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Re:Amazon to Acquire Whole Foods for $13.7B by ihnorton on Friday June 16, 2017 @12:55PM (#14570551)
Not exactly a commune, but interesting nonetheless and on the same scale as Whole Foods (12 bln Euro turnover):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mondragon_Corporation

Oneida is (was) the closest US analogy I can think of, though much smaller.

There are some very successful Kibbutzim spinoffs in Israel, into 100s of millions US$ (I don't know how ownership was structured).

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Re:Amazon to Acquire Whole Foods for $13.7B by Bulkington on Friday June 16, 2017 @03:20PM (#14571901)
I also immediately thought of kibbutzim, just as a counterexample for debate. (Full disclosure: ex-volunteer)

From Agriculture To High-Tech: Meet Five Kibbutzim That Became Global Powerhouses http://nocamels.com/2016/03/successful-israeli-kibbutzim-ind...

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Re:Amazon to Acquire Whole Foods for $13.7B by wozniacki on Friday June 16, 2017 @03:00PM (#14571766)
Could you expand on the Israeli firms?

Are they essentially large family-run houses of commerce much like tradesmen guilds of the past?

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