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Coop Switzerland
Type	cooperative
Founded	1890 as USC, 1969 as Coop Switzerland
Headquarters	Basel, Switzerland
Area served	all Switzerland and Liechtenstein
Active members	2,502,100 families (2007)
Industry	great distribution
Products	food and non-food
Revenue	16,669 billion CHF (2007)
Net income	350 million CHF (2007)
Employees	48,200 (2007)
Website	http://www.coop.ch/

Coop city at Bellevue square in Zürich

Coop (German pronunciation: [koːp]) is a Swiss cooperative which operates the second largest supermarket chain in Switzerland after Migros. In 2001, Coop merged with 11 cooperative federations which had been its main suppliers for over 100 years.

As of 2007, Coop operates 1437 shops and employs almost 48 200 people. According to Bio Suisse, the Swiss organic producers' association, Coop accounts for half of all the organic food sold in Switzerland. Coop's four primary organic brands are Coop Oecoplan, Coop Naturaline, Coop Naturaplan, and Max Havelaar.

Coop also has a low-cost product line, "Prix Garantie." Other than that, the latest product line from Coop is entitled PlanB and focuses on young clients looking for food on the go.

Coop publishes a weekly magazine called Coopzeitung (in German), Coopération (in French) and Cooperazione (in Italian).