Coop (Switzerland)

Coop Genossenschaft
Coop société coopérative
Coop società cooperativa

Company type	Cooperative
Industry	Wholesale distribution
Predecessor	VSK/USC (founded in 1890)
Founded	1969; 55 years ago (1969)
Headquarters	Basel , Switzerland
Key people	Joos Sutter (Chairman of the Executive Committee) Hansueli Loosli (Chairman of the Board of Directors)
Revenue	30.7 billion CHF (2019)[1]
Members	2,500,000[2]
Number of employees	90,307 (2019)[1]
Website	coop.ch

Coop (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 2019, Coop operated 2,478 shops and employed more than 90,000 people in Switzerland.^[3] 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 awarded Coop with the title of "World's Most Sustainable Retailer".^[4] 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 at coop.ch.^[5] 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, Italian, and English.