[Vision2020] The Facts about the Moscow Food Co-op

bill london london@moscow.com
Tue, 23 Sep 2003 08:33:25 -0700


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The recent post (reprinted below) about the Moscow Food Co-op sales is 
--as everyone assumes--bogus.  Of course Barbara Richardson Crouch did 
not write it, and furthermore it is false information.
To set the record straight:
---Rosauers supermarket did open a "natural foods" section in July.  For 
the next month, sales at the Moscow Food Co-op rose only 4% above the 
previous year (for the last several years, sales have been increasing at 
the Co-op by about 20% annually).  However, this month, sales at the 
Moscow Food Co-op are 15% above last years' level. The Co-op is doing 
very well, and recently expanded its daily hours of operation.
---According to a 2002 survey by the Latah Economic Development Council, 
throughout the year, the number one destination for shoppers in downtown 
Moscow is the Moscow Food Co-op.  In the summer, the Saturday Farmers' 
Market draws more shoppers, but that is one day per week and only true 
for several months every year.  The Co-op remains the #1 retail 
destination downtown.
BL


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> A recent study conducted in Moscow and Pullman, shows that Rosauers 
>Supermarket in Moscow
>outsold The Moscow Food Co-op in the month of August in organic foods.
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>>This, despite the fact that The Moscow Food Co-op insists that it is the 
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>number one reason
>why people visit downtown Moscow.
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>>At the current rate of sales that Rosauers in Moscow sells organic foods at 
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>its
>beautifully styled "Huckleberry's Natural Market" part of its store, The Moscow 
>Food Co-op
>will lose 30-40% of its total sales by June 2004.
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>>Barbara Richardson Crouch
>>Latah Economic Development Council
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The recent post (reprinted below) about the Moscow Food Co-op sales is
--as everyone assumes--bogus.&nbsp; Of course Barbara Richardson Crouch did
not write it, and furthermore it is false information.<br>
To set the record straight:<br>
---Rosauers supermarket did open a "natural foods" section in July.&nbsp;
For the next month, sales at the Moscow Food Co-op rose only 4% above
the previous year (for the last several years, sales have been
increasing at the Co-op by about 20% annually).&nbsp; However, this month,
sales at the Moscow Food Co-op are 15% above last years' level. The
Co-op is doing very well, and recently expanded its daily hours of
operation.<br>
---According to a 2002 survey by the Latah Economic Development
Council, throughout the year, the number one destination for shoppers
in downtown Moscow is the Moscow Food Co-op.&nbsp; In the summer, the
Saturday Farmers' Market draws more shoppers, but that is one day per
week and only true for several months every year.&nbsp; The Co-op remains
the #1 retail destination downtown.<br>
BL<br>
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 A recent study conducted in Moscow and Pullman, shows that Rosauers 
Supermarket in Moscow
outsold The Moscow Food Co-op in the month of August in organic foods.
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This, despite the fact that The Moscow Food Co-op insists that it is the 
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  <pre wrap=""><!---->number one reason
why people visit downtown Moscow.
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At the current rate of sales that Rosauers in Moscow sells organic foods at 
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  <pre wrap=""><!---->its
beautifully styled "Huckleberry's Natural Market" part of its store, The Moscow 
Food Co-op
will lose 30-40% of its total sales by June 2004.
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Barbara Richardson Crouch
Latah Economic Development Council



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