The outsider consumer co-operative: lessons from the Community Co-operative Store (Nuriootpa), 1944-2010

Nikola Balnave and Greg Patmore

Business History, 2015, vol. 57, issue 8, 1133-1154

Abstract: Current models of co-operative survival need to be modified to consider those national experiences where consumer co-operatives become 'outsider co-operatives'; they cannot rely on a broader co-operative movement or network. The Nuriootpa Co-operative is a prime example of such a co-op. Its ability to deal with issues of capitalisation, ideological appeal and relationships with the local community has historically been central to the survival and growth of this Australian Rochdale co-operative. However, without the support of a broader movement or network, its adoption of the franchising model has proved to be a key to the success of this co-operative.

Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1080/00076791.2015.1015998

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