Retailers cooperative - Definition and Overview

A retailers' cooperative or consumer cooperative is a business entity which employs economies of scale on behalf of its members to get discounts from manufacturers and to pool marketing. It is common for locally-owned grocery stores, hardware stores and pharmacies.

Examples of retailers' cooperatives

Grocery stores

• Affiliated Food Stores
• Associated Grocers
• ShopRite

Pharmacies

• Good Neighbor Pharmacy [1] (http://www.mygnp.com/)
• Family Pharmacy [2] (http://www.familypharmacy.com)
• Leader Drug Stores [3] (http://www.myleaderdrug.com/)
• United Drugs [4] (http://www.uniteddrugs.com/)
• Dakota Drug [5] (http://www.dakdrug.com/)
• Valu-Rite [6] (http://www.valu-rite.com/docs)

Hardware stores

• Handy Hardware [7] (http://www.handyhardware.com)
• Hardware Hank [8] (http://www.unitedhardware.com)
• Do It Best [9] (http://doitbest.com/)
• True Value [10] (http://www.truserv.com/)
• Distribution America (Trustworthy Hardware, Sentry Hardware, Golden Rule Lumber Center, Priced Right Everyday) [11] (http://www.daonline.com)
• Ace Hardware [12] (http://www.acehardware.com/)
• PRO Hardware [13] (http://www.prohardware.com/)

Distributors

• Reliable Distributors
• Val-Test Distributors
• Recreational Equipment Inc. (REI)

See also

• Cooperative