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Consumer Co-operatives

A consumer co-operative aggregates the purchasing power of individuals and families to provide cheaper prices for goods and services and/or to obtain goods and services that would otherwise be unavailable.

A consumer co-operative can either exist as a community enterprise, where membership is open to the general public, or a consumer buying group that serves a particular stakeholder group such as university students. The following are links to buying groups that serve a single stakeholder group.

FOOD BUYING GROUPS

ANU Food Co-operative Ltd   (Australian National University)
Broadway Food Co-operative Ltd   (University of Technology Sydney)
Pigweed Food Co-operative Ltd   (University of New South Wales)
Source Community Wholefoods Co-operative Ltd   (University of Tasmania)
Sydney Students' Food Co-operative Ltd   (University of Sydney)

UNIVERSITY BOOKSHOPS

Melbourne Co-operative Bookshop Group Ltd   (Victoria University)
MSA Co-operative Bookshop Ltd   (Monash University)
Swinburne Bookshop Co-operative Ltd   (Swinburne University)
University Co-operative Bookshop Ltd   (University of Sydney)

OTHER

Brisbane Welfare Co-operative Ltd
The Australian Wine Consumers Co-operative Society Ltd

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