worker cooperative grocer
Unicorn Grocery
Industry Food
A worker cooperative grocery in Manchester selling wholefoods and household staples, with worker control, sourcing standards, and community retail value. Unicorn Grocery 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: Worker-owned retail outside the United States broadens comparison space.
Letter grade A Good Medium confidence (AI) Rubric gcd-rubric-v1
Final Score
57* A - Good
A* Tentative scaffolding score. Not human-checked or final.
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Evaluation Overview
A - Good
The score turns mainly on Ownership, with the largest penalty coming from High-Carbon Products.
Strengths
- Ownership10/10
- Governance9/10
- Extraction8/10
Penalties
- High-Carbon Products-2
- Toxic Products-1
Evidence state
- ConfidenceMedium confidence (AI)
- ThoroughnessPartial (AI)
- Linked claims5
- Direct axis claims5
- Coverage5/11
Scoring Axes
| Axis | Score | Why this score |
|---|---|---|
Ownership
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Control rights: shareholder-dominated at 0, worker cooperative control
at 10.
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10 / 10 |
The linked record identifies Unicorn Grocery as a worker-owned cooperative. Linked evidence
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Governance
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Binding decision authority: centralized control at 0, democratic
stakeholder control at 10.
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9 / 10 |
The linked record identifies Unicorn Grocery as a worker-owned cooperative with published values and sourcing standards, provides evidence for the relevant scoring judgment. |
Extraction
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Surplus allocation, wage share, CEO pay ratio, margins, and structured
extraction judgment.
|
8 / 10 |
The linked record identifies Unicorn Grocery as a worker-owned cooperative. Linked evidence
|
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 Unicorn Grocery as a worker-owned cooperative. Linked evidence
|
Solidarity with the
Unemployed
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Treatment of exits and nonworkers, including severance, redeployment,
and non-competes.
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6 / 7 |
The linked record identifies Unicorn Grocery as a worker-owned cooperative. Linked evidence
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Loss-Bearing Fidelity
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Willingness to absorb costs to preserve values, workers, users, and
public obligations.
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6 / 7 |
The linked record identifies Unicorn Grocery as a worker-owned cooperative. Linked evidence
|
Market Conduct
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Pricing fairness, switching costs, lock-in, and rent extraction.
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4 / 5 |
Unicorn Grocery publishes product and sourcing standards for wholefoods, organics, and ethical retail. Linked evidence
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Product Integrity
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Preservation of quality rather than degradation for monetization.
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5 / 5 |
Unicorn Grocery publishes product and sourcing standards for wholefoods, organics, and ethical retail. Linked evidence
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Scale Integrity
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Whether growth improves or degrades fairness and accountability.
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5 / 5 |
Unicorn Grocery publishes product and sourcing standards for wholefoods, organics, and ethical retail. Linked evidence
|
Penalties
| Penalty | Applied | Why this penalty |
|---|---|---|
High-Carbon Products
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Core products, services, financing, or supply chains that materially
depend on fossil-fuel combustion, high-emissions transport, industrial
animal agriculture, meat, dairy, or other unusually carbon-intensive
activity. This is scored separately from general ecological harm so
ordinary consumers can see carbon-intensive product exposure directly.
Range: -10 to 0.
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-2 |
The company sells mixed grocery, restaurant, or packaged-food products where meat, dairy, refrigerated logistics, or high-carbon ingredients are material but not necessarily the entire business model. Linked evidence
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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.
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-1 |
Unicorn Grocery currently operates a grocery retail channel where toxic-product screening includes pesticides and other high-risk food-system categories; the product category creates… Linked evidence
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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 69/100
5 verified linked claims 5 direct axis claims 0 disputed claims 5/11 components covered
This confidence label measures the source-backed evidence trail. AI-scaffolded scores remain tentative until human review.
Claim confidence 17/20
5 verified linked claims
Source quality 13/18
Best source per verified claim, weighted by institutional reliability
Direct axis-specific claims 6/18
5 direct claims across 11 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 5/10
5/11 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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reviewer authority.
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.1Unicorn Grocery describes itself as a worker-owned cooperative.
- Unicorn Grocery aboutOfficial self-description · 68%
2Unicorn Grocery describes itself as a worker-owned cooperative with published values and sourcing standards, provides evidence for the relevant scoring judgment.
- Unicorn Grocery aboutOfficial self-description · 68%
- Unicorn Grocery valuesGeneral web source · 58%
3Unicorn Grocery publishes product and sourcing standards for wholefoods, organics, and ethical retail.
- Unicorn Grocery principlesGeneral web source · 58%
4Unicorn Grocery 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.
- Unicorn Grocery aboutOfficial self-description · 68%
- EPA: human health issues related to pesticidesPrimary public record · 100%
- CDC: Sugar-sweetened beverages and healthPrimary public record · 100%
5Unicorn Grocery has mixed food exposure high-carbon product exposure based on its listed business model and current profile description: A worker cooperative grocery in Manchester selling wholefoods and household staples, with worker control, sourcing standards, and community retail value. Unicorn Grocery scores well because ownership is comparatively al…
- Unicorn Grocery public siteGeneral web source · 58%
- Our World in Data: Environmental Impacts of Food ProductionGeneral web source · 58%
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Audit Log
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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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