Coop (Switzerland)
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| Cooperative | |
| Industry | Wholesale distribution |
| Predecessor | USC (founded in 1890) |
| Founded | 1969 |
| Headquarters | Basel, Switzerland |
| Revenue | 26 932 million CHF (2015) |
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Number of employees
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79 953 (2015) |
| Website | coop.ch |
Coop Cooperative (German pronunciation: [ˈkoːp]) is one of Switzerland's largest retail and wholesale companies. It is structured in the form of a cooperative society with around 2.5 million members.
As of 2015, Coop operates 2,213 shops and employs more than 54,000 people in Switzerland. According to Bio Suisse, the Swiss organic producers' association, Coop accounts for half of all the organic food sold in Switzerland. In June 2011, independent German rating agency oekom research AG awarded Coop with the title of "World's Most Sustainable Retailer". Coop has three primary brands with a sustainability selling proposition: Coop Oecoplan (various daily life products), Coop Naturaline (textile products) and Coop Naturaplan (food). The company also sells products bearing the Max Havelaar Fairtrade label.
Coop also has a low-cost product line, "Prix garantie". Coop owns the Swiss chocolate company Halba.
Coop publishes a weekly magazine called Coopzeitung (in German), Coopération (in French) and Cooperazione (in Italian).
The chain has an online presence called coop@home. The web site offers much of the same selection found in the Coop stores and delivers groceries, wine, flowers, books, and other products to customers in Switzerland and Liechtenstein. It currently markets its services in German, French, and English.
The Coop Group is headquartered in Switzerland and operates in the retail, wholesale and production sectors. Coop Group operates store formats in the food, non-food and service sectors. With Transgourmet Holding AG, Coop is Europe’s second largest cash & carry and wholesale supplies business. In total, the Coop Group has around 2,000 retail outlets in Switzerland and 124 cash & carry markets in Switzerland and other European countries. The Coop Group has a workforce of around 80 000, with approx. 54 000 employees in Switzerland.
The Verband Schweizerischer Konsumvereine (French: Union suisse des sociétés de consommation) is founded in 1890. In 1985, it becomes a cooperative.
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