Ends Global - The Results We Aim to Create in the World
Approved 01/17/01
Amended 04/16/03
Amended 03/17/04
Amended 07/21/04
Amended 10/19/05
Amended 11/15/06
Amended 04/18/07
The Hanover Consumer Cooperative Society exists to provide cooperative commerce for the greater good of our members and community.
We discern seven distinct groups comprising “our members and community,” as follows:
1. Co-op members
2. Non-member customers
3. Co-op staff and their families
4. Local suppliers
5. Local community
6. Larger cooperative community
7. Past and future generations of Hanover Co-op members
Hanover Consumer Cooperative Society:
1. The Upper Valley will have a retail source of food that is affordable, healthy, grown and/or processed locally to the fullest extent possible.
2. There will be economic value returned to the community via charitable contributions, outreach projects, patronage refunds to member and other avenues.
3. Customers will be better educated about food issues and, as a result, make healthier choices than those who shop elsewhere.
4. There will be a vibrant cooperative sector in the economy, both nationally and regionally, and a local community educated in the value of cooperative principles and enterprises.
5. The cooperative’s bioregion will have a vibrant local agricultural community and that community will, in turn, have a reliable retail market for its products.
6. There will be a major source of employment in the community that provides personal satisfaction to employees, livable wages and financial security for employees and their families.
7. There will be a thriving business organization that protects and restores the environment.
This policy will be monitored annually in January by Management report.
Meet Patrick Kearney
The Co-op is full of folks like Patrick. He’s smart, free-spirited, bounced around a lot in his day, and ended up liking the Co-op so much that it made him settle down a little.
Meat Department
We run our Meat Counters like an old-fashioned butcher shop. Meat cutting is a trade that has a long history and takes a lot of skill to do it right, and as a result our meat cutters take great pride in what they do.
