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This is a list of notable co-operative enterprises by country. Co-operatives are business organizations owned and operated by a group of individuals for their mutual benefit. [1] For a list of Co-operative Federations, please see List of co-operative federations.
The history of the cooperative movement concerns the origins and history of cooperatives across the world. Although cooperative arrangements, such as mutual insurance , and principles of cooperation existed long before, the cooperative movement began with the application of cooperative principles to business organization.
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National Cooperative Business Association (NCBA) (formerly the Cooperative League of America) National Co+op Grocers (NCG) National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) Network of Bay Area Worker Cooperatives (NoBAWC) Northern States Co-operative League (NSCL, established 1921) Philadelphia Area Cooperative Alliance (PACA)
The best historical examples of this are the English CWS and the Scottish SCWS, which are the predecessors of the 21st century Co-operative Group. Indeed, in Britain, the terms Co-operative Wholesale Society and CWS are used to refer to this specific organisation rather than the organisational form.
A second common form of co-operative federation is a co-operative union, whose objective (according to Gide) is “to develop the spirit of solidarity among societies and... in a word, to exercise the functions of a government whose authority, it is needless to say, is purely moral.” [2] Co-operatives UK and the International Co-operative Alliance are examples of such arrangements.
The largest examples of a British worker cooperatives include, Suma Wholefoods, Bristol-based Essential Trading Co-operative and the Brighton-based Infinity Foods Cooperative Ltd. [102] In 2022 a new federation of worker co-operatives in the UK, workers.coop, was founded.
The Bike Cooperative – began in 2003 as a subsidiary of the Carpet One parent cooperative (CCA Global Partners); in 2009, it became a bona fide cooperative of independent US bike store owners [17] [18] Chez Hotels; Florists' Transworld Delivery (FTD) and Interflora (US and UK/Ireland affiliates demutualized in 1995 and 2006, respectively ...