I grew up in the UK, where Co-ops were quite common:
- Building Societies, which are communally-owned Savings & Loans banks
- "The Co-Op", which is a cooperative department store, founded in 1863 as a wholesaler to supply small businesses, then expanding into a consumer co-operative where purchases were rewarded with a "dividend" (bonus payment) at the end of the year.
There is a fascinating history of the British co-op movement in the Guardian:
[https://www.theguardian.com/social-enterprise-network/gallery/2014/jan/29/the-history-of-the-british-co-operative-movement-timeline](https://www.theguardian.com/social-enterprise-network/gallery/2014/jan/29/the-history-of-the-british-co-ope