» Products under “100 Product Champion” can be purchased at hypermarkets and supermarkets nationwide
» Co-operatives have the opportunity to promote their products and services to a large audience during MACCOPS
» ANGKASA actively promote co-operative products at food exhibitions.
co-operatives involved in “100 Product Champion”, seeing them finally made it to the shelf of hypermarkets in Malaysia was truly a significant moment. In 2017, hypermarket AEON Big started selling co-operative products and followed by supermarket Giant in 2018. Realizing online shopping is the way to go for almost everyone, ANGKASA signed a Memorandum of Understanding with e-commerce company AmaxMall that enable consumers to purchase co-operative products via online. Since 2014, ANGKASA has organized MACCOPS, the shortform term for the Malaysian Carnival of Co-operatives’ Products and Services. Through this biennial event, co- operatives are able to showcase their products and services to visitors while at the same time build relationships and create business network via business matching sessions that take place. For more information on “100 Product Champion”, please contact ANGKASA’s Wholesale and Retail Sector at +603-7884 6666 or +603-7884 6600.
» Former President of International Co-operative Alliance, Monique F. Leroux (centre) visited MACCOPS 2017 during ICA Global Conference and General Assembly 2017, which was hosted by ANGKASA.
the appearance and quality of their products through packaging, labeling, branding, certification, barcode, printing and shipping. Each year, ANGKASA also provide guidance to co-operatives through workshops and seminars, which mostly focused on entrepreneurship and marketing, while also actively promote SKUs under “100 Product Champion” at food expos that took place at national and international levels.
In July 2017, 588 cartons of various
brands of co-operative products under this program worth RM100,000 (USD24,000) were exported to Brunei, marking a new achievement for ANGKASA. A few days later, Singapore became the second export destination for these products. Although being able to finally exporting local co-operative products to overseas was undeniably a great experience for both ANGKASA and
60 PELANCAR November 2018
Made with FlippingBook. PDF to flipbook with ease