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  • In short: Families are making significant savings on their grocery bills by forming small shopping co-ops.

  • Cooperative business structures account for less than 1 per cent of the supermarket sector in Australia.

  • What's next? The peak body for co-ops is calling for more government support for the business model.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I've been looking into various farmer direct/co-op/budget friendly options lately, but as a small household, I'm fucked. It's the same reason Costco is useless to me. I'd be buying way more than I needed and it would spoil before we could get through it.

I hate throwing out food and won't do it when so many people in the world go hungry.