UK co-operative prospers in recession

Europe’s financial troubles have raised many questions about the economic systems which contributed to the crisis. 

As part of Al Jazeera’s series on co-operatives, Sonia Gallego reports on a grassroots movement in the north of England that provides an alternative.

Its goal: to provide fairness for both buyer and supplier. And since it opened 15 years ago, the store has turned out profits and fair business practices as well.