bulk section, it is delightful. Several of the staff really enjoy the dried mangos!