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What happens to earnings in a cooperative?
They are used to pay middlemen for services.
They are shared with member owners.
They are used to buy more stock for members.
They are shared with customers through dividends.
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They are shared with member-owners.
In a cooperative any surplus/earnings are typically returned to the members (often customers) as patronage refunds or dividends based on how much each member used the co-op.
In a cooperative any surplus/earnings are typically returned to the members (often customers) as patronage refunds or dividends based on how much each member used the co-op.
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