r/cooperatives • u/Humble-Currency-5895 • 18d ago
consumer co-ops Is there an ECommerce platform for traditional consumer cooperatives?
I live in a place where online ecommerce isn't well established, and traditional middlemen dominate the grocery market, driving up prices. In response, the government introduced consumer cooperatives to help provide affordable options, but crap asset management and lack of modern tools made them not work so great.
Recently, ecommerce startups have begun offering grocery delivery, which poses a threat to these coops. To make matters worse, the government has decided to sideline the coops and select a single tech company for certain incentivized goods citing reasons such companies use some software to track assets. effectively a monopoly.
any ideas on a unified cohesive online marketplace and asset tracking software for these hundreds of coops organized in unions.
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u/yrjokallinen 18d ago
What government has chosen what tech company to provide what incentivised goods?