COOP (Puerto Rico)

Coop or Supermercados Fam Coop is a Puerto Rican supermarket chain. 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. There were locations at key Puerto Rican cities, including one at Santa Juanita, Bayamón, 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 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, 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, Rincon, San Juan Isabela, Arecibo, and other towns.