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IOWA CITY, IOWA (May 14, 2009) – Lights, camera…arugula! National Cooperative Grocers Association (NCGA) congratulates the winners in the My Co-op Rocks! Video Contest, a nationwide contest where co-op fans get to share the reasons their co-op rocks. Submissions were accepted online at www.MyCoopRocks.coop with $3,500 in prizes to be awarded to the best videos in “people’s choice” and “judges’ choice” categories.
NCGA hosted the contest in celebration of all the qualities and quirks that make co-ops integral parts of communities.
“It's great to see how passionate shoppers and staff are about co-op grocers. The sense of community that they inspire really comes through in all of the video submissions,” said Robynn Shrader, chief executive officer for NCGA. “We thank everyone who participated; we hope you enjoyed hearing why your co-op rocks!"
Visit the contest website at www.MyCoopRocks.coop. to view other videos.
National Cooperative Grocers Association (NCGA), founded in 1999, is a business services cooperative for consumer-owned food co-ops located throughout the United States. NCGA is owned by 111 food co-ops operating more than 140 stores in 32 states with combined annual sales of over $1 billion. NCGA helps unify natural food co-ops in order to optimize operational and marketing resources, strengthen purchasing power, and ultimately offer more value to natural food co-op shoppers everywhere. For a map of co-op member locations, visit www.ncga.coop/member-stores. To learn more about NCGA, click here. To learn more about co-ops visit www.go.coop.
