The Co-operative Group is the UKs largest mutual business, owned not by private shareholders but by over six million consumers. It is the UKs fifth biggest food retailer, the leading convenience store operator and a major financial services provider, operating The Co-operative Bank, Britannia and The Co-operative Insurance. Among its other businesses are the number […]
Kooperativet Lärkan
Lärkan is a social cooperative located in west Sweden, in the small town of Grästorp. The cooperative has 40 members and employs 17 full-time staff and a varying number of trainees. The activities of the cooperative cover several areas.The cooperative has a service branch that specialises in yard work and light transport. A second-hand shop […]
A flow of member benefits
We sell plumbing gear to plumbers who are mainly our members, each with an equal vote. That’s the succinct description of the Plumber Supplies Co-operative (PSC) given by Tony Rogic, its general manager, sales. And it applied equally well when the co-operative was formed back in 1955. At that time Australian tradespeople faced a post-war […]
Plumbers’ Supplies Co-operative Ltd.
Plumbers Supplies Co-operative (PSC) sells plumbing gear to plumbers, many of whom are members. Customers of the co-operative obtain extra financial benefits – discounted prices, a rebate based on the volume of their purchases and an annual dividend based on the size of their shareholding.
A supermarket for the people
The year is 1972 in Singapore and there was widespread panic buying because of the fears of a global food shortage that the global oil crisis brought about. Unscrupulous merchants took advantage of the situation by hoarding essentials and raising prices whenever they felt like it. To counter this, the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) […]
NTUC Fairprice Co-operative Ltd
NTUC FairPrice Co-operative Ltd was founded by the labour movement in 1973, with a social mission to moderate the cost of living in Singapore. NTUC Fairprice Co-operative Ltd has grown from one supermarket in 1973 into Singapores largest grocery retailer serving about 400,000 shoppers daily, with a network of over 105 outlets today, comprising FairPrice […]
Pangnirtung Inuit Co-operative Limited
The community owned Co-operatives in the Arctic are multi-purpose businesses that provide a wide range of services to their members and their communities. Pangnirtung Co-op operates a retail store, and property rentals.
Radio Chéticamp: Carving out a place for French music on the Nova Scotia airwaves
Back in 1989, the only radio and television stations available to the people of Chéticamp were in English, and young francophones had nothing but English language music and artists to listen to. At that time the community was torn by the Acadian school crisis, with over 60% of residents voting against the idea of starting […]
Radio Chéticamp
Radio Chéticamp is a non-profit French-language community radio station located in a small Acadian community (Chéticamp) on Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia and serving over 3,500 francophones.
Downtown Daycare Co-operative: Giving parents a say
In May 2011, a group of women from the Women’s Co-op Business Program in New Brunswick decided to start a co-op for working parents – a place where parents could have a say in who takes care of their children and how. The result was the Downtown Daycare Co-operative, which opened its doors on March […]