COOPERATIVE

REPORTERS: (Group 5) BSIE 4-1

BUENA, JOHN KENNEDY
CODAMOS, CRYSTAL JOY R.
DAFALLA, BENJIE
HISTORY OF COOPERATIVE
TYPES OF COOPERATIVE
EARLY CO-OP ORIGINS
In early human societies, people learned to cooperate and work
CONSUMER COOPERATIVE
together to increase their success.
WORKERS COOPERATIVE
FIRST COOPERATIVES
It appeared in Europe in the late 18th and early 19th centuries during PRODUCERS COOPERATIVE
industrial revolution.
SERVICE COOPERATIVES
ROCHDALE EQUITABLE PIONEERS SOCIETY
MULTI PURPOSE COOPERATIVES
In 1843, workers in the textile mills of Rochdale , England went on strike. The
millworkers began to look for other ways to improve their lives.

COOPERATION GROWN IN UNITED STATES

Consumer groups in United States began taking taking note of the early British
Consumer co-ops and the success of American Farmers who worked together

CONSUMER CO-OPS MAKES WAVES

Consumer co-ops were first organize to provide consumers with control and to
fight the unfair practices of private and company stores.
 ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES

• Lower Cost • Lack of Incentive and Initiative.

• Further Marketing Reach • Reduced Capital Acquisition.

• Personal Liability Protection • Inefficient Management.

• Business Security and Perpetuity • Slow decision-making processes.

• Access to Capital • Difference and Factionalism among

• Tax Benefits members.

EXAMPLE:
CEBU CFI COMMUNITY COOPERATIVE (1970) ISLA VISTA FOOD CO-OP (1970)

• Multi purpose cooperative and

• It is an example of a
incorporated.
consumer cooperative.
• Founded by Esperanza Fiel
• It is operated since 1970 in
Garcia .
Isla Vista, California.
• 155,000 members nationwide.
• Founded by a local student
• Angie G. Divinagracia is the
activist (no specific name.
newly elect as President and
• Currently owned by over
chief Executive Officer of Cebu
1,500 active owners in the
CFI Community Cooperative.
community and around
• Primary goal is to improve the
8,000 total through its 46
livelihood of the Cebuanos,
year history.
ensuring economic development
and prosperity.