We have received the results of our market study, conducted by two consultants working through CDS Consulting Co-op, a co-op of people who provide business services to co-ops across the nation.
The market study is the first part of what becomes a full business plan for a store. It examines the area’s sales potential for our planned grocery operation and explains relative strengths and weaknesses of particular locations.
At the end of March, we announced our first goal for our owner drive, 30 by April 30. We surpassed the goal with a week to spare! We’ve partnered with other Bay City businesses to offer owner incentives before the market is open …
With help from our friends at the MSU Product Center, we’re now in the process of contracting for a market study to establish the viability of our co-op in downtown Bay City.
Board members of the Bay City Cooperative Market are making plans to attend the national Up and Coming Food Co-op Conference, March 10-12 in Bloomington, Indiana.
In 2008, when some residents were trying to start a food co-op in Littleton, New Hampshire, one of the goals was to support the region’s economy by buying as much locally as possible.
People’s Food Co-op, once the only organic food player in Kalamazoo, has helped to change the way people in greater Kalamazoo eat, shop, and think about food.
On Nov. 10, two of BCCM’s board members attended the MSU Product Center’s Making It In Michigan conference, held in Lansing.
It has been some time since we’ve posted an update, but the board wants you to know, we’re always working behind the scenes.
Planning for the Bay City Cooperative Market was the subject of a report in the September/October issue of Rural Cooperatives magazine, published by the USDA.