sidenote: coop is also a large swedish grocery chain, pronounced the same way :)...

wolfi1 · 2026-09-07T09:38:33.000000Z

not only in Sweden, in Germany and Switzerland as well. I guess it has the same origins in the trade unionist purchasing cooperatives at the turn of the century from the 19th to the 20th

mkesper · 2026-09-07T10:23:49.000000Z

At least in Germany, it's pronounced co-op, though. The stores got rebranded meanwhile. https://www.coop.de/coop/historie/

toyg · 2026-09-07T21:52:56.000000Z

Italy, UK... Yep.

sceptic123 · 2026-09-07T11:29:03.000000Z

we call our local co-op "the coop" for no real reason :)