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> Is there a practical difference in cost though? There has to be since no shareholders are involved assuming the rest of the setup is the same. If they are no
by the_mitsuhiko 9y ago
> Is there a practical difference in cost though?
There has to be since no shareholders are involved assuming the rest of the setup is the same. If they are not cheaper then it's more likely that the coop is badly run which sadly is not uncommon.
- pbhjpbhj 9y agoThere's at least one other alternative. The NFP uses the excess to pay better wages across the board. Thus benefiting every community those wages are spent in, which will usually be local (both to the business and it's clients). Monies move toward local, low cost and essential spending as opposed to remote, high cost and luxury spending that one would expect to dominate with dividends paid out by for profit businesses.