Partners Helping Make it Happen
People’s Grocery has developed a unique knowledge base from our history and track record of marketing healthy foods and delivering nutrition education to the West Oakland community. However, there are keys areas of business expertise that People’s Grocery has not developed that are central to the development of our business model. For these planning areas we’re privileged to be receiving support and service from the following partners:
Skadden Arps: The largest law firm in the United States, attorneys of Skadden Arps are providing People’s Grocery with complete pro-bono legal counsel and services in all matters of business law, contract law, securities law, tax and personnel law.
Accenture and IBM Global Business Services: Consultants of Accenture and IBM are collaborating to provide People’s Grocery’s with pro-bono supply chain design and planning including the selection, installation, and customization of an Enterprise Resource Planning software.
Cushman & Wakefield: The world’s largest privately-held commercial real estate services firm is representing People’s Grocery in lease negotiation for its desired site.
Deloitte & Touche: A “big four” accounting and auditing firm, Deloitte & Touche may provide People’s Grocery with pro bono services to valuate the organization’s brand name, mark and goodwill. This valuation will facilitate a sales transfer of the People’s Grocery title to the new store.
United Natural Foods: The largest natural foods distributor in the United States currently provides People’s Grocery with a large discount and will support People’ Grocery’s new store by provide consultation from their new store development team, as well as facilitating relationships with a variety of food producers for special deals.
Veritable Vegetable: The nation’s oldest distributor of certified organic produce, Veritable Vegetable is considering providing People’s Grocery with its produce inventory at cost for the first 6 months.
Rainbow Grocery Cooperative: The oldest worker cooperative grocery store in San Francisco, Rainbow Grocery will provide six weeks of training and new work orientations to People’s Grocery’s workers in multiple aspects of the natural foods business.
New Seasons Market and PCC Natural Market: These two highly successful regional grocery chains in Portland and Seattle are providing People’s Grocery with free consultation, data and feedback. People’s Grocery staff have spent extensive time visiting both businesses over the last two years.
Plan Resonate: A growth management consulting firm based in San Francisco, Plan Resonate is providing significantly discounted services in business, financial, managerial and strategic planning.
