Cooperative Store Research Articles

Consumer reactions to packaging-free product dispensers: a variety of buyers' profiles to consider

PurposeThis study investigates consumer reactions to dispensers offering solid packaging-free products (e.g. pasta, lentils, cereals) integrated in a delimitated area in a grocery store. More specifically, the research examines the impacts of the overall appeal of packaging-free solid food product dispensers and their perceived ease of use on consumers' intention to use these dispensers and purchase packaging-free products. Moreover, using a set of variables, different buyer profiles are highlighted.Design/methodology/approachThe field study for this research was conducted in a delimitated area (i.e. a shop within a shop) dedicated to solid packaging-free products (e.g. pasta, lentils, cereals) in a university cooperative store in the province of Quebec, Canada. A total of 456 buyers and consumers of packaging-free products from this store took part in the field study and completed our survey.FindingsThis study shows packaging-free dispensers' overall appeal and perceived ease of use to be determinants of consumers' intention to use these dispensers and purchase packaging-free products. The Rebus (response-based procedure for detecting unit segments) method highlights the need to consider three buyer profiles (enthusiastic, pragmatic, and sceptical) with different reactions to the specific dispensers used by retailers for packaging-free products.Originality/valueThis study focuses on buyers' reactions to packaging-free dispensers in stores, during the purchase process, whereas previous ones highlighted the drivers of and barriers to consumer adoption of packaging-free products (before the purchasing process starts). It also points to the need to fine-tune the segmentation of consumers of packaging-free products, which must be based not only on consumers' previous experience or familiarity with these products but also on the integration of their drivers and barriers.

Sales Information System Utilizing 13.56 MHz RFID Member Cards for Enhanced Efficiency in Cooperative Stores

Sales Information System Utilizing 13.56 MHz RFID Member Cards for Enhanced Efficiency in Cooperative Stores

RANCANG BANGUN SISTEM INFORMASI POINT OF SALE MULTI OUTLET DENGAN MENGGUNAKAN FRAMEWORK LARAVEL DI KOPERASI ITSNU PEKALONGAN

Digitalization has been shaped the economy and society, one of the areas most affected by digitalization is the retail sector. Point Of Sale (POS) is a sales-oriented activity and a system that helps process transactions. The Cooperative store at the Technology and Science Institute of Nahdlatul Ulama (ITSNU) Pekalongan still records manually, so there is a risk of fraud and data loss. This POS system can be helping all transactions to manage stores to be fast, accurate and safe, because all of data will be saved to the cloud directly, so cooperative managers can be controlling several cooperatives directly, anytime and anywhere. The method used in this POS system is the Waterfall method, which is a method used to develop software sequentially like a waterfall through several stages are data collection, analysis, design, development, testing and implementation. Based on the black box testing that the researchers have done, all the features on this multi-outlet POS system have functioned properly according to the needs of cooperatives at ITSNU Pekalongan.

Autonomous Consumer Cooperative: A Case Study of Maharashtra State

Consumer Cooperatives occupy a significant place in Indian Economy. The primary objective of the consumers’ cooperative is elimination of the middlemen and distributes the goods at a reasonable price. Maharashtra had been the pioneer of the cooperative movement in the country having networked of all types of cooperative societies working in the fields of production, marketing, processing, banking, etc. Warana Bazaar is one of the consumer cooperative store plays important role in the economical, social, and cultural development of the people in Kolhapur and Sangli district of Maharashtra. Warana Bazaar is an autonomous consumer cooperative is capable of making a rational and informed decision on their own. The qualities of service, management excellence, diversification, employment creation are the main features which make Warana Bazaar as an autonomous consumer cooperative store in Maharashtra.Descriptive and case base research design was used in this study. The Primary data on present status, and structure of warana bazaar was collected through formal interaction with Board of Director, Officers, and staff of the store at Warana Bazar, Kolhapur. The secondary data was mainly collected through the published and authentic source of warana Bazaar. The financial data for last five years i.e..2013-14 and 2017-18 was analyzed with the help of simple statistical tools such as mean, percentage, etc. The study concludes that, the membership growth, the best management practices, ethical practices, different services and incentives rendered by Warana Bazaar responsible to make them autonomous consumer cooperatives in Maharashtra.In that concern, the case of Warana Bazaar for the detailed study of present status, structure and features responsible to create warana bazaar as an autonomous institution has been examined in the present study.

The fall and rise of the small co-operative store. “Save our shop” - updated

The great test of a business, as of so much else, is time. When the book Save Our Shop was written (Birchall, 1987), both the idea of the convenience store which it analysed, and the small shop experiments which it described, were new. Generalisations were made based on what could be said then, but with the proviso that only time would tell. Of course, time in itself tells us nothing unless we are prepared to go back and study the same ideas, the same business experiments, to see how they have worn. The Society for Co-operative Studies has wisely decided not to let the book become fossilised in time, but has enabled me to take up to June 1987 a further, albeit brief, look at the subject, in order to update and revise what I said then. The aim is to provide another snapshot in time, of value to all who are interested, and particularly to participants at our Annual Conference in September. I have selected some important themes from the book and on each summarised what I said a year ago, and then added my further report.

“I am not considered much of a polygamist”: Sarah Peterson Lund Writes to Her Missionary Husband

“I am not considered much of a polygamist”: Sarah Peterson Lund Writes to Her Missionary Husband

IbM USAHA TOKO TRADISIONAL DAN UNIT PERTOKOAN KOPERASI DI KABUPATEN JEPARA

The presence of modern stores has led to the climate of unfair competition harmful traditional stores. The existence of a minimarket can turn off 20-50 small grocery stores, while a supermarket can be lethal up to 200 grocery stores, while hypermarkets and 500 grocery stores. minimarket establishment, in a radius of 500 meters will result in a decline in income of up to 57.92 percent. At a radius of 1 km to 30 percent. Defeat competing with traditional stores because of low competitiveness. This situation experienced by both partners, traditional shop "Darul Ulum" and Toko Abdul Khamid.These service activities seek to address the problem of lack of competitiveness in the form of partners, and exacerbated by the low-performance service standards for record-keeping and accounting system is still manual. Therefore, the outcome of devotion is a solution to the problem. Such as 1) program to improve competitiveness, 2) development of accounting information systems. The approach used is a method of interactive participation, in which both partners will play a role in the analysis process for planning activities and the strengthening of internal organization.The method of implementation program to improve competitiveness, carried out in phases: 1) a SWOT Analysis, 2) Guarantee of perception and deal program, 3) Modernization store, 4) Training service standards, 5) Training governance and SOP, 6) creation of SOP shops, 7 ) Implementation and mentoring. Program information systems development shops, stages: 1) analysis of requirements and design of information systems, 2) identification and preparation of database product items and members or prospective members, 3) Making accounting software, 4) Application of accounting information systems, 5) training information system accounting, 6) special units of cooperative stores, to disseminate the members, administrators and managers of cooperatives, 7) Implementation and facilitation of the use of the system. As quality assurance efforts in the implementation of each of the partners will be accompanied by two students.

The Analysis of Buying and Selling of Goods Without Price Tags in The Perspective of Fiqh Mu’amalah at Student Cooperative Stores of PMDG Campus

This research aims at finding out the practice of selling goods without price tags and the fiqh mu’amalah review on its sales at student cooperative stores of PMDG Campus. The method used in this research is descriptive qualitative which describes the various conditions, situations and social phenomena that occur. Applying the field research, this study uses the interview results with the management of student and consumer cooperatives, as a source of data collection. Based on this research, sales in student cooperatives apply the same system as in supermarkets, where the consumer takes the items he wants to buy on the storefront, then takes them to the cashier to carry out the transaction process. Since the price tag is not included, the price given by the cashier sometimes changed or unclear. Hence, it can be assumed that the sale of goods without the use of price tags in student cooperatives Store still has a light ghara>r element, which lies in pricing. Due to the absence of a price tag, the management of the student cooperative sometimes speculated on their merchandise, giving rise to ghara>r. However, the ghara>r that occurs does not happen at the core of the trade, and does not cause hostility, so the buying and selling practice in student cooperatives store is legal.

Assessment of the Microbial Quality of Industrial Ready-to-Eat Salads Containing Meat Products

Ready-to-eat foods are not usually treated sufficiently to eliminate the existing pathogenic bacteria in them before consumption; therefore, bacterial contamination in these foods requires due consideration. This study aims to detect Salmonella and Escherichia coli contamination and total microbial count in ready-to-eat salad samples containing meat products in Tehran in 2018. The microbial analysis of 136 samples including Olivier salad, Macaroni salad, and Sausage salad, collected by simple randomized sampling method from chain-stores, grocery and cooperative stores, was done according to the ISO international standards. Salmonella was not detected in any of the samples, and only 0.7% of the samples were contaminated with E. coli. The total number of microorganisms in 89.6% of the Olivier salad samples, 61.4% of the Macaroni salad samples and 97.7% of the Sausage salad samples was within the permitted limits of the Iranian National Standard. The average total number of microbes in the Olivier salad, Macaroni salad, and Sausage salad samples was obtained as 4.84, 4.23, and 5.34 log CFU/g, respectively. This study confirms the relatively satisfactory microbiological quality of ready-to-eat salads containing meat products in Tehran,Iran.

Measuring the Impact of a Full Service Grocery Store in a Food Desert

Food deserts, areas in which it is difficult to obtain affordable, nutritious food, are especially problematic in low-income neighbourhoods. One model for addressing food hardship and unemployment issues within low-income food deserts is a cooperative grocery store. Through the cooperative model, the grocery store can serve as a cornerstone to address socio-economic marginalisation of low-income neighbourhoods and improve the health and well-being of its residents. It is important for communities and policymakers to be able to assess the effectiveness of these types of endeavours beyond traditional economic factors such as profitability. This article uses a systems engineering approach to develop a framework for measuring the holistic impact of a cooperative grocery store on community health and well-being. This framework encompasses values that characterise the relationship between food retail, economic viability and social equality. We develop a dashboard to display the key metrics for measuring the economic, social and environmental indicators that reflect a grocery store’s social impact. We demonstrate the usefulness of the framework through a case study of a full-service cooperative grocery store that is planned within the city of Dayton, OH.

ПОТРЕБИТЕЛЬСКАЯ КООПЕРАЦИЯ В ФОРМИРОВАНИИ ПРОДОВОЛЬСТВЕННЫХ РЕСУРСОВ РЕГИОНОВ

The main area of activity of consumer cooperatives is rural areas, where, in cooperation with regional authorities, it solves the problems of forming food resources. Providing the population with food is one of the main tasks of consumer cooperation in the sphere of national security of the state. Consumer societies participate in the formation of the regional market of agri-food products, acting as an integral part of the infrastructure of the regional economy. The volume of purchases of agri-food products by the consumer cooperative is a reliable indicator of the relationship with agricultural producers. In the system of purchasing agricultural products, an important place is occupied by the cooperative store, acting as an Outpost of consumer cooperation. Procurement points of consumer cooperation play a significant role in the development of the regional economy and the formation of food resources. In the regions of Russia, the Centrosoyuz consumer cooperative has its own material and technical resources, a system for harvesting agricultural products, and a network of wholesale and retail trade. Consumer cooperation is a reliable channel for selling agricultural products of small businesses through distribution points and cooperative stores. The activity of consumer cooperatives in the food supply system of the regions fully fits into the solution of the tasks formulated in the Russian food security Doctrine. Consumer cooperation is of particular importance for the development of private subsidiary and peasant (farm) farms. Consumer cooperatives buy agricultural products and raw materials; sell compound feed, fertilizers, varietal seeds of agricultural crops, etc. to the rural population. Procurement organizations of consumer cooperatives (receiving points and cooperative stores) they have extensive experience in purchasing agricultural products from agricultural producers, thus ensuring that small agricultural businesses sell their products, including through retail regional markets, through which 48% of the volume of potatoes, 44% of fruit and vegetable products, almost 40% of meat and poultry, and 20% of eggs are sold.

The Impact of Retail Chains on the Structure of Small Towns and Rural Areas in Poland

The retail trade and services are becoming the most dynamically developing sector of non-agricultural activity in Polish rural areas. State-owned and cooperative stores have been closed down and they were replaced mostly by private stores. There are more and more commercial outlets of various formats, including supermarket chains, discount stores and integrated chains. Despite the growing number of modern retail trade formats, traditional small-format, often referred to as the local market, is also really important. Retail chains in small towns and rural areas are mainly located in the zones of influence of larger cities. They affect many changes of spatial, social and economic character. Small towns and rural areas more and more frequently start to compete for further retail trade investments while noticing lots of benefits and costs of this process. The aim of the article is to show the scale of new retail investment in small towns and rural areas in Poland and to recognize the impact of locating discount chains and supermarkets in small towns and rural areas on the economic and social sphere of these places. In the territory of small towns transformations of the structure of trade can be observed, mainly as a result of changes in the consumer behaviour. In small towns, functional and spatial transformations related to the retail sector take mainly from the expansion of grocery supermarket chains. The future of small traditional stores in small towns and rural areas is uncertain. Despite the restrictions in terms of the diffusion of consumer behaviour trends from metropolises to their outer areas, transformations seem to be inevitable. This change process should, therefore, be studied systematically. Research devoted to this field is important from the point of view of choosing the location of new investments related to discount chains and of the strategy for the development of small towns and rural areas. Identification of consequences of the operation of discount chains in chosen rural areas and in small towns can impact the verification of the policy adopted by local authorities in relation to spatial planning and forming the functional structure.

PKM PENDAMPINGAN PENYUSUNAN KELAYAKAN USAHA PADA KOPERASI SINAR SURYA PIMPINAN DAERAH MUHAMMADIYAH BATU

Mentoring at Business the Cooperative Sinar Surya PDM Economic Assembly Batu is conducted to assist partners in developing mini market business. PDM Batu City is planning to establish a mini market business as an extension of its existing business, which is cooperative store borrowing. The main obstacle is that the partner has not planned to develop a minimarket business. Besides, the partner does not have a blueprint in the form of study results and business operations guidelines mini market.This activity is done to help partners in solving business development problems. Some of the steps done for problem solving are: socialization of business development knowledge, then discuss with partner to identify and arrange business feasibility study. The next can be compiled a set of procedures and SOP operational activities in the form of goods and sales procedures. Next, do in house training for employees, implementation and mentoring the establishment of mini market.From the results of the business feasibility analysis of the establishment of mini market can be declared worthy to be established with a projected profit per year Rp 83,765,781, and with the rate of return of capital for two years and seven months.

A Study on the Strategies and Practices Adopted by Consumer Cooperative Store for Sustainable and Resilient Society: A Case of Bharati Madhyawarti Sahakari Grahak Bhander Ltd.

Historically, the Indian retail sector has been dominated by small independent players such as traditional, small grocery stores and others. Especially Consumer cooperatives played a vital role to safeguard the consumers from the charge of intermediaries and to provide quality goods to consumers in the desired quantity and at reasonable prices. Recently organized, multi-outlet retail concept has gained acceptance and has since then accelerated. Information Communication Technology has also transformed the consumer buying behavior. Indian cities are witnessing a paradigm shift from traditional forms of retailing into a modem organized sector. In spite of several obstacles, there are some consumer cooperatives which have withstood and recovered from difficult conditions to stay in competition and performing well. Bharati Madhyawarti Sahakari Grahak Bhander Ltd is one such Consumer Cooperative store which is battling with modern retail environment. This study brings out the strategies and practices of Bharati Consumer Cooperative store to be sustainable and resilient. The study also analyzes the customer’s perception towards the consumers’ cooperative store and identifies the Store Choice Behaviour among the Consumers.

A Low-Cost National Cooperative Store: The CONZUL Experience

The Council of New Zealand University Librarians (CONZUL) has developed a low-cost and pragmatic solution to pressing storage problems. The CONZUL Store is a cooperative agreement between the eight university libraries, which, by using commercial storage, has avoided the huge costs of a new or adapted building. Because all storage is local, lodged items are close enough to make retrieval convenient if necessary. Using several locations spreads the risk of losing everything in a single disaster. To make it possible for items to be moved quickly, CONZUL adopted the process of ‘consecutive deposit’ in which one library lodged all its items first, made a list of them that was put onto an extranet, and then the second library could safely dispose of duplicate items already deposited and just move the remaining items it wanted to lodge in the Store. The current contract ends in 2023 and at that time it is possible the Store will be closed (this will be reviewed in 2022) because it is likely that many journals will have electronic versions safely archived by publishers or large cooperatives.

Small Towns and Rural Areas – as A Prospective Place of Modern Retail Trade Formats in Poland

Abstract Retail trade and services are becoming the most dynamically developing sector of non-agricultural activity in Polish rural areas. State-owned and cooperative stores have been closed down and they were replaced mostly by private stores. There are more and more commercial outlets of various formats, including supermarket chains, discount stores and integrated chains. Despite growing number of modern retail trade formats, traditional small-format, often referred to as local market is also really important. New trading posts in small towns and rural areas are mainly located in the zones of influence of larger cities. They affect many changes of spatial, social and economic character. Small towns and rural areas surrounding them more and more frequently start to compete for further retail trade investments while noticing lots of benefits and costs of this process. The aim of the article is to show the scale of new retail investment in small towns and rural areas in Poland. Research devoted to this field is important from the point of view of choosing the location of new investments related to discount chains and of the strategy for the development of small towns and rural areas. Identification of consequences of the operation of discount chains in chosen rural areas and in small towns can impact the verification of the policy adopted by local authorities in relation to spatial planning and forming the functional structure.

From bazaar to Big Bazaar

PurposeThis paper aims to understand the factors affecting the evolution of retailing in India since the mid-nineteenth century.Design/methodology/approachThis paper compares the trajectories of four distinct retail stores in India – Spencer’s pan-Indian retailing empire since 1863, Akbarallys’ department store chain in Mumbai since 1897, Apna Bazar’s consumer cooperative chain in Mumbai since 1948 and the Future Group’s pan-Indian retailing chain since the 1980s. Historical sources include firm biographies and newspaper archives.FindingsThis paper proposes a systems theory linking environmental influences and service innovation, to explain the evolution of retailing in India since the mid-nineteenth century. The key environmental influence on retailing has been state patronage – colonialism and high-end department stores until the 1940s, socialism and cooperative stores until the 1980s and liberalisation with restricted foreign direct investment in retailing until 2015 associated with indigenous corporate large retail format stores. Service innovation in terms of home delivery and recreation of the bazaar atmosphere due to norms on gender and community have also interacted to shape individual success in modern retailing and the dominance of small shop retailing over the long run.Research limitations/implicationsThis paper questions standard accounts of retailing history in India that began with the late-twentieth century by showing the scale of a pan-Indian retailing chain in the early-twentieth century. It also provides an account of retailers that is missing in the current literature on the history of consumption in India.Practical implicationsFindings of this study will be useful to marketing professionals and teachers who wish to learn more about the history of retailing in India. It also shows how retailers navigated changes in the regulatory and business environment.Originality/valueThrough a comparative study, this paper outlines the environmental influences on retail formats and service innovation strategies that are required to serve the Indian market. It also brings to fore the significance of retailing chains in colonial India.

共同店と買い物難民 : 農山村コミュニティ・ビジネスと制度設計・政策立案に関する検討

共同店と買い物難民 : 農山村コミュニティ・ビジネスと制度設計・政策立案に関する検討

Capital social y empresas rurales: un estudio de caso

Las comunidades campesinas que habitan en el sector rural de Colombia se enfrentan a diferentes retos de carácter económico, social y ambiental. Los problemas relacionados con la tenencia de las tierras, la distribución de los ingresos, la baja productividad de las parcelas y los elevados costos de producción y comercialización han llevado a las economías campesinas a un estado de marginalidad y pobreza que es inaceptable para un país que tiene un altísimo potencial en el sector agrícola y ganadero. La formación y consolidación de redes sociales estrechas entre los miembros de las comunidades se convierte en un factor determinante para lograr alcanzar niveles aceptables de desarrollo humano integral y sustentable. En este artículo se mostrarán los resultados que en el tema de capital social se encontraron en la cooperativa de productores agropecuarios del municipio de Lenguazaque (Cundinamarca) y áreas circunvecinas (COOPALAC), en donde los asociados y sus familias se han dedicado por tradición a la producción de leche y al cultivo de papa. A través de encuestas a los miembros de la cooperativa lechera objeto de estudio y de juegos de roles entre sus integrantes, se encontró que la confianza y la cooperación son elementos clave para el crecimiento de los ingresos de las familias y para su bienestar social. Sin embargo, las evidentes asimetrías en la información recibida, junto con la ausencia de un liderazgo efectivo y permanente por parte de los asociados, se están convirtiendo en factores que eventualmente pueden conducir a un deterioro de las variables que mayor importancia tienen en la conformación y consolidación de las redes sociales constituidas.

Hope in Hard Times: Norvelt and the Struggle for Community during the Great Depression, The Mutual Housing Experiment: New Deal Communities for the Urban Middle Class

Hope in Hard Times: Norvelt and the Struggle for Community during the Great Depression, The Mutual Housing Experiment: New Deal Communities for the Urban Middle Class