Cooperative funeral homes have proven a highly successful model in Canada, and especially Quebec. The cooperative movement is growing, with 9,600 deaths treated by funeral cooperatives in 2011 in Canada, up more than 5 percent from 2010. The Fédération des Coopératives Funéraires du Québec (Federation of Funeral Cooperatives of Québec) is the umbrella structure for […]
Fédération des coopératives funéraires du Québec (Federation of Funeral Cooperatives of Québec)
The Federation of Funeral Cooperatives of Québec is the umbrella structure for all the funeral cooperatives in Québec. Founded in 1987, the Federation currently has 35 member cooperatives with a combined total of 170,000 members. The 23 member cooperatives located in Quebec handle over 90% of the deaths managed by all the funeral cooperatives of […]
How a funeral co-op was born
After having its funeral home contracts cancelled twice in 18 months by a large mulinational corporation, Service Corporation International, the members of PEOPLES MEMORIAL Association voted at their annual meeting on April 12, 2007 to open their own cooperative funeral home in Seattle. This new funeral home would be owned by the members of PEOPLES […]
How Fonus made funerals affordable
Men in black plundering estates was how newspapers depicted the Swedish funeral industry in 1944. So outrageous was the price of burying your dead that the debate reached as far as the Swedish parliament. Moving into action the Church of Sweden approached the Swedish Cooperative Union, the KF, hoping the popular movement could help. And […]
Fonus
Fonus economic association was founded in order to promote an ethical practice within funeral services and deliverance at moderate prices. With subsidiaries in Sweden and Norway, Fonus, besides certified funeral services, operates in family law and we are accordingly able to attend to our customers throughout their lives. The unique cooperative ownership gives members insight […]
Weavers Way Food Cooperative
Weavers Way Cooperative Association exists to provide commercial and community services for the greater good of its members and community, to champion the cooperative model and to strengthen the local economy. We currently operate two grocery stores, Urban Farms focused on production and education, within the city limits of Philadelphia, and a non-profit arm that […]
Water not only quenches one’s thirst, it also heals
Zelenogradskaya real has been produced by the cooperative Kaliningrad Consumer Society Commercial and Trade Centre 2 for almost 20 years. The mineral water is extracted from the deepest well of the region, with a depth of 274 meters. It is characterized by its good taste, an absence of artificial additives, and has an optimal […]
More and more Co-operator shops opening in the Republic of Buryatia
For small-scale consumer societies competition makes survival difficult. That is why the Union of Consumer Societies of Buryatia (Burcoopsojuz) has consolidated its operations in order to improve the competitiveness of consumer cooperatives. This consolidation was successfully implemented by the consumer society, translated from Russian as Universal trade base of Burcoopsojuz. As of today, 100 shops, […]
Villagers from distant settlements always happy to see cooperative shop-vans
During winter about 10 retirees live in the settlement of Nikolskoe (Bryansk Region). The streets are empty; there is no reason to come here, maybe only to get water. But twice a week the settlement comes to life on Tuesday and Friday when the mobile shop-van of the Zhilyatinski Consumer Society arrives. Early in […]
Bringing home the bacon
Viewing an interactive map of the 125-year history of pig slaughtering in Denmark is reminiscent of watching wildfire spread in a raging wind. Pig slaughtering has become big business in Denmark. At the centre of this big business which began in the cooperative slaughterhouses of Horsens in Denmarks centre is the 125-year-old Danish Crown. Today […]