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Food Front autopsy

Board member took deep dive into causes of co-op's collapse

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Allan Classen
Mar 19, 2025
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Kate Fulton, one of three remaining members of the defunct Food Front Cooperative Grocery, wrote a 4,000-word analysis of the fall.

Among her insights:

  • The worst outcomes possible happen when people are afraid to speak up, can’t come forward and can’t make suggestions–-this is how flawed decision-making occurs and worsens.

  • Of the many outside contractors …

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