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IOWA CITY, Iowa – Jan. 21, 2010 – National Cooperative Grocers Association (NCGA), a business services cooperative for 112 natural food co-ops nationwide, announced plans for its annual retail meeting, "El Grande." The conference will bring together grocery and wellness staff from member co-ops with NCGA's vendor partners, and will be held June 16-19, 2010 on the campus of Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn.
Vendor partners are asked to save the dates but not make travel arrangements until receiving sponsorship invitations. Questions should be directed to NCGA's Category Management Lead, Ben Nauman.
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 112 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. Additionally, NCGA is a winner of the dotCoop Global Awards for Cooperative Excellence in recognition of the application of cooperative values and principles to drive cooperative and business success. For a map of co-op member locations, visit www.ncga.coop/member-stores. To learn more about co-ops, visit www.go.coop.
