Use it or lose it

Texas Trail Market General Manager Bill Cushing didn't mince words when he addressed the co-op membership Monday night.

"We could lose this store," he said. "This past year has been kind of a disaster because we are still in the red. Our sales were down $124,000. Even with that loss, from the beginning of the third fiscal year on October 1, every week's been pretty much down in sales. So it's not looking very good."

The store recently sent out surveys asking patrons what they would like to see in the store. A merger of the store's former supplier, Affiliated Foods Midwest, with current distrib...