Retailers' cooperative

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]
• Family Pharmacy [2]
• Leader Drug Stores [3]
• United Drugs [4]
• Dakota Drug [5]
• Valu-Rite [6]
• Rexall (no longer a retailer)
• IDL Drug Stores (defunct)

Hardware stores

• Handy Hardware [7]
• Hardware Hank [8]
• Do It Best [9]
• True Value [10]
• Distribution America (Trustworthy Hardware, Sentry Hardware, Golden Rule Lumber Center, Priced Right Everyday) [11]
• Ace Hardware [12]
• PRO Hardware [13]

Distributors

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

See also

• Cooperative