55
21 Workers
8 Producers
4 Coops/Businesses
24 Nonprofit
and 9 "Other": residents, farmers, members, shareholders, families, and homeowners.
Purchasing Patterns
The question on current categories of purchasing and interest in group purchasing
produced the following results, ordered from highest percentage of interest:
Item
Currently Purchase?
Responses (% of total)
Interested in
Group/ Coop Purchasing?
Office Supplies
52 (68%)
36 (47%)
Computer Equipment
43 (57%)
27 (36%)
Energy
43 (57%)
24 (32%)
Capital Purchases (e.g. furniture) 39 (51%)
24 (32%)
Other Supplies
37 (49%)
24 (32%)
Telephone Services
42 (55%)
23 (30%)
Employee Benefits
34 (45%)
22 (29%)
Marketing and Promotion
26 (34%)
17 (22%)
Cell Phone Services
27 (36%)
15 (20%)
Tech Support
24 (32%)
12 (16%)
Other Consulting Services
18 (24%)
9 (12%)
Business Planning
12 (16%)
8 (11%)
Accounting
26 (34%)
7 (9%)
Catering Services
7 (9%)
2 (3%)
Events Management
5 (7%)
2 (3%)
Cooperative Trade / Business-to-Business Relationships
On the question of overall interest in cooperative trade, on a scale of 1 to 4 with 1 being
"very interested" and 4 "not at all interested," the results were as follows:
11 NA
27 1
19 2
15 3
4 4.
The average of these
responses was about 2:
Interested.
See chart.
The next item asked about
interest in providing
discounts to fellow businesses. The responses were as follows:
27
19
15
4
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
1
2
3
4
1 - Very Interested to Not At All Interested - 4