Consumer Cooperative

In the pandemic, "caremongering" has become a new term for an old—and joyous—practice

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Mountain Equipment Co-op had announced last week it would be acquired by US private equity firm in a 'backroom deal'

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The Co-op shop workers have seen a 36 per cent increase in violence, abuse and anti-social behavior from customers compared to 2019.

Members of Canada's largest consumer co-operative say the deal goes against its businesses principles. To read more: http://cbc.ca/1.5723934 »»» Subscribe to...

Some longtime members and former employees of Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC), the largest co-operative in Canada, say they should have been made aware of the co-op's financial problems before it signed an acquisition deal.

As a founder of Mountain Equipment Co-op, a company that always prided itself on being owned by members, Sara Golling is disappointed with its recent sale to a private investment fund.

The COVID-19 pandemic reveals the potential of cooperatives as vehicles for economic development in Black communities. In the "sharing economy," exemplified by companies like Uber and Airbnb, just about anything can be shared -- except the profits. The profits go the owners and shareholders as they did long before run-of-the-mill capitalism was upset by "disruptive" capitalism.

Mountain Equipment Co-op was always key to my life as an adventurer. Now, I barely recognize it

A group of Mountain Equipment Co-op members is trying to stop the sale to a private U.S. firm after Canada's largest consumer co-operative says its board had...

Signs LOI with retail buying group to distribute and sell BevCanna's beverages and extracts through their extensive retail distribution network. VANCOUVER, BC, July 22, 2020 /CNW/ - Emerging leader in cannabis-infused beverages, BevCanna Enterprises Inc. (CSE: BEV) (Q: BVNNF) (FSE: 7BC) ("BevCanna

Kuwait's retail co-ops have pulled French products in boycott over the use of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad in a French school class on freedom of expression whose teacher was then beheaded by an Islamist. The non-governmental Union of Consumer Co-operative Societies, which groups more than 70

Members of Mountain Equipment Co-op, Canada's largest consumer co-operative, are mobilizing in reaction to news that the iconic outdoor brand is on the cusp of being acquired by a U.S. investment firm.

The Saskatchewan Health Authority is warning of a possible COVID-19 exposure in Battleford at the local Co-op Food Store. The authority said the possible exposure occurred from August 11 to August 14.Anyone who attended the store during those days is asked to self-monitor for COVID-19 symptoms for 14

MONTREAL, May 25, 2020 /CNW Telbec/ - Sollio Cooperative Group, one of the world's largest agricultural cooperatives, has chosen EQ Care to deliver telemedicine services for employees of its parent company and three divisions, Sollio Agriculture, Olymel and BMR Group. Among our responsibilities