- 1. Recruit Participants View and Discuss The first thing we need in order to set up a food co-op is people who are ready, willing and able to get involved.
- 2. Develop Business Plan View and Discuss A description of our food co-op, what we hope to achieve, how it will operate over time, and how we will manage the money
- 3. What Produce shall we sell? View and Discuss Quality, Adequate, Sustainable Nutrition
- 4. Premises View and Discuss Where we choose to run our food co-op will affect its popularity and success
- 5. Practical Resources View and Discuss What items, equipment and other resources do we need to get going?
- 6. Procedures and Pricing View and Discuss While not profit motivated, we need to make profit to cover overheads
- 7. Promotion View and Discuss How to promote our food coop at the start and on an on-going basis
- 8. Policies and Principles View and Discuss How shall out co-op be governed and who shall manage it's activities?
- 9. Permits and Licenses View and Discuss Local Authorities will tread our co-operating as any other food business
- 10. Progress Tracking View and Discuss Monitoring and Evaluation of Progress for Sustainability