Retailers' cooperative
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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.
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Examples of retailers' cooperatives
Grocery stores
- Affiliated Food Stores
- Associated Grocers
- ShopRite
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An annual general meeting of a retail co-operative in England, 2005.
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)
- Rexall (no longer a retailer)
- IDL Drug Stores (defunct)
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/)