{"id":446,"date":"2018-09-28T20:20:12","date_gmt":"2018-09-28T20:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/merrimanmanagementsupport.com\/?post_type=project&#038;p=446"},"modified":"2018-09-28T20:37:07","modified_gmt":"2018-09-28T20:37:07","slug":"446","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"http:\/\/merrimanmanagementsupport.com\/index.php\/project\/446\/","title":{"rendered":"September 24th &#8211; The Difference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243; parallax=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;on&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;http:\/\/merrimanmanagementsupport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Publication1-5.jpg&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.101&#8243; max_width=&#8221;50%&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.101&#8243; text_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;20px&#8221; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221;]What&#8217;s the big million-dollar question in co-ops these days?<\/p>\n<p>What answer is everybody searching for?<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s, &#8220;How are we different?&#8221; &#8211; What differentiates us from all the other markets?<\/p>\n<p>True, you can now buy an Amy&#8217;s frozen burrito almost anywhere; so what do we have that they don&#8217;t?<\/p>\n<p>Why come to us?<\/p>\n<p>Well, our co-ops have something that&#8217;s totally unique and valuable.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s something that can&#8217;t be found any place else and can make a customer&#8217;s choice to come to our co-ops a no-brainer.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s vital. 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