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, Bayamon.
Subsequent years saw the demise of Grand Union, a chain with a large presence on the Puerto Rican market, but also the establishment of other supermarket stores such as Supermercados Selectos, Pueblo Xtra, Grande and others. The increased competition caused COOP to close its doors 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 Puerto Rican supermarket industry.

Brand return

During 2010, 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.