In Finland the S Group is owned by 22 regional cooperatives and 19 local cooperative stores, which in turn are owned by their customers.

The President would put everyone in regional cooperatives except workers for companies that hire more than 5,000 employees and choose to provide coverage on their own.

Agrifirm in its current form was founded in 2010 due to a successive merger of regional cooperatives.

These regional cooperatives have about 150 outlets in the Netherlands.

The regional cooperatives are themselves mutual insurance, which operate regionally.

The other part is run by local or regional retail cooperatives, even though procurement, logistics and store brands are integrated.

It operates three center schools for the deaf and the blind, and five regional cooperatives throughout the state:

Its aim is to create many regional cooperatives around France where the local members can be in charge of all parts of the energy process from production to consumption.

The present administrative system is far too cumbersome and too costly for the wine growers, the regional cooperatives and the local dealers.

Under that theory, consumers and businesses would band together into regional cooperatives to buy insurance, thus maximizing their bargaining clout.