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Figures & data
Image 1. A delivery personnel from Green Coop’s workers collective. (Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIeVMasHFSM).
In this screenshot from a TV commercial for Green Coop’s 30th anniversary, a smiling, middle-aged woman dressed in a uniform of red gingham stands at the entryway to a co-op member’s house. She is holding a Styrofoam “shipper” box with food inside.
Image 2. Green Coop food delivery (Photo by author).
A Green Coop delivery truck, with its characteristic green and white stripes and yellow logo, is parked outside a co-op member’s house in suburban Fukuoka. The door to the truck is swung open. Inside, a delivery worker arranges disassembled food items to match the customer’s order.
Image 3. “Relationships first, and delivery second” (Photo by author).
On a residential street in suburban Fukuoka, a Green Coop delivery worker walks alongside an elderly kumiaiin (co-op member) and carries her grocery bags up a steep hill.
