Post on 20-Dec-2015
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Welcome to
The Swedish Cooperative Union
KF Group
Established 1899
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Swedish Consumer Cooperation
2.9 million members 63 local cooperative societies About 1 000 sales outlets in Sweden About 21 000 employees
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During more than a 100 years a constantly increasing number of members in Sweden
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Consumer cooperation´s business concept(adopted at the Jubilee Congress in June 1999)
Cooperation means members working together in an organised manner for the purpose of creating economic and other added value for everyone.
The aim of consumer cooperation is to enable members to contribute through their consumption towards a society which is characterised by economic development, ecological sustainability, mutual reliance and cooperation.
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KF’s mission
The national association of the cooperative societies
Main owner of Coop Norden AB and other businesses Business development in order to provide the membership
with further added values
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Kooperativa Förbundet, KF Group
Owners:2,9 million members
in 63 societies
KF Invest Coop Norden42%
KF Real EstateMedMera(member card)
KF Media
Subsidiaries Associated company
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The membership card Coop MedMera
The most used membership card in Sweden is the Coop MedMera card
As a member the cardholder has access to a bonus scheme and other member benefits when buying in more than 1 100 stores in Sweden
A paying account and a credit account can be connected to the card
A monthly magazine called Mersmak is distributed free to the members
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Societies, KF, Coop Nordenand business activities Coop Norden operates all stores, supermarkets
and hypermarkets in southern and middle Sweden (green area)
About 60 percent of the members live in these areaswith 5 large cooperative societies
About 40 percent of the members have their membership in 58 consumer cooperative societies in other parts of Sweden (grey area)
These societies operate their own retail chains
The retail chains are supplied by Coop Norden and they cooperate on formats etc. according to agreements
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Coop NordenSweden Norway Denmark
Coop Norden
Coop in Sweden Coop in Norway Coop in Denmark
42 % 20 % 38 %
FDB Coop NKLKF
100 % 100 % 100 %
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KF and FMCG retailing
KF is involved in Swedish FMCG retailing in two ways: As the national association for the 58 societies, which own and run
regional or local retailing As part owner of Coop Norden, which runs
Coop in Denmark, Coop in Norway and Coop in Sweden, and is the Nordic region’s largest FMCG company, representing, in Sweden, approximately 60 percent of cooperative FMCG-based retailing
*FMCG retailing = Fast moving consumer goods, mainly in supermarkets and hypermarkets
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KF promotes cooperative retail business
With its financial strength and stability, KF is prepared to increase its efforts to promote the entire consumer cooperative FMCG retailing movement
By managing and developing Coop MedMera, KF creates a platform by which members are able to benefit from their membership
KF’s wholly owned subsidiary, KF Real Estate, works in collaboration with Coop Norden and retail-operating societies to establish new stores and retail sites