Coop or Supermercados Fam Coop is a Puerto Rican supermarket chain.[1] It has been operating since the 1960s.

History

During the 1970s. Supermercados COOP in Puerto Rico had a similar logo to that used by other COOP supermarkets around the world (two green trees inside a circle). There were locations at key Puerto Rican cities, including one at Santa Juanita, Bayamon, Plaza del Carmen Mall in Caguas, among others.

Subsequent years saw the demise of Grand Union, a chain with a large presence on the Puerto Rican market after being acquired in 1982 by Supermercados Amigo, later on, Supermercados COOP was acquired by Supermercados Amigo in 1983 [2] and the increased competition caused Supermercados Amigo to close Supermercados COOP during the late 1980s. This allowed Supermercados Amigo, a nominally large supermarket chain until then, to expand across the country and rapidly become one of the major players in the Puerto Rican supermarket industry.

Brand return

During 2002,[3] a new kind of supermarkets, named Fam-Coop, started opening across the tiny country. There are a number of them in places such as Bayamon, (Fam-Coop La Milagrosa, opened in 2010)[4] Rincon,[5] San Juan (also named Fam-Coop La Milagrosa-as there are two La Milagrosa neighborhoods in Puerto Rico, one in Bayamon and another in San Juan-and it also opened in 2010)[6] Isabela,[7] Arecibo, (Mi Familia Fam Coop)[8] and other towns.

See also

External links

  1. ^ http://shoppers.elnuevodia.com/FSI/Brands.aspx?advid=201297&fsi=15525&version=v1&brandid=14561[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Bienvenido a Supermercados Amigo". amigo.com. Archived from the original on 3 April 2005. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Home". famcooppr.com.
  4. ^ "SUPERMERCADO FAM COOP LA MILAGROSA - BAYAMON, PR - Company Profile". www.dandb.com.
  5. ^ "Supermercados Fam Coop". Foursquare.
  6. ^ http://listings.findthecompany.com/l/20418097/Supermercado-Fam-Coop-La-Milagrosa-in-San-Juan-PR[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ "Supermercado Coop Plaza Isabela, Isabela Puerto Rico (PR), Supermercados". Archived from the original on 2015-05-21. Retrieved 2015-05-19.
  8. ^ "Supermercado Fam Coop Mi Familia". Foursquare.