List of Cooperatives:

Australia

Dairy Farmers is one of the largest and oldest dairy manufacturers in Australia, established in 1900, supplying products to local and international markets such as eastern Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Kirin Holdings Company, Limited of Japan, via its subsidiary National Foods, acquired the company on 27 November 2008.[2][3]

Community Healthfulness Cooperative is a cooperative formed by a group of people from Melbourne, Victoria in 2009. The cooperative are working to provide a community where people struggling to cope can find support and work to regain their health.

Canada

Arctic Co-operatives Limited (retail co-operative in the Nunavut, Northwest Territories, Northern Manitoba. Blocks Recording Club (record label) The Canadian Co-operative Association (CCA) is a national cooperative federation for Canadian co-operatives headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario. Canadian Press (newswire) Canadian University Press (newswire for student newspapers) The Co-operators, founded in 1945, is a Canadian insurance co-operative owned by 40 members. Farmers of North America, Farmers buying co-operative. Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL), is a co-operative federation, established in 1955, providing procurement and distribution to member co-operatives in Western Canada. Home Hardware is a privately held Canadian home improvement, construction materials, and furniture retailer. Co-founded in 1964 by Walter Hachborn and headquartered in St. Jacobs, Ontario, the chain is cooperatively owned by over 1000 independently owned member stores.

Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC) is a Canadian consumers' cooperative, which sells outdoor recreation gear and clothing.

=== Alberta === *##Alberta Wheat Pool## *##Calgary Co-op## #retail co-op# * ##United Farmers of Alberta## #UFA# is an ##agricultural supply cooperative## headquartered in ##Calgary##, ##Alberta##, ##Canada### === wtf === * 'Alberta Tarwe Pool * 'Calgary Co-op #retail co-op# * 'Verenigde Boeren van Alberta '#UFA# is een het aanbod van landbouwproducten coperatieve met het hoofdkantoor in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. [>]British

Columbia

Aaron Webster Housing Cooperative (formerly Cityview Co-op) is a housing cooperative located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. CJLY-FM, radio station in Nelson, British Columbia. CFRO-FM, licensed and owned by Vancouver Co-operative Radio, is a noncommercial community radio station in Vancouver, British Columbia, in Coast Salish territory. Otter Co-op is a consumers' cooperative in Aldergrove, British Columbia, Canada.

[>]Manitoba

Manitoba Cooperative Association (MCA) is the provincial association of cooperative organizations, created by its members to enhance and support the development of a united, growing and influential cooperative movement in Manitoba.

Old Market Autonomous Zone Marketing Co-op (formed in 2010) comprises the cooperatives and activist groups located in the heritage building at 91 Albert St in Winnipeg's Exchange District. It houses the following cooperatives:

Mondragon Bookstore & Coffeehouse is a political bookstore, vegan cafe and organic grocery store located in The Old Market Autonomous Zone at 91 Albert Street in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

[>]New

Brunswick

Co-op Atlantic (Moncton)[4]

[>]Ontario

Canadian University Press is a non-profit co-operative and newswire service owned by almost 90 student newspapers at post-secondary schools in Canada. Gay Lea Foods Co-operative Limited is a dairy products cooperative in Canada producing butter, sour cream, cottage cheese, whipped cream and lactose free milk for retail, foodservice, industrial and export markets. Guelph Campus Cooperative is located in Guelph, Ontario. It is a student run cooperative offering the University of Guelph community a bookstore and student housing. Ontario Co-operative Association or On Co-op is a co-operative association serving co-operatives and co-op member organizations in Ontario, Canada. Organic Meadow Cooperative is an agricultural cooperative in Ontario. The cooperative originated in 1989 after local farmers sitting around a kitchen table realized that commercialized farming practices were not sustainable for them. Rochdale College, Toronto (defunct) Toronto Renewable Energy Co-operative[5] Waterloo Co-operative Residence Incorporated, also known as WCRI, is a nonprofit student housing co-operative located in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Wireless Nomad was a non-profit cooperative based in Toronto, Canada providing subscriber-owned home and business internet along with free Wi-Fi wireless Internet access the 70+ nodes, making it one of the largest free Wi-Fi networks in the country at the time.

Quebec

Agropur is a Canadian Agricultural cooperative headquartered in Longueuil, Quebec, Canada. Desjardins Group

[>]Saskatchewan

CCRL Refinery Complex is an oil refinery spread over 544 acres (2.20 km2) located in the city of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada owned by Consumers' Cooperative Refineries Limited (CCRL) that is in turn owned by Federated Cooperatives Limited (FCL). CFCR-FM - Community Radio Station (Saskatoon) Concentra Financial

Saskatoon Co-op (Saskatoon) Saskatoon Farmers' Market (Saskatoon) Sherwood Co-op (Regina) Southern Rails Cooperative (railway)

[>]Alberta The United Farmers of Alberta (UFA) has over 120,000 members and with 2007 revenues of over $1.8 billion, UFA is ranked as the 37th largest business in Alberta by revenue according to Alberta Venture magazine. [1] Alberta's cr> unions are also large operations. [>]Denmark

Arla Foods is a Swedish-Danish cooperative based in rhus, Denmark, and the largest producer of dairy products in Scandinavia. FDB (Danish: Fllesforeningen for Danmarks Brugsforeninger), or The Danish Consumers Co-operative Society is a consumer co-operative based in Denmark.

[>]Finland

Metsliitto OP-Pohjola Group S-Group Valio

[>]France

Crdit Agricole Enercoop is a French electricity supplier. It is the only one in France in the form of a cooperative.

[>]India

Aavin Aavin(Tamil: Adarsh Co-operative Bank Amul

) is the trademark of the Tamil Nadu Co-operative Milk

Producers' Federation Limited,

Anyonya Co-operative Bank Limited

Indian Coffee House Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited KRIBHCO Kaira District Co-operative Milk Producers' Union Mother Dairy Pratibha Mahila Sahakari Bank Sant Muktabai Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana Shri Mahila Griha Udyog Lijjat Papad Vasudhara Dairy Mulkanoor Cooperatives Viveka Janani MACTCS Fed Limited

[>]Tamil

Nadu

Tamil Nadu state level cooperative Federations:

TNCUI - Tamil Nadu Coopertive Union TANFED - "Tamil Nadu Cooperative Marketing Federation Limited" - TANFED is the apex body of taluk level cooperative marketing societies, it is also acts as the nodal agency for fertilizer distributions in the state along woth usual agricultural marketing activities (http://www.tanfed.tn.gov.in) TNCCF - "Tamilnadu Cooperative Consumer Federation": TNCCF is the apex body of the 34 district cooperative wholesales stores, coordinating consumer business activities TCHF - "Tamil Nadu Cooperative Housing Federation" - TCHF is the federation of cooperative housing institutions. It extends housing cr> to its member socieites TNFUCB - "Tamilnadu Federation of Cooperative Urban Banks" - it is the apex body for the 121 urban cooperative banks in the state. TAFCOFED - "Tamil Nadu State Apex Fisheries Cooperative Federation" - it is the apex body for the 375 fishermen cooperative societies.

AAVIN - "Tamilnadu Co-operative Milk Producers' Federation Limited" - is an apex body of 17 District Cooperative Milk Producers' Unions (http://www.aavinmilk.com/) TNSCB - "Tamilnadu State Apex Co-operative Bank" - it is the apex bank for all the agricultural cr> in the state, it have 23 district cooperative banks as it members. (http://www.tnscbank.com)

Agiriculture:

TANFED is The Tamil Nadu Cooperative Marketing Federation Limited Thanjavur Cooperative Marketing Federation Limited

[>]Co-operative Banks in Tamil Nadu

TNSC Bank - "Tamilnadu State Apex Co-operative Bank" TNSCARD Bank - "Tamilnadu State Cooperative state Agriculture and Rural Development Bank (TNSCARDB)" TAICO Bank - "Tamilnadu Industrial Cooperative Bank Limited"

District Co-operative Banks:

CCC Bank - Chennai Central Cooperative Bank (CCCB) TCC Bank - Thanjavur Central Co-operative Bank (TCCB)

[>]Urban Cooperative Societies in Tamil Nadu

TUCS - "Triplicane Urban Cooperative Society Limited(TUCS)"

[>]Sugar Co-operative in Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu Co-operative Federation Limited Ambur Co-operative Sugar Mills Limited, Vadapudupet, Vellore District. (http://www.ambursugars.net.in/) NPKRR Co-operative Sugar Mills Limited, Thalainayar, Illanthope, Mayiladuthurai Taluk. Nagapatnam District Amaravathy Co-operative Sugar Mills Limited, Krishnapuram, Udumalaipettai Taluk, Coimbatore District. - (http://www.amaravathisugars.net.in)

Kallakurichi - II Co-operative Sugar Mills Limited, Kachirayapalam Road, Kallakurichi, Villupuram District. (Gomuki Sugars) Kallakurichi -I Co-operative Sugar Mills Limited, Moongilthuraipattu, Villupuram District. Subramaniya Siva Co-operative Sugar Mills Limited, Alapuram Post, Gopalapuram, Dharmapuri District. Dharmapuri District Co-operative Sugar Mills Limited,Palacode, Dharmapuri District. Cheyyar Co-operative Sugar Mills Limited, Anakkavoor, Thenthandalam, Tiruvannamalai District. Madurantakam Co-operative Sugar Mills Limited, Padalam, Kancheepuram District. M.R. Krishnamurthy Co-operative Sugar Mills Limited, Sethiathope, Chidambaram TK, Cuddalore Dist National Co-operative Sugar Mills Limited, Mettupatti Village, Alanganallur Taluk, Madurai Dist., Gummidipoondi Co-operative Sugar Mills Limited, Puduvayal, Gummidipoondi TK, Tiruvalluvar District. Tirupattur Co-operative Sugar Mills Limited, Kethandapatti, Vellore District.

Chengalrayan Co-operative Sugar Mills Limited, Periyasevalai, Villupuram District. Vellore Co-operative Sugar Mills Limited, Ammundi Village, Vellore District. Salem Co-operative Sugar Mills Limited, Mohanur,Namakkal District. Tiruttani Co-operative Sugar Mills Limited, Tiruvalangadu, Thiruvallur District.

[>]Dairy Co-operative in Tamil Nadu

Aavin Aavin(Tamil:

) is the trademark of the TCMPF Limited. TCMPF

Limited - Tamil Nadu Co-operative Milk Producers' Federation Limited

[>]Textile Co-operatives in Tamil Nadu

Co-optex is the trademark of The Tamil Nadu Handloom Weavers Co-operative Society Limited (Co-optex) Tamil Nadu Co-operative Textile Processing Mills Limited, Erode Tamil Nadu Co-operative Spinning Mills Federation Limited (TANSPIN)

[>]Ireland

Dublin Food Co-op is a vegetarian food co-operative located in The Liberties area of Dublin, Ireland, which deals primarily in organic wholefood produce.

[>]Israel

Dan Bus Company Egged Israel Transport Cooperative Society Ltd Granot central cooperative Kibbutz Tnuva Central Cooperative for the Marketing of Agricultural Produce in Israel Ltd.

[>]Japan

Co-op Kobe (Japanese: ), officially known as Consumer Co-operative Kobe, is a Kobe, Japan-based consumers' cooperative. It is the largest retail cooperative in Japan and, with over 1.2 million members, is one of the largest cooperatives in the world.

[>]Nepal

Guita Saving and Cooperative Ltd., Guitole, Lalitpur-8, Nepal website

[>]New

Zealand

Alliance Group [1] Combined Rural Traders (CRT) Society [2] Electricity Ashburton Fonterra Co-operative Group A New Zealand multinational dairy cooperative owned by more than 10,500 New Zealand farmers. Foodstuffs (Auckland) Cooperative Foodstuffs South Island Cooperative Foodstuffs (Wellington) Cooperative Mitre 10 Silver Fern Farms [3] SBS Bank Southern Cross Medical Care Society Tatua Cooperative Dairy Company Westland Cooperative Dairy Company

[>]Philippines

First Community Cooperative, the first cooperative in Mindanao. BOAZ Transport Service Cooperative Lighthouse Cooperative, a multi-purpose cooperative in Tuguegarao City, Cagayan, Philippines established in 1998. Red Root Artists and Artisans Multi-Purpose Cooperative Red Root is the

FIRST Artists' Cooperative in the Philippines. Our cooperative offers diverse field of expertise in innovative design, audio-visual communications and marketing strategy development. Anchored in its most basic principles,

Red Root has drawn its distinct fuse of artistry, passion and teamwork by engaging into a strong business model of cooperativism.
[>]Scandinavia

Coop Norden (Coop Nordic) is a joint Scandinavian purchasing company.[6]

[>]Spain

The Mondragn Cooperative Corporation is a federation of worker cooperatives based in the Basque region of Spain.

[>]Switzerland

Migros Coop (Switzerland) Raiffeisen Bank Switzerland

[>]United

Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man

Main article: British co-operative movement

The Co-operative Group is a United Kingdom consumers' co-operative, and, after the acquisition of Somerfield supermarkets, is the world's largest consumer-owned business, with over 4.5 million members and 123,000 employees across all its businesses. Regional and local retail co-operative societies are corporate members of the Group. Includes:

The Co-operative Bank

Anglia Regional Co-operative Society is the fifth largest consumer co-operative in the United Kingdom. Baywind Energy Co-operative Bristol Wood Recycling Project Channel Islands Co-operative Society Chelmsford Star Co-operative Society Colchester and East Essex Co-operative Society Co-operative Press East of England Co-operative Society Heart of England Co-operative Society Highburton Co-operative Society

Ilkeston Co-operative Society John Lewis Partnership (employee-owned business, not formal co-op) Lincolnshire Co-operative Society Magpie Recycling Midcounties Co-operative Midlands Co-operative Society New Internationalist Penrith Co-operative Society People's Press Printing Society Phone Co-op Plymouth and South West Co-operative Society Radstock Co-operative Society Ruskin House Scottish Midland Co-operative Society Seeds for Change Lancaster[4] Seeds for Change Oxford Collective[5] Shared Interest Shepley Co-operative Society Southern Co-operatives Suma Wholefoods (Triangle Wholefoods Collective Ltd)[7] Swann Morton worker co-op Veggies of Nottingham Wooldale Co-operative Society

Football and rugby union supporters' trusts are incorporated as co-operatives of supporters. Several own the football club outright and many hold equity in the club.

United States

Ace Hardware is a hardware cooperative based in Oak Brook, Illinois, United States. Ace Hardware was founded in 1924 by Richard Hesse, E. Gunnard Lindquist, Frank Burke and Oscar Fisher in Chicago, Illinois. Affiliated Foods Inc. Affiliated Foods Midwest Co-op Inc. Affiliated Foods Southwest

AgFirst Farm Cr> Bank Agribank, FCB Ant Hill Cooperative Ashland Food Co-op[8] Associated Food Stores Associated Grocers of Florida, Inc Associated Grocers of the South, Inc. Associated Grocers, Inc. Associated Press Associated Wholesale Grocers Associated Wholesalers, Inc. Audubon Mutual Housing Corporation Basin Electric Power Cooperative Black Star Co-op A brewpub located in Austin, TX Blue Diamond Growers Brown Association for Cooperative Housing Cabot Creamery, Vermont-based dairy marketing Central Grocers Cooperative Certified Grocers Midwest Choptank Electric Cooperative CHS Inc.

CoBank

Cooperative Development Foundation Dairy Farmers of America Dairylea Cooperative Inc. Delta and Providence Cooperative Farms Diamond Walnut Growers, Inc. Do It Best Equal Exchange Farm Cr> Bank of Texas First Tech Cr> Union Florida's Natural Growers (formerly Citrus World Inc.) Florists' Transworld Delivery (FTD)

George Street Co-op Great River Energy Greenbelt Homes, Inc.[9] Greenbelt News Review[10] Group Health Cooperative GROWMARK, Inc. Inter-Cooperative Council at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor MI)[11] Land O'Lakes Madison Community Co-op Mariposa Food Co-op[12] MFA Incorporated Michigan State University Student Housing Cooperative Morning Glory Cooperative National Cooperative Bank (now NCB) National Grape Cooperative Association, Inc. National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation[13] Navy Federal Cr> Union New Deal Cafe[14] New Mexico Educators Federal Cr> Union[15] Nebraska Rural Radio Association NonProfits' United Northcountry Cooperative Development Fund Oberlin Student Cooperative Association Ocean Spray (cooperative) Oglethorpe Power Corporation Old Dominion Electric Cooperative Panhandle Telephone Cooperative, Inc. Park Slope Food Coop Pentagon Federal Cr> Union People's Food Co-op (Portland) Piggly Wiggly Alabama Pioneer Telephone Cooperative (Oklahoma) Pioneer Telephone Cooperative (Oregon)

R.E.I. (Recreational Equipment Inc.)[16] Rapidan Camps[17] Riceland Foods Scary Cow Productions Snake River Sugar Company Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative Southern States Cooperative Sunkist Growers, Inc. Tennessee Farmers Cooperative The Union Cr> Union[18] Tillamook County Creamery Association TOPCO Associates True Value Corporation U.S. AgBank, FCB U.S. Central Cr> Union Unified Western Grocers USA Federal Cr> Union (San Diego, Ca)[19] United Hardware Distributing Company (Hardware Hank) Universal Cooperatives University Students Cooperative Association URM Stores VHA, Inc. Wakefern Food (ShopRite) Weaver's Way Co-op Weaver Street Market Wedge Community Co-op Western Family Holding Company Western Sugar Cooperative WestFarm Foods Wheatsville Co-op Winfield Park Mutual Housing Corporation WSIPC

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