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The grocery sector opens the door to numerous opportunities for cooperative development and social enterprise, once a community decides to take control of its purchasing power and access to products.
Whether you’re a small grocery store with no estate, or a community looking to regain control, Impact ON has solutions for you.
Grocery stores in Northern Ontario face many obstacles, which were exacerbated during the pandemic
the absence of tourists.
In order to identify the specific difficulties affecting grocery stores, a cohort was assembled. By directly soliciting the opinions of the parties concerned, we were able to cross-reference similarities and highlight opportunities for action. Two major challenges emerged: procurement and task automation.
To find answers to their needs, we put them in touch with innovative solution providers to give them the tools they needed to achieve their ambitions. By organizing discussion sessions and follow-up meetings, we ensured at every stage that financial and labor realities were taken into account.
The result was a concrete plan, adapted to the means of each grocery store and giving them the choice of several implementation depths. Among other things, labeling was digitized, enabling all price changes to be managed quickly and efficiently, saving grocery stores an enormous amount of time.
Although Ontario is recognized as a prosperous province, food security remains an issue. According to PROOF, approximately 1.7 million households in Ontario experienced food insecurity in 2017-2018. Keeping rural grocery stores up and running is an important link in addressing this reality.
Founded in response to the imminent closure of the village’s only grocery store in 2012, this cooperative is the result of a mobilization by the citizens of Moonbeam. Joining forces, they succeeded in safeguarding their local business by raising the necessary funds to acquire it and convert it into a cooperative.
Then, when the Épicerie Coop Grocery wanted to expand to better serve its customers, we were there. Our experienced team immediately understood the challenges of this adaptation, vital to the co-op, and carried out a feasibility study. Three development options were carefully explored to support the co-op’s growth and meet the needs of the region.
Once implemented, these options will enable the grocery store to endure over time, and to develop in the best possible way to meet the growing needs of the community. In addition to this feasibility study, a detailed business plan has been created to help plan for the coming years.
But what is a feasibility study?
A feasibility study is an in-depth assessment carried out before the start of a project or initiative to determine its viability, practicability and profitability. The main objective of this study is to determine whether the project can be successfully implemented, taking into account various factors such as technical, financial, organizational, legal and environmental aspects.
But what is a business plan?
A business plan is a detailed document describing all aspects of a company or business project. It is an essential tool for entrepreneurs, startups and established businesses to define their goals, strategies and vision, and to present this information to investors, potential partners, lenders and other stakeholders.
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Partager une expérience, un vécu, une émotion permet de briser un tabou ou un non-dit, de lutter contre l’isolement des personnes qui le vivent, et de sensibiliser les autres sur cette réalité.
Nous avons tous un parcours de vie et des histoires palpitantes à raconter qui font découvrir des perspectives différentes d’une même situation, qui sensibilisent sur les discriminations invisibles ou encore qui ouvrent les yeux sur une réalité méconnue.
Je ne pense pas que mon parcours soit unique, ou du moins, je ne veux pas qu’il le soit.
Le témoignage que je veux partager, c’est que le processus d’immigration est difficile, notre cadre de vie, notre personne et nos pratiques changent. Il est donc important d’apprendre à se redécouvrir, à redéfinir nos objectifs, à se réaliser pleinement.
Je ne me suis pas intégrée dans ma communauté, je me suis épanouie.
une girl des médias et des communications.
C’est en écoutant le cheminement/ le parcours des autres que l’on se sent inspiré. Il y a de la place pour tout le monde.
Penser que c’est impossible de vivre ces rêves .
Le témoignage de l’audace qui crée des opportunités.
Mon expérience d’immigrante.