From April to October 2004, Cooperative Life, the Northeast Federation of Cooperatives,
conducted a survey among its constituency on the topic of Cooperative Business-to-
Business Relationships.
Cooperative Life wishes to thank everyone who contributed to the survey process as a
respondent. This report presents the full survey results, which are being shared with all
survey respondents.
A total of 76 respondents contributed to the survey.
Respondents came from New York and all six New England states (Connecticut, Rhode
Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine), as well as other locations.
Respondents came from the following sectors:
9 Agricultural
2 Arts & Crafts
4 Communication
8 Credit Union / Finance
6 Economic Development
3 Electricity
4 Energy
1 Fishing
19 Consumer Food
0 Health
11 Housing
3 Manufacturing
3 Utility
and 15 "Other": Marketing, Fuel, Interpreting/Translations, Association, Service/Retail,
Consulting, Marketing & Distribution, coffee, copy retail, Construction, services,
Recycling, Forestry, Education.
The owners of the organizations that gave responses were as follows:
26 Consumers