Co-ops are often created to solve a problem and they provide a benefit to their members. Here are some great examples from around the world…
In 1844, a group of 28 working class men from Rochdale got together to form the world’s first successful co-op. Living conditions were tough in the industrial towns of northern England and they were fed up of spending the majority of their income on poor quality staple products, such as flour, sugar, butter and oats.
Some of those men are in the photo below. They worked hard to raise the funds to set up a co-operative shop, which was founded on the co-operative principles that we still recognize today and provided a quality product for a fair price to the community.
The Rochdale Pioneers, as they are now commonly known, spurred on a movement which has been successfully replicated around the world and continues to thrive today.
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