Ontario Co-operative Association
The Ontario Co-operative Association is a co-operative association serving co-operatives and co- op member organizations in Ontario, Canada.
It is one of nine Anglophone provincial cooperative associations across Canada and collaborates with the Conseil de la coopération de l'Ontario( CCO), its Francophone counterpart in Ontario.
Originally formed as the Canadian Co- operative Association, Ontario Region in 1989, the Ontario Co-operative Association incorporated as an independent co-operative in 2002.
The association has about 60 members across Ontario.
Its mission is to lead, cultivate and connect co-operatives in Ontario.
Its purpose is to develop, unite, promote and be a common voice for co-operatives throughout the province of Ontario.
On Co- op provides professional development, networking, programs and services to support its members and to develop and strengthen the Ontario co-operative movement.
The Ontario Co-operative Association recognizes outstanding co-operative businesses and individuals through its Co-operative Spirit Awards.
The Ontario Co-operative Association programs and services are organized according to six keys areas: Co-operative Business Development; Co-operative Education( youth, public and sector); Government Relations; Member Engagement; Communications; and Co-operative Research.
Some of its best known events and programs include the Provincial Co- op Conference, the Co-operative Young Leaders( CYL) program, Queen's Park Reception, and the Co-operative Spirit Awards.
The Ontario Co-operative Association maintains the province's only online database of co-operatives, credit unions and caisses populaires, called the Find a Co- op e-directory.
The Ontario Co-operative Association is a member of the Canadian Co- operative Association, the Agricultural Adaptation Council, the Association of Co-operative Educators, Co- op Zone, the Cooperative Communicators Association, The Foundation for Rural Living, and The Ontario Rural Council.
Anglia Regional Co-operative Society
Anglia Regional Co-operative Society Limited was the fifth largest consumer co-operative in the United Kingdom.
It was formed by the merger of the Greater Peterborough Regional and Anglia( formerly Waveney) co-operative societies in 1987.
The Society had a wide- ranging and extensive portfolio with over 80 stores, principally trading in East Anglia.
Head office was located at Westgate House, Peterborough until 2011.
The Society was a registered Industrial and Provident Society, a member of the Co-operative Union, the Co-operative Retail Trading Group and a corporate member of The Co-operative Group( formerly Co-operative Wholesale Society), the largest consumer co-operative in the world.
On 19 September 2013, it was announced that the boards of Anglia Co-operative Society and Midlands Co-operative Society had agreed merger terms.
Approved by members on 4 and 18 November, legal completion of the merger took place on 1 December, with the Society transferring engagements to Midlands Co-operative.
On 15 January 2014, members of the merged society approved a change of name to Central England Co- operative effective from 25 January 2014.
Moulton Co-operative Society
The Moulton Co-operative Society Limited, or simply Moulton Co- op, was a small regional consumer co-operative in the United Kingdom.
The society was formed in 1861 and operated a single supermarket in Moulton, Northamptonshire.
In January 2009, members voted overwhelmingly to transfer arrangements to Midlands Co-operative Society, which took effect on 8 February 2009.
Keter Plastic
Keter Group is an Israeli manufacturer and marketer of resin- based household and garden consumer products.
The company, established in 1948, has a chain of retail stores throughout Israel and operates 29 plants in Israel, Luxembourg, Europe, Canada and the United States.
Keter products are marketed worldwide.
Shepley Co-operative Society
Shepley Industrial and Provident Society was a small consumer co-operative based in the West Yorkshire village of Shepley in England.
The Society, which was founded in 1852, operated a single co-operative foodstore on Station Road.
A registered Industrial and Provident Society, Shepley Industrial and Provident Society was a corporate member of the Co-operative Group( formerly Co-operative Wholesale Society) and its national buying scheme, the Co-operative Retail Trading Group.
In August 2013, the Society was wound- up and its assets transferred to the Midlands Co-operative Society.
This became Central England Co- operative in January 2014.
Co-operative Retail Services
Co-operative Retail Services( CRS, originally CWS Retail) was the second- largest consumer co-operative society in the United Kingdom.
In 2000, it was dissolved by its members, merging with the larger Co-operative Wholesale Society, to form the Co-operative Group( CWS) Ltd.
Sheffield Co-operative Society
The Sheffield Co-operative Society was a local consumer co-operative trading in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England.
The Society was founded as the Brightside and Carbrook Co-operative and opened its first shop in 1868, in the Carbrook suburb of Sheffield.
Raunds Co-operative Society
Raunds Co-operative Society Limited was a consumer co-operative society based in Raunds, Northamptonshire, founded in 1891.
The society operated a large supermarket and a department store in Raunds, and as of 2007 held of farmland at Northdale Farm, farming wheat and oilseed rape.
It had 4,297 members in 2003.
It was a subscriber to the Co-operative Party and a customer member( shareholder) of the Co-operative Wholesale Society.
In 1983, it merged with the Ringstead Distributive Co-operative Society.
In early 2007, directors of the society presented to members a plan to merge with the much large Midlands Co-operative Society, but it did not reach the required vote of two thirds of members when put to a special general meeting on 5 July 2007.
However, a confirmatory meeting was held on 16 August and this time the vote to merge was carried.
The two societies merged on 26 August 2007.
Northern Co-operative Society
Northern Co-operative Society Limited( abbreviated to Norco), previously named Northern Co-operative Company Limited, was a local consumer co-operative trading in Aberdeen, Scotland, from 1861 to 1993.
It operated supermarkets and other businesses throughout Aberdeenshire, and employed 2000 people in 1992.
It was put into the hands of a receiver for liquidation in 1993, as a result of financial difficulties that" The Guardian" newspaper attributed to" an over- ambitious building and development programme" and failed attempts to dispose of the entire business as a going concern, despite the successful sale of its dairy, five pharmacies, and then several supermarkets to Argyll Stores and the Co-operative Wholesale Society( CWS).
Wooldale Co-operative Society
Wooldale Co-operative Society was a small consumer co-operative based in the West Yorkshire village of Wooldale.
The Society operated three convenience stores in the Holme Valley villages of New Mill, Thongsbridge and Wooldale.
It was founded as the Wooldale Industrial and Equitable Co-operative Society in 1886, changing its name in 1989.
The Society was a member of the Co-operative Retail Trading Group and a corporate member of The Co-operative Group.
It also had agreements with the Co-operative Group for stock distribution and promotions.
In 2006, the Society met with its small neighbouring societies, Shepley Co-operative Society and Highburton Co-operative Society with a view to merger.
This would have reduced costs and increased turnover by adding two further stores to its portfolio and combining administrative operations.
These talks did not result positively and in the spring of 2007, the Society approached Rochdale- based United Co-operatives on the possibilities of a merger.
The boards of the two societies agreed to a merger, but in a Special General Meeting held on 11 May 2007, the proposal was defeated by the members of the Wooldale society on a near 2:1 ratio.
On 26 May 2017, members of the society voted for a merger with the neighbouring Central England Co- operative, with whom the Shepley society had merged a few years prior.

Question: Which one was established first, Keter Plastic or Northern Co-Operative Society?