

^ World’s most sustainable retailer Coop.^ "Wichtige Kennzahlen des Geschäftsjahres 2019".List of supermarket chains in Switzerland.Its external appearance is intended to express its interior – an industrial plant. Although the Swissmill Tower's exterior and height in Zürich is disputed, the municipal authorities claim that the silo is intentionally designed in its aesthetically conscious way. Its meal is prepared for all bread products produced by the Swiss retailers Coop, Volg, and Landi. Swissmill operates the largest granary in Switzerland that produces 800 tons of grain daily, representing 30% of the national grain requirements. As of January 2016, the company's respective association ( Förderverein Cargo sous terrain) is based at the seat of Coop ( Genossenschaft Basel) in Basel. Cargo Sous Terrain Ĭargo Sous Terrain (CST) is a planned underground logistics system – its first phase in the Mittelland region is scheduled by the early 2030s. As of Nov 2015, Coop point-of-sale devices accept Apple Pay, however, Coop Pronto gas station pumps do not (due to lack of NFC-capability). They later introduced mobile apps that customers can use to scan items. Coop uses the MC17T Retail Mobile Computer by Motorola Solutions for this application. On May 19, 2017, the institution undertook a comprehensive rebranding and became the Bank Cler ( Banque Cler Banca Cler).Ĭoop was one of the first self-checkout providers in Switzerland, introducing its own system called Passabene in 2005. In 1999, the Basler Kantonalbank became the majority shareholder. It became a shares company in 1970, and in 1995 was renamed Bank Coop ( Banque Coop Banca Coop). In 1927, the Verband Schweizerischer Konsumvereine and the Swiss Federation of Trade Unions founded the Genossenschaftliche Zentralbank (French: Banque Centrale Coopérative Italian: Banca Centrale Cooperativa). In 1969, it was renamed to its current name, Coop Genossenschaft (French: Coop société coopérative Italian: Coop società cooperativa). In 1890, many of them joined together to form the Verband Schweizerischer Konsumvereine (VSK) (French: Union suisse des sociétés de consommation (USC)). Over the next years, many other cooperative societies emerged in the country. In 1864, textile industrialist Jean Jenny-Ryffel formed Switzerland's first consumer cooperative in Schwanden in the canton of Glarus. The Coop Group has a workforce of around 80,000, with approximately 54,000 employees in Switzerland. In total, the Coop Group has around 2,000 retail outlets in Switzerland and 124 cash & carry markets in Switzerland and other European countries. With Transgourmet Holding AG, Coop is Europe's second largest cash & carry and wholesale supplies business. Coop Group operates store formats in the food, non-food and service sectors. The Coop Group is headquartered in Switzerland and operates in the retail, wholesale, and production sectors. It currently markets its services in German, French, Italian, and English.

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. The chain has an online presence at coop.ch. Coop owns the Swiss chocolate company Halba.Ĭoop publishes a weekly magazine called Coopzeitung (in German), Coopération (in French) and Cooperazione (in Italian). The company also sells products bearing the Max Havelaar Fairtrade label.Ĭoop also has a low-cost product line, "Prix Garantie". Coop has three primary brands with a sustainability selling proposition: Coop Oecoplan (various daily life products), Coop Naturaline (textile products) and Coop Naturaplan (food). In June 2011, independent German rating agency Oekom Research awarded Coop with the title of "World's Most Sustainable Retailer". According to Bio Suisse, the Swiss organic producers' association, Coop accounts for half of all the organic food sold in Switzerland. It is structured in the form of a cooperative society with around 2.5 million members.Īs of 2019, Coop operates 2,478 shops and employs more than 90,000 people in Switzerland. Coop ( German pronunciation: ) is one of Switzerland's largest retail and wholesale companies.
