A retailers' 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. It should be distinguished from a Consumers' cooperative, in which the consumers own and manage the store itself. It is a form of purchasing cooperative for retailers.

Examples of retailers' cooperatives

Grocery stores

• Affiliated Food Stores
• Affiliated Foods Midwest
• Affiliated Foods Southwest
• Associated Food Stores
• Associated Grocers
• Associated Grocers of Florida
• Associated Grocers of Louisiana
• Associated Grocers of Maine
• Associated Grocers of New England
• Associated Grocers of the South
• Associated Wholesale Grocers
• Associated Wholesalers
• Central Grocers Cooperative
• Certco (food warehouse)
• Certified Grocers Midwest
• Co-operative Group
• IGA (supermarkets)
• Olean Wholesale Grocery
• ShopRite
• Shurfine
• U.R.M. Stores
• Unified Western Grocers
• Wakefern Food Corporation
• Western Family Foods

Pharmacies

• Good Neighbor Pharmacy ^*
• Family Pharmacy ^*
• Leader Drug Stores ^*
• United Drugs ^*
• Dakota Drug ^*
• Valu-Rite ^*
• Rexall (no longer a retailer)
• IDL Drug Stores (defunct)

Hardware stores

• Handy Hardware ^*
• Hardware Hank ^*
• Do It Best ^*
• True Value ^*
• Distribution America (Trustworthy Hardware, Sentry Hardware, Golden Rule Lumber Center, Priced Right Everyday) ^*
• Ace Hardware ^*
• PRO Hardware ^*

Distributors

• National Automotive Parts Association
• Reliable Distributors
• Val-Test Distributors
• Recreational Equipment Inc. (REI)

Other

• Black Star Co-op (A brewpub based in Austin, TX)
• Carpet One
• Florists' Transworld Delivery (FTD)
• Mr. Tire (Universal Cooperatives)
• Wireless Nomad (A co-op ISP located in Toronto,Ontario,Canada)

See also

• Cooperative

Retailers' cooperatives | Cooperatives | Distribution, retailing, and wholesaling | Marketing

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