All The Co-op Group articles – Page 24
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Co-ops join forces to share in success
The Midlands and Southern Co-operative Societies have announced they are to adopt the national Co-operative brand.
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Co-op resolves to crack on with refits
The Co-operative Group has brushed aside fears of economic turbulence with the announcement that its programme to rebrand all of its food stores will continue in 2009.
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Southern Co-op snaps up 13 Nearby Stores
Southern Co-operatives has purchased 13 stores from beleaguered convenience chain Nearby Stores, which went into voluntary administration at the end of 2008.
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Co-op waits for keys to Somerfield
The Co-operative Group will not get its hands on the keys to Somerfield before mid-February 2009, chief executive Peter Marks has revealed.
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Co-op store taps into water power
A Co-op in New Mills, Derbyshire, has become the first hydro-powered convenience store in the UK.
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Co-op wins plaudits for its training
Lincolnshire Co-operative has won a Regional Training Award for its staff training scheme to tackle underage sales.
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Co-op on track to hit energy targets
The Co-operative Group has hit the halfway mark in its drive to cut energy bills by 25%.
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It’s a fair Co-op guv
Co-operative stores in North Yorkshire are offering refreshments to police officers so they can spend time with customers. The scheme, dubbed “It’s a Fair Co-op of Tea, Guv,” is being rolled out across North Yorkshire and the city of York in support...
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The Co-operative Group policies put to the vote
The Co-operative Group has invited its 85,000 employees and three million members to determine the group’s future community spending. The group has published a survey on its website which offers members and staff the opportunity to decide which...
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Food sales on a high at Co-op
The Co-operative Group has reported a 43.5% rise in food sales for the first half of 2008. Food sales hit £2.4bn during the period, and trading profit rose by 67.7% (£126m). The results also showed that like-for-like sales for the first half of the...
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Co-op joins the war against knife crime
The Heart of England Co-op has made a stand against knife crime by removing all kitchen knives from sale at its 33 food stores. The society has also enforced a strict Challenge 25 policy for knife sales at its eight non-food stores. Heart of England...
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Co-op gears up for TV
The Co-op is to stress its community roots with a new advertising campaign offering ‘a great deal locally’.
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Co-op in-store mini-banks go on trial
The Co-operative Group is planning to put banking operations in up to 250 of its UK stores. Services will vary, with some stores having a machine to withdraw cash and deposit cheques, while others will have staff available to advise on financial...
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Co-op clinches Somerfield deal
The Co-operative Group has agreed to buy the 880-strong store chain Somerfield for £1.56bn, cementing itself as Britain's fifth biggest supermarket chain and a superpower in the convenience sector.
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Co-op in £8m epos investment
The Co-operative Group is shelling out £8.3m on an epos system to create a single communication process for all its stores.
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More societies take on The Co-operative brand
The creation of a single 'super' co-op has inched another step closer, after two more independent societies said they would adopt 'The Co-operative' brand.
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Co-op Group could be bidder for Somerfield
The Co-operative Group could be a player in the bidding war for 955-strong store chain Somerfield, which put itself up for auction last week.
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Co-op invests in rebranding
The Co-operative Group is set to embark on "the biggest modernisation programme" in its 144-year history.
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Co-op fraudster pays price
A fraudster who stole half-a-million pounds from the Ilkeston Co-op was this week handed a four-year jail sentence and ordered to pay back £198,477.
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Big two Co-ops agree future structure
Members of the Co-operative Group and United Co-operatives have given the thumbs up to the long-awaited merger of the two societies, resulting in a major management shake-up.