ConsumersCooperative Services CCS was a White collar worker white collar consumerscooperative in New York City which ran a chain of cooperative restaurants, bakeries and grocery stores. It was founded in 1920 by a group of socially minded women, among them Mary Arnold , Mabel Reed , Dorothy Kenyon , Mary LaDame and Ruth True . Starting with one cafeteria, the association opened additional branches in the Financial District, Manhattan financial district of New York. It was operating eleven restaurants by 1935. In 1944 CCS became active in the grocery field, taking over four grocery co ops from other cooperative associations. The grocery stores were never as successful as had been hoped. In 1952 there was only one left, in Greenwich Village . The number of cafeterias declined after the Second World War as well. There were seven in 1945 and four in 1952. By that time the bakery was also disconintued. In spite of these developments, CCS grew in membership from 4,500 in 1935 to 5,536 in 1945, 5,536 in 1946, and 8,291 in 1948. Annual sales reached a peak of 2,049,839 in 1949. CCS declined during the 1950s, and is no longer in existence. CCS was a Progressivism progressive consumer cooperative, which took the larger view in things cooperative . It was active in consumer and cooperative education and took a lead in establishing new consumer cooperatives on the East Coast of the United States East Coast . CCS used part of its accumulated profits patronage funds to build a 12 story cooperative apartment complex in Lower Manhattan with 66 apartments which was opened in 1935. The cooperative song The Battle Hymn of Cooperation originated with employees of CCS who wrote it for a revue in 1932. References Florence E. Parker, The First 125 Years. A History of Distributive and Service Cooperation in the United States, 1829 1954 Superior, WI Cooperative Publishing Association Cooperative League of the USA, 1956 . Category Business organizations Category Organizations established in 1920 ... more details
ConsumersCooperative of Berkeley CCB , also known as Berkeley Co op was a consumerscooperative which operated from 1939 to 1988 ref http www.nytimes.com 1988 06 06 us berkeley journal who ll sell tofu puffs after co ops are gone.html Berkeley Journal Who ll Sell Tofu Puffs After Co ops Are Gone? , by Katherine Bishop , Monday, June 6, 1988, New York Times ref , when it collapsed due to internal governance issues and bankruptcy . During its height, it was the largest cooperative of its kind in North America, with over 100,000 members, and its collapse has provoked intellectual discussion over how food cooperatives should be operated ref http www.cooperativegrocer.coop articles index.php?id 115 Berkeley Lessons for Co op Leaders , by Karen Zimbelman , January February 1992 ref . The CCB evolved out of the Berkeley Buyers Club, formed on January 27, 1936 by a small group of families active in Upton Sinclair s End Poverty in California movement EPIC and local Democratic Party clubs. ref http books.google.com books?id R6yOplR56RwC&pg PA192 v onepage&q&f false For All the People Uncovering the Hidden History of Cooperation , by John Curl PM Press, 2009 , p. 192 203. Retrieved April 28, 2010. ref In the beginning the co op operated out of the basement of the parsonage of a local Methodist minister, Roy Wilson, in cooperation with another buyers club formed seven weeks earlier in Oakland, California . In April 1937 60 families in the local clubs joined forces to open the CCB s first store at 2491 Shattuck Avenue . By the end of 1937 the store had moved into larger premises on University Avenue, and by 1939 the co op had grown to 225 families, with sales of 700 a week. In 1957 it was the second largest urban cooperative in the United States, with 6,000 member families, and by 1963 ... The Cooperative Grocery Cheese Board Collective References reflist External links http www.oac.cdlib.org findaid ark 13030 kt5v19q9n7 Guide to the records of the ConsumersCooperative of Berkeley ... more details
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Consumers Association is a common name for consumer protection organizations and can refer to Australian Consumers Association Consumers Association of Canada Fiji Consumers Association Consumers Association of Ireland Which? , a United Kingdom consumer organization, officially known as Consumers Association See Also Consumer organization , for a list of consumer protection organizations disambig ... more details
About the group of French academics The Cooperative was an informal group of famous French academics organized in 1907 to teach their children at a higher level than was available in Paris at the time. The group started when Marie Curie Marie and Pierre Curie noticed the strong mathematical potential of their daughter, Ir ne Joliot Curie Ir ne . Unable to find a school that could meet her needs, they joined forces with several other parents with strong academic backgrounds including Paul Langevin and Jean Perrin , and decided to take turns teaching one another s children. The curriculum of The Cooperative was varied and included not only the principles of science and scientific research but such diverse subjects as Chinese and sculpture, with great emphasis placed on self expression and play. ref http www.woodrow.org teachers ci 1992 IreneJoliot Curie.html Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation ref Notable results Ir ne Curie won the Nobel prize for chemistry in 1935. References references DEFAULTSORT Cooperative Category French academics Category Homeschooling Category Organizations established in 1907 ... more details
Infobox non profit name Consumers Union image type Nonprofit organization founded date 1936 tax id registration ... www.consumersunion.org consumersunion.org dissolved footnotes Consumers Union is a non profit organization ... is to test products, inform the public, and protect consumers. ref name About http www.consumersunion.org about About Consumers Union ref In addition to its research and publishing activities, Consumers Union has four advocacy offices that attempt to influence policy that affects consumers, in Washington ... About Consumers Union s advocacy staff focus on policy issues related to telecommunications, mass ..., and energy and utility deregulation. History Consumers Union was founded in 1936 by Arthur Kallet , Colston Warne , and others who felt that the established Consumers Research organization was not aggressive enough. Kallet, an engineer and director of Consumers Research, had a falling out with F.J. ... . In part due to actions of Consumers Research, the House Un American Activities Committee placed Consumers Union on a list of subversive organizations, only to remove them in 1954. Consumers Union ... Consumers International and in 1974 providing financial assistance to Consumers Checkbook which .... At the start of 2009, Consumers Union acquired The Consumerist blog from Gawker Media ref http consumerist.com 5119817 consumers union buys consumerist ref for approximately 600,000. Advocacy and campaigns Consumers Union has hundreds of thousands of e advocates who take action and write letters ... including HearUsNow.org which helps consumers with telecommunications policy matters. In March ... to inform, engage, and empower consumers about environmentally friendly products and practices. Consumers Union is a sponsor of the Stop Hospital Infections campaign, whose goal is to aid consumers in finding ... and global warming prevention. Campaign for children s health care Consumers Union is a partner ... the problem of uninsured children in America. See also Consumers International Australian Consumers ... more details
ad date April 2011 refimprove date April 2011 Founded in 1960 and published by Consumers Digest Communications, LLC, Consumers Digest issn 0010 7182 is an United States American magazine . The magazine .... the yearly complete car guide and 3. the Consumers Digest Best Buy ratings featured in the magazine and yearly automotive special. Consumers Digest is based in the Chicago suburb of Deerfield, Illinois . History Consumers Digest was founded by Arthur Weber in 1960 from masthead . Since then, the Weber ... affecting consumers. Bimonthly Periodical Six times per year, Consumers Digest Communications, LLC, publishes a magazine called Consumers Digest. This magazine is one of the few horizontal based publications ... to the buying public. The signature feature is the Consumers Digest Best Buys. The Consumers Digest Best Buys are not based solely on price or features, but value to consumers from Complete Car Guide 2010 . Examples of stories from the publication include Consumers Digest Best Buys on home office ... the electronic go to source for all of Consumers Digest s Best Buy recommendations, ConsumersDigest.com ... Consumers Digest s staff s real time reporting of daily consumer news and product recalls. Overall ... via mobile devices excluding BlackBerry . Yearly Auto Guide The yearly auto guide, known as Consumers Digest Complete 2010 Car Guide this year, features Consumers Digest Best Buy ratings, dealer ... Car Guide . The Consumers Digest Best Buys are awarded by a process including research, driving tests ... After choosing Consumers Digest Best Buys in each category, the magazine may license the right to use the Consumers Digest Best Buy logo to manufacturers. The magazine chose 15 General Motors vehicles for its 2010 Best Buy awards, and then GM licensed the right to use Consumers Digest s seal in its advertising. The magazine awards its Consumers Digest Best Buy seal to products its staff judges to be of the best ... articles cache a10287.asp How to Pitch Consumers Digest ref In 2001, when it ceased subscription ... more details
date August 2008 Consumers Energy is a public utility that provides natural gas and electricity to more ... and H. D. Walbridge, the company incorporated as Consumers Power Company in 1910 in Maine, and became ... other states. Commonwealth and Southern dissolved in 1946, leaving Consumers Power and all other ... www.library.hbs.edu hc lehman company.html?company consumers power co Consumers Power Co. Baker Library at Harvard University ref and their headquarters were located in Jackson, Michigan . Consumers operated .... In 1968, Consumers Power began construction of a nuclear power plant in Midland, Michigan , primarily ... discovered, Dow cancelled their contract with Consumers Power, and the project was abandoned in 1984. The 4.1 billion investment nearly bankrupted Consumers Power. However, in 1985, Consumers Power ... in Consumers Power. ref Hylton, Richard D. http www.nytimes.com 1989 09 25 business market place ... Daily News, January 15, 2011 ref In 1997, the name of the company was changed to Consumers Energy. ref The current Consumers Energy is renamed from Consumers Power Company incorporated in Michigan in 1968. The 1968 Consumers Power is the successor to a previous company incorporated in Maine in 1910 with the name Consumers Power Company. The 1910 Consumers Power, in turn, was the successor to W. A. Foote s Commonwealth Power Company established in 1886. ref Consumers Energy s trademark slogan is Count ... Because of utility regulatory changes, Consumers had to give up control of its transmission system ... brand. Consumers Energy s primary distribution voltages are 4.8 8.32 kV, 7.2 12.47 kV, and 14.4 24.9 kV. Consumers retained its looped 46kV High Voltage Distribution HVD system and the radial 138 kV lines as well. Generating plants Consumers Energy has 7 power plants. Consumers Energy s largest ... Karn J.C. Weadock Generating Complex Consumers Energy Official Site ref coal fired generating station located on Saginaw Bay near Bay City, Michigan Bay City . Other Consumers Energy coal fired plants ... more details
Consumers Research is a defunct non profit organization established in 1929 by Stuart Chase 1888 1985 and F.J. Schlink 1891 1995 , after the success of their book Your Money s Worth a study in the waste of the Consumer s Dollar galvanized interest in testing products on behalf of consumers. It published a monthly magazine of the same name. Consumers Research published comparative test results on brand name products and publicized deceptive advertising claims. ref name McGovern2004 Cite book first Charles last McGovern contribution Consumption editor last Whitfield editor first Stephen J. title A Companion to 20th Century America year 2004 pages 346 publisher Blackwell isbn 0 631 21100 4 postscript None ref F. J. Schlink published a book with Arthur Kallet entitled 100,000,000 Guinea Pigs , ref cite book last Kallet first Arthur last2 Schlink first2 F. J. title 100,000,000 Guinea Pigs Dangers in Everyday Foods, Drugs, and Cosmetics publisher Vanguard Press date 1933 isbn 978 0405080258 ref which helped popularize the use of the word guinea pig as a subject of experimentation, and which became a national bestseller as concerns over the potentially adverse effects of commercial products increased. ref name McGovern2004 In 1936, Arthur Kallet and others in favor of a more active organizational philosophy, and after Schlink used harsh strike breaking measures to stop a strike, broke with Consumers Research to found Consumers Union and its magazine Consumer Reports . Consumers Union grew strongly while Consumers Research languished. In its later years, Consumers Research stopped testing ... Money s Worth,at Library of Congress website http www2.scc.rutgers.edu ead manuscripts consumers introf.html Detailed history of Consumers Research and an extensive archive of materials housed at Rutgers University. cite web title Consumers Research work SourceWatch sourcewatch.org url http www.sourcewatch.org index.php?title Consumers Research accessdate 2007 12 05 References references Category ... more details
Multiple issues wikify September 2011 orphan September 2011 essay like August 2011 Creative Consumers are any individual or group who adapts, modifies, or transforms a proprietary offering, such as a product or service . ref name When consumers get clever http www.marketingsa.co.za content When 20Customers 20Get 20Clever.pdf When customers get clever Managerial approaches to dealing with creative consumers . Business Horizons v50 pp40 ref They are central to user innovation , ref name The dominant role of users in the scientific instrument innovation process http www.sciencedirect.com science article pii 0048733376900287 The dominant role of users in the scientific instrument innovation process . Research Policy v5 3 , pp. 212 239 ref ref name Lead User Analyses for the Development of New Industrial Products http www.jstor.org stable 2632079 Lead User Analyses for the Development of New Industrial Products . Management Science v34 5 , pp. 569 582 ref in that these consumer s encompass users ... Hackers can do good SFU study . The Vancouver Sun ref Corporate Stances Towards Creative Consumers Campbell et al 2010 ref name Creative Consumers Awareness, Attitude & Action Instrument & Preliminary Results http anzmac2010.org proceedings pdf anzmac10Final00254.pdf Creative Consumers Awareness ... taken due to the firm s own creative consumers. Berthon et al 2007 ref name When consumers get ... Managerial approaches to dealing with creative consumers . Business Horizons v50 pp39 47 ref find that there are four general managerial approaches to creative consumers. These are defined by whether the firm s actions toward these creative consumers are active or passive, as well as whether the firm ... to master this fit and proceed to collaborate with creative consumers will discover an innovation and marketing capability that ingrates consumers into their organizations, one that presents enormous ... consumers get clever References See Wikipedia Footnotes on how to create references using ref ref tags ... more details
Consumers Distributing known in Quebec as Distribution aux Consommateurs was a catalog merchant catalogue store in Canada and the United States that operated from 1957 to 1996. At its peak it operated 243 outlets in Canada and 217 in the United States, including stores in every province in Canada and in the states of New Hampshire , Massachusetts , Connecticut , New York , New Jersey , Pennsylvania , Maryland , California and Nevada . Its Canadian headquarters was at 6303 Airport Road, in Mississauga , Ontario and it US corporate headquarters was 205 Campus Plaza in Edison, New Jersey . Consumers Distributing aimed to reduce costs for customers by stocking merchandise in a warehouse type stocking system instead of displaying them in a costly showroom. Customers made their selections from a catalogue ... from the warehouse. History The first Consumers Distributing store was opened in 1957 by Jack ... Haaren, a Belgian holding company. Consumers bought the 42 store Cardinal Distributors catalogue chain from Steinberg s supermarket Steinberg Inc. and the 70 store Consumers chain in the U.S. from May ... system stock area, behind the counters. Consumers Distributing sought bankruptcy protection ... major jewellery chains in Canada. Argos retailer Argos , which was modelled on the format of Consumers Distributing, continues to thrive in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. Consumers Distributing ... computerization became mainstream. Consumers Distributing undertook several initiatives to dispel ... stores in real time, and also would suggest alternate products at the store which were in stock. Consumers ... in 1996. Revival In 2006 after 10 years in bankruptcy, Marc King registered a company as Consumers ... a chain of toy stores called Toy City . In 1990 1991, some stores became Toy City Consumers Distributing ... Consumers Distributing in television commercials based on the theme Consumers, we wrote the book ... www.consumersdistributing.ca Website of new Consumers Distributing company Category Catalog showrooms ... more details
The United Consumers Consumatori Uniti is a List of political parties in Italy political party in Italy led by Bruno De Vita . Since the Italian general election, 2006 2006 general election the party was affiliated to The Union political coalition The Union , the centre left coalition led by Romano Prodi , and in that occasion it took part to a joint list with the Federation of the Greens and the Party of Italian Communists PdCI for the Italian Senate . History In October 2006 Senator Fernando Rossi , splinter from the Party of Italian Communists , joined the party, but in September 2007 he left it to form his own Citizens Political Movement . In the same month the party was merged into the Democratic Union for Consumers Democratic Union of Willer Bordon . After the dissolution of Democratic Union, the United Consumers formed a joint list known as Anticapitalist List with the PdCI, the Communist Refoundation Party and Socialism 2000 for the European Parliament election, 2009 Italy 2009 European Parliament election . ref http www.repubblica.it 2009 01 sezioni politica elezioni 2009 pdc prc pdc prc.html ref References reflist External links http www.consumatoriuniti.it Official website Political parties in Italy Category Political parties in Italy de Consumatori Uniti fr Consommateurs unis it Consumatori Uniti no Consumatori Uniti ... more details
primary sources date June 2009 Infobox Non profit Non profit name Consumers International Non profit logo File Consumers International logo.svg 210px Non profit type Charitable organization Charity No. 1122155 founded date Start date 1960 founder location London , United Kingdom origins Formerly the International Organisation of Consumers Unions key people area served product focus Consumer protection wikt watchdog watchdog method Campaigning revenue endowment num volunteers num employees num members 220 subsid owner Non profit slogan homepage http www.consumersinternational.org consumersinternational.org dissolved footnotes Consumers International CI is the world federation of consumer groups that serves as the only Citation needed date August 2011 independent and authoritative global voice for consumers. It is based in London , England. Founded on April 1, 1960, currently with over 220 member organisations in 115 countries around the world, the organisation continues to build a powerful international movement to empower and protect consumers everywhere. In campaigning for the rights of consumers across the world, CI seeks to hold corporations to account and acts as a global watchdog ... in 1960 as the International Organisation of Consumers Unions IOCU by national Consumer organization ... of the United States US President John F. Kennedy said quote Consumers by definition include us ... rights basic rights of all consumers demanding that those rights are respected and protected protesting ... system . Corporate social responsibility and standards CI has represented consumers on many committees ... they are Social responsibility socially responsible in their working practices, give feedback to consumers ... es Consumers International Category Consumer organizations Category International organizations it Consumers International rw Abaguzi Mpuzamahanga lv Consumers International or uk Consumers International zh ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 The Consumers List Lang it Lista Consumatori is a political party in Italy . The party is affiliated to The Union political coalition The Union L Unione , the centre left coalition led by Romano Prodi . In the 9 10 April 2006 Italian general election, 2006 general elections , the party was a member of the winning coalition L Unione and won 1 out of 315 Senate of Italy senators . Political parties of Italy Category Political parties in Italy Italy party stub fr Lista Consumatori it Lista Consumatori ... more details
ad date April 2012 Infobox Magazine title Consumers CHECKBOOK image file Checkbook Cover 2011.jpg image size image caption Consumers CHECKBOOK cover Fall 2011 Winter 2012 founder Robert Krughoff founder title Founder editor Kevin Brasler editor title Executive Editor frequency Semiannually circulation category Consumer advocacy company publisher Center for the Study of Services founded start date 1974 df y firstdate 1976 country flagcountry United States based Washington, D.C. language English language English website http www.checkbook.org checkbook.org Consumers CHECKBOOK Center for the Study of Services is an independent, nonprofit consumer organization founded in 1974 with the help of funding from the U.S. Office of Consumer Affairs and Consumers Union publisher of Consumer Reports . ref http www.checkbook.org about.cfm CHECKBOOK About Us ref CHECKBOOK CSS s purpose is to help consumers ... Consumers CHECKBOOK magazine in both print and online versions in the Boston, Chicago, Delaware Valley, Puget Sound, San Francisco Oakland San Jose, Twin Cities, and Washington, D.C., areas. Consumers ... Presents Annual Consumer Service Awards Consumer Federation of America , June 14th, 2000 ref Consumers ... Post , Dec 18, 2006 ref Health Care Research Consumers CHECKBOOK CSS provides extensive information to consumers in the health care field, including the annual Guide to Health Plans for Federal ... agencies for their employees the Consumers Guide to Top Doctors, providing a list of the specialists ... consider most desirable for care of a loved one and the Consumers Guide to Hospitals, providing ratings ... by doctors, ratings by patients, and other measures. Consumers CHECKBOOK CSS also provides consulting ... Manhattan are currently available. Unlike what consumers might find elsewhere on the Internet, the doctor .... Medicare Claims Data and Lawsuit In 2006, under the Freedom of Information Act, Consumers CHECKBOOK ..., 2011 ref Car Bargains Since 1990, Consumers CHECKBOOK CSS has also operated the car buying and leasing ... more details
Infobox Company type Subsidiary of Microsoft foundation Canada location Canada Consumers Software is a computer networking company based in Canada . It was acquired by Microsoft on March 18, 1991 and merged its technology with Microsoft Windows . ref cite web accessdate 2008 04 13 url http www.allbusiness.com technology computer software 154653 1.html title Microsoft Corp. is entering the PC Electronic Mail Market with the acquisition of Consumer Software Inc. CSI , a Vancouver, B.C. publisher AllBusiness.com date 1991 03 18 ref References Reflist Microsoft Canada company stub tech company stub Category Networking companies Category Microsoft subsidiaries Category Software companies of Canada ... more details
A food cooperative or food co op is a grocery store organized as a cooperative . Food cooperatives are usually consumerscooperative s and are owned by their members. Food cooperatives follow the Rochdale Principles 7 Cooperative Principles and typically offer natural foods . Since decisions about how to run a cooperative are not made by outside shareholders, cooperatives often exhibit a higher degree of social responsibility than their corporate analogues. ref http www.guardian.co.uk lifeandstyle 2005 dec 08 ethicalfood The food cooperative. Guardian.co.uk. 8 Dec. 2005. ref The History of the cooperative movement cooperative movement started in the 19th century and the first notable food cooperative was started in Rochdale Rochdale, England by industrial weavers known as the Rochdale Pioneers . The cooperative movement saw a resurgence in the 1970s when many second wave cooperatives started. In the United States , the National Cooperative Grocers Association NCGA is a cooperative federation that is composed of 146 food cooperatives. See also Portal Cooperatives CooperativeConsumerscooperative List of food cooperatives References Reflist Co operatives DEFAULTSORT Food Cooperative Category Food cooperatives Microeconomics stub de Foodcoop ... more details
A recycling cooperative is an industrial cooperative , co owned and maintained by either workers or consumers, which specializes in the recycling of various materials. Such cooperatives are either non profit or not for profit a major theoretical benefit of mass co ownership is that raw recycled materials can become increasingly and equally distributed among the membership population at a low cost, be it for reusage at home or for reusage in the manufacturing of newer goods or versions of goods to be sold to customers at cheaper prices than would be possible with freshly obtained raw materials. A subset is the business recycling cooperative , which, according to the Northeast Recycling Council , is a group of business in a particular region, which separate recyclable waste, usually produced by their own functions, for prearranged collection by a shared hauler. Examples Free Geek , a cooperative non profit which recycles old computer parts and e waste for re usage in refurbished new computers which are sold preinstalled with free and open source software Headwaters Cooperative Recycling South Shore Recycling Cooperative Biofuel Recycling Cooperative Oregon Beverage Recycling Cooperative Central Recycling Cooperative Orange County Recycling Cooperative North Central West Virginia Recycling Cooperative Recycling Marketing Cooperative for Tennessee Magpie Recycling Co operative Connecticut Agricultural Plastics Recycling Cooperative Environmental Co op Co operatives Category Cooperatives Category Recycling ... more details
orphan date December 2009 The Cooperative Grocery or The CoG was a consumerscooperativeconsumers food cooperative in Emeryville, California . The cooperative opened its doors in November 2007 and closed on October 31, 2010. The cooperative included an online store accessible from its website. History In its planning period, the business was also known as the Berkeley Cooperative Grocery or Berkeley CoG . ref Mixon, Melissa. http www.berkeleydailyplanet.com issue 2006 09 08 article 25027?headline New Food Co op in the Works New Food Co op in the Works. The Berkeley Daily Planet. 8 Sept. 2006. ref Once the storefront warehouse location was located at 1450 67th Street in Emeryville, the business name was changed to The Cooperative Grocery. Membership The Cooperative Grocery was a worker member coop in which all shoppers must also be members. Members worked 2.5 hours every four weeks. There was no paid staff. The cooperative was based on the model of the Park Slope Food Coop in Brooklyn. Members paid a 25 joining fee and a 100 investment that paid for increasing stock. The investment was refundable when a member leaves the joining fee was not. Closing Upon closing, the balance of money owed vs money in the bank was such that members did not receive a refund on their investment. External links http the cog.org Official website References reflist coord 37 50 56.17 N 122 17 32.54 W region US display title DEFAULTSORT Cooperative Grocery Category 2007 establishments in the United States Category Food cooperatives Category Berkeley, California ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Marketing cooperative links here see also Agricultural marketing cooperative A retailers cooperative is a type of cooperative which employs economies of scale on behalf of its Retailing retailer members. Retailers cooperatives use their purchasing power to acquire discounts from manufacturer s and often share marketing expenses. It is common for locally owned supermarket grocery stores , hardware store s and pharmacy pharmacies to participate in retailers cooperatives. Consumerscooperative s, sometimes referred to as retail cooperatives , should be distinguished from retailers cooperatives. Examples See List of retailers cooperatives Mitre 10 is a hardware group in Australia and New Zealand. Ace Hardware Do It Best True Value Best Western E.Leclerc Les Mousquetaires Edeka ShopRite United States Foodstuffs National Automotive Parts Association NAPA See also Cooperative Co operatives DEFAULTSORT Retailers Cooperative Category Retailers cooperatives Category Cooperatives Category Retailing de Einkaufsgenossenschaft fr Coop rative de commer ants ja ... more details
to the consumerscooperative form of business the enterprise should follow the Rochdale Principles ... forms of business is that the purpose of a consumerscooperative association is to provide ... Natural Markets PCC Puget ConsumersCooperative Natural Markets in Seattle is the largest consumer ... operatives DEFAULTSORT ConsumersCooperative Category Consumers cooperatives Category Business models ...Consumer cooperatives are business enterprises owned by consumers and managed democracy democratically ... James Peter title Co operative Peace url http abob.libs.uga.edu bobk coopp.html year 1950 ref Consumers cooperatives often take the form of retail outlets owned and operated by their consumers, such as food ... 4 doi id isbn 0 13 063085 3 ref However, there are many types of consumers cooperatives, operating in areas such as health care, insurance, housing cooperative housing , utility cooperative utilities and personal finance including credit union s . In some countries, consumers cooperatives are known as cooperative retail societies or retail co ops , though they should not be confused with retailers cooperatives , whose members are retailers rather than consumers. Consumers cooperatives may, in turn, form cooperative federation s. These may come in the form of Co operative Wholesale Society cooperative wholesale societies , through which consumers cooperatives collectively purchase goods at wholesale prices and, in some cases, own factories. Alternatively, they may be members of cooperative ... Library, Dublin, Consumers Co operative Societies , Manchester The Co operative Union Limited, 1921, p. 122, ISBN 1116752611 ref Consumer cooperation has been a focus of study in the field of cooperative economics . Governance and Operation Consumer cooperatives utilize the cooperative principle ... responsible for hiring management and ensuring that the cooperative meets its goals, both financial ... in the bylaws or organizing document of the cooperative. Most consumer cooperatives hold regular ... more details
Notability Organizations date July 2009 The Ethical Consumers Community ref name McGuiness 2009 Cite news last McGuiness first Eric publication date 2009 01 14 date 2009 01 14 year 2009 title Green shoppers unite online periodical Hamilton Spectator url http www.thespec.com article 495875 accessdate 2009 07 27 Dead link date October 2010 bot H3llBot ref is a non profit organization based out of Hamilton, Ontario that promotes sustainability through selling ethical products that conform to the triple bottom line . The organization allow members to products such as low flush toilets ref name McGuiness 2009 and solar hot water systems at discounted prices through bulk purchasing. The system operates by getting a number of members to commit to buy a product, then purchasing together to get bulk discounts, making buying sustainable products affordable. ref cite web url http www.raisethehammer.org index.asp?id 815 title Ethical ConsumersCooperative Affordable Sustainability date 2009 01 08 accessdate 2009 07 27 ref The organization is also involved in the distribution of fair trade coffee . The Ethical Consumers Community has an agreement with Bullfrog Power . ref cite web url https www.bullfrogpower.com news e buzz mar 09 index.html EC title Bullfrog partners with Ethical Consumers Community date 2009 03 01 accessdate 2009 07 27 ref References references External links http www.ethicalconsumers.ca Ethical Consumers Community http www.skydragon.org Skydragon Cooperative Category Non profit organizations based in Canada Category Sustainability by country nonprofit org stub ... more details
Lines Magazine , published by the Michigan Electric Cooperative Association for consumers http www.ruraltelephone.com ...A utility cooperative is a type of cooperative that is tasked with the delivery of a public utility such as electricity ... , which are essentially dividend s paid on a member s investment into the cooperative. ref http www.coop ... and owner of the business with an equal say as every other member of the cooperative, unlike ... stocks. The largest cooperative, known originally as the Helsinki Telephone Association now ... Several cooperatives list on their respective websites the Seven Cooperative Principles also known as the Rochdale Principles listed below, which are a general statement of how a cooperative ... Participation Members contribute equally to, and democratically control, the capital of their cooperative. At least part of that capital is usually the common property of the cooperative. Members usually ... allocate surpluses for any or all of the following purposes developing the cooperative, possibly ... to their transactions with the cooperative and supporting other activities approved by the membership ... and maintain their cooperative autonomy. Education, Training, and Information Cooperatives provide education ... Among Cooperatives Cooperatives serve their members most effectively and strengthen the cooperative ... cooperatives and are cooperative federation s owned by their member co ops. Naming Most electric cooperatives in the United States carry the name electric cooperative in their name, which makes it easy ... aspect of their service area. For example, Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative in Texas is named after the Bluebonnet which grows naturally in its service area and A&N Electric Cooperative in Virginia, is named ... they were served by REA instead of the cooperative name if asked who their electric provider was. Today ... of the cooperative name. These include Electric Cooperative Association Rural Electric Association Rural Electric Cooperative Rural Electric Cooperative Corporation RECC Mainly used in Kentucky ... more details
A co operative federation or secondary co operative is a cooperative co operative in which all members are, in turn, co operatives. ref Cite web url http www.upstart.coop How 20to 20set 20up 20a 20secondary 20coop.pdf title How to set up a Secondary Co operative quote A secondary co operative is a co operative business democratically controlled by its members, all of whom are themselves co operatives and share certain aims or values in common. The secondary co operative can be a way for these co operatives to do things that help achieve their aims that they would not be able to do by themselves. Secondary co operatives have been used in a number of sectors already Credit Unions, Housing Co operatives and Social Change Co operatives for example. accessdate 2008 05 27 date ref Historically, co operative federations have predominantly come in the form of Co operative wholesale society co operative wholesale societies and co operative unions . ref name Gide Charles Gide Gide, Charles as translated from French by the Co operative Reference Library, Dublin, Consumers Co operative Societies , Manchester The Co operative Union Limited, 1921, p. 122, ISBN 1116752611 ref Co operative federations are a means through which co operatives can fulfill the sixth Rochdale Principles Co operative Principle , co operation among co operatives. The International Co operative Alliance notes that Co operatives serve their members most effectively and strengthen the co operative movement by working together ... are examples of such arrangements. Banking see also Cooperative banking , Credit union , History ... is a Cooperative banking with many branches in eastern Europe. Germany s Volksbanken or Raiffeisenbank are cooperative banks. France s Cr dit Agricole is a multi tiered network of primary and secondary ... s and financial adviser s. In South Korea, National Agricultural Cooperative Federation is a multi purpose ... organizations DEFAULTSORT Cooperative Federation Category Cooperative federations Category Supraorganizations ... more details
Refimprove date August 2011 A purchasing cooperative is a type of cooperative arrangement, often among businesses, to agree to aggregate demand to get lower prices from selected suppliers. Retailers cooperative s are a form of purchasing cooperative. It is often used by government agencies to reduce costs of procurement . Purchasing Cooperatives are used most frequently by governmental entities, since they are required to follow laws requiring competitive bidding above certain thresholds. Counties, municipalities, schools, colleges and universities in the majority of states can sign an interlocal agreement or contract that allows them to legally use a contract that was procured by another governmental entity. An example of this is Harris County Department of Education, ref http www.hcde texas.org ref a governmental organization with three procurement cooperatives Choice Facility Partners, a facility services cooperative ref http www.choicefacilitypartners.org ref the Gulf Coast Cooperative, a food cooperative primarily serving schools and the HCDE Purchasing Cooperative, offering more than 275 vendor contracts for commodities. Schools, colleges and universities, municipalities, counties, municipal utility districts and other governmental entities sign a interlocal contract with HCDE, thus becoming members that can access any of the multitude of competitively bid and legally awarded contracts available in through their cooperatives. References reflist Co operatives DEFAULTSORT Purchasing Cooperative Category Cooperatives ... more details
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