Daily Bread Co-operative

worker cooperative retailer

Daily Bread Co-operative

Industry Food

A worker cooperative retailer selling wholefoods and household products, with democratic governance, ethical sourcing, and limited scale. Daily Bread Co-operative scores well because ownership is comparatively aligned and governance has stronger accountability than peers, though toxic or materially harmful products still limit the evaluation.

Why this matters: Small co-ops need the same source threshold as large firms.

Letter grade A Good Medium confidence (AI) Rubric gcd-rubric-v1

Final Score 59* A - Good

* Tentative scaffolding score. Not human-checked or final.

Base Material60
Bonus+0
Cap66No structure cap
After Cap60
Penalties-1
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Evaluation Overview

A - Good

The score turns mainly on Ownership, with the largest penalty coming from Toxic Products.

Strengths

  • Ownership10/10
  • Governance9/10
  • Extraction8/10

Penalties

  • Toxic Products-1

Evidence state

  • ConfidenceMedium confidence (AI)
  • ThoroughnessPartial (AI)
  • Linked claims4
  • Direct axis claims4
  • Coverage4/10

Scoring Axes

Axis Score Why this score
Ownership
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Control rights: shareholder-dominated at 0, worker cooperative control at 10.
10 / 10

The linked record identifies Daily Bread Co-operative as a workers cooperative.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 207 scored entries below, 19 tied, 0 above on Ownership.

Linked evidence
  • Daily Bread Co-operative describes itself as a workers cooperative. [1]
Governance
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Binding decision authority: centralized control at 0, democratic stakeholder control at 10.
9 / 10

The linked record identifies Daily Bread Co-operative as a workers cooperative, supporting democratic governance of the wholefoods retail business.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 207 scored entries below, 17 tied, 2 above on Governance.

Linked evidence
  • context Daily Bread Co-operative describes itself as a workers cooperative. [1]
  • Daily Bread Co-operative describes itself as a workers cooperative, supporting democratic governance of the wholefoods retail business. [2]
Extraction
?
Surplus allocation, wage share, CEO pay ratio, margins, and structured extraction judgment.
8 / 10

The linked record identifies Daily Bread Co-operative as a workers cooperative.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 173 scored entries below, 34 tied, 19 above on Extraction.

Linked evidence
  • context Daily Bread Co-operative describes itself as a workers cooperative. [1]
Labor Sovereignty
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Worker power: coercive conditions at 0, co-determination or ownership at 7. Employee dissatisfaction matters only when source-backed evidence shows concrete limits on worker agency, such as coercive scheduling, retaliation, wage theft, harassment, unsafe conditions, suppression of worker voice, or extreme turnover.
7 / 7

The linked record identifies Daily Bread Co-operative as a workers cooperative.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 205 scored entries below, 21 tied, 0 above on Labor Sovereignty.

Linked evidence
  • context Daily Bread Co-operative describes itself as a workers cooperative. [1]
Solidarity with the Unemployed
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Treatment of exits and nonworkers, including severance, redeployment, and non-competes.
6 / 7

The linked record identifies Daily Bread Co-operative as a workers cooperative.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 197 scored entries below, 22 tied, 7 above on Solidarity with the Unemployed.

Linked evidence
  • context Daily Bread Co-operative describes itself as a workers cooperative. [1]
Loss-Bearing Fidelity
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Willingness to absorb costs to preserve values, workers, users, and public obligations.
6 / 7

The linked record identifies Daily Bread Co-operative as a workers cooperative.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 163 scored entries below, 54 tied, 9 above on Loss-Bearing Fidelity.

Linked evidence
  • context Daily Bread Co-operative describes itself as a workers cooperative. [1]
Market Conduct
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Pricing fairness, switching costs, lock-in, and rent extraction.
4 / 5

Daily Bread Co-operative sells wholefoods, ethical, organic, and fair-trade products.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 106 scored entries below, 73 tied, 47 above on Market Conduct.

Linked evidence
  • context Daily Bread Co-operative sells wholefoods, ethical, organic, and fair-trade products. [3]
Product Integrity
?
Preservation of quality rather than degradation for monetization.
5 / 5

Daily Bread Co-operative sells wholefoods, ethical, organic, and fair-trade products.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 134 scored entries below, 92 tied, 0 above on Product Integrity.

Linked evidence
  • Daily Bread Co-operative sells wholefoods, ethical, organic, and fair-trade products. [3]
Scale Integrity
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Whether growth improves or degrades fairness and accountability.
5 / 5

Daily Bread Co-operative sells wholefoods, ethical, organic, and fair-trade products.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 191 scored entries below, 35 tied, 0 above on Scale Integrity.

Linked evidence
  • context Daily Bread Co-operative sells wholefoods, ethical, organic, and fair-trade products. [3]

Penalties

Penalty Applied Why this penalty
Toxic Products
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Current sale of products whose ordinary use, exposure, ingredients, residues, packaging, or formulation creates toxic, addictive, or consumer-safety risk. Food products receive at least light scrutiny for artificial colors, artificial flavors, petro-derived additives, pesticide residues, contaminants, endocrine-disrupting packaging, and ultra-processed formulation. Ordinary adult nightlife or alcohol service is not penalized by itself without evidence of predatory marketing, youth targeting, addiction-extractive design, or unusual product-safety misconduct. Range: -5 to 0.
-1

Daily Bread Co-operative currently operates a grocery retail channel where toxic-product screening includes pesticides and other high-risk food-system categories; the product category…

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: Column-spectrum position: 24 scored entries below, 14 tied, 188 above on Toxic Products.

Linked evidence
  • Daily Bread Co-operative currently operates a grocery retail channel where toxic-product screening includes pesticides and other high-risk food-system categories; the product category creates ordinary toxic, addictive, or consumer-safety exposure under the directory's toxic-products screen. [4]

Bonus Credits

No bonus credits applied in this version.

Confidence Basis

Confidence Basis

Confidence is computed from the evidence trail and review state, not typed into the profile by hand.

Medium 68/100

4 verified linked claims 4 direct axis claims 0 disputed claims 4/10 components covered

This confidence label measures the source-backed evidence trail. AI-scaffolded scores remain tentative until human review.

Claim confidence 16/20

4 verified linked claims

Source quality 13/18

Best source per verified claim, weighted by institutional reliability

Direct axis-specific claims 6/18

4 direct claims across 10 active components

Dispute load 12/12

0 disputed claims on this entity

Recency 10/10

Newest accepted timestamp: May 13, 2026

Reviewer status 7/12

Human-reviewed components score higher than AI scaffolding

Component coverage 4/10

4/10 evidence-bearing components have direct support

Evidence State

Evidence State

Profile stateAI draft / human-pending
VerificationUnverified
ConfidenceMedium confidence (AI)
ThoroughnessPartial (AI)
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Claims and Sources

Claims are the evidence record. Each claim needs a source link, axis category, status, confidence level, and timestamp before it can support a score.

* Tentative scaffolding score. Not human-checked or final.
1Daily Bread Co-operative describes itself as a workers cooperative.

Ownership Verified High confidence AI-generated / human-pending

AI scaffold

2Daily Bread Co-operative describes itself as a workers cooperative, supporting democratic governance of the wholefoods retail business.

Governance Verified High confidence Human-reviewed

3Daily Bread Co-operative sells wholefoods, ethical, organic, and fair-trade products.

Product Integrity Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending

AI scaffold

4Daily Bread Co-operative currently operates a grocery retail channel where toxic-product screening includes pesticides and other high-risk food-system categories; the product category creates ordinary toxic, addictive, or consumer-safety exposure under the directory's toxic-products screen.

Toxic Products Verified Medium confidence AI-generated / human-pending

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Added tentative AI-generated Toxic Products penalty -1 and directory value for current toxic, addictive, pesticide, livestock, chemical, or consumer-safety product exposure.

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