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Organization overview
What Equal Exchange does.
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Organization overview
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- ABCsCompany disclosure | Accessed August 17, 2026
Imports, produces and sells fair trade food and beverages.
- Industry
- Food and beverage trading
- Legal form
- Worker cooperative
- Headquarters
- West Bridgewater, Massachusetts
- Founded
- 1986
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- ABCsCompany disclosure | Accessed August 17, 2026
Worker owners hold equal membership shares and participate equally in annual surplus or loss.
Each worker owner has one vote, including votes for directors, bylaw amendments and admission of new worker members.
Worker owners receive equal portions of annual surplus after the cooperative retains funds for reinvestment and modest dividends.
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- ABCsCompany disclosure | Accessed August 17, 2026
- Our Worker-Owned CooperativeCompany disclosure | Accessed August 17, 2026
- The History of Equal ExchangeCompany disclosure | Accessed August 17, 2026
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