britta werner of unicorn grocery
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Unicorn Grocery - A Workers Co-operative Britta Werner of Unicorn Grocery Co-operative Ways Forward Conference January 2014TRANSCRIPT
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Unicorn Grocery a workers co-operative
Britta Werner
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About Unicorn Grocery• Wholefood grocery shop
located in South Manchester
• Sells fresh organic fruit and veg and over 3,000 different lines of grocery and non-food items
• Average customers a week 5,500 in 2013 and Average weekly sales £105,000
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Our model• Direct purchasing • Competitive pricing• Bulk buying• Concentrating on
wholefood, encouraging cooking from scratch
• As local as possible, organic if possible, fairtrade
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Our structure• All directors are workers • No elected management
committee • Weekly and fortnightly
meetings, larger decisions every 4 month.
• All decisions are reached by consensus
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Why worker co-operative?
• More efficient and effective to have less hierarchy and have all members as employers, e.g. for strategic planning
• Employee engagement
• Trust, good communication, fair decision-making
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