Co-op news

Leading UK convenience retailer, Co-op has announced that its partnership with the robot delivery provider, Starship Technologies has now been extended to Wakefield, West Yorkshire. Operating from Co-op’s store at Meadow Vale in the Outwood district of the town, the service will now be available to some 6,500 households in the area, providing a tailored range available to order through the Starsh...

Major UK convenience retailer Co-op now has almost 1,000 stores offering delivery service through the Just Eat platform. Following a trial phase launched in December 2022, Co-op’s partnership with Just Eat has been rolled out rapidly as part of the retailers stated ambition to increase the penetration of delivery from its stores alongside existing partnerships with Deliveroo and Uber Eats. Tar...

Major UK convenience retailer, Co-op has announced a new promotional initiative offering additional savings to membership card holders as part of its drive to grow numbers by a million, supported with £240m of investment over the next five years. Landing in stores today 19 April, Co-op Member Prices is now offering access to enhanced value on a range of products and deals including the retailer’s...

Leading UK convenience retailer Co-op has announced its full-year results for the 52 weeks to 31 December 2022, reporting revenue growth across food and wholesale. Overall, Group revenue reached £11.5bn, 3% higher than last year. Action taken at the start of the financial year has left Co-op in a strong position to face further economic challenges. These include tighter prioritisation of spend...

Having opened a Phase 1 investigation into the acquisition of Co-op’s 132 petrol forecourt sites by Asda in January 2023, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has announced it has found the deal raises competition concerns in 13 locations across the UK. In the 13 locations the CMA believes the businesses currently compete for customers and would not face sufficient competition after the...

Co-op, the UK’s largest consumer co-operative has announced the appointment of Kenyatte Nelson to its operating board, with responsibility for the society’s marketing, brand and membership strategies; reporting directly into Group Chief Executive Shirine Khoury-Haq. His role will include supporting Co-op’s presence at UK music festivals and also the naming rights partnership with Co-op Live – ant...

National convenience retailer, Co-op has announced a major new delivery partnership with Just Eat to further increase its online capacity. This means Co-op is now partnered with all three national food delivery specialists, having already adopted Deliveroo and Uber Eats services across a large number of stores. Co-op has also developed in-house delivery services, for stores where the delivery ...

Having expanded to a growing number of towns and suburbs in Cambridgeshire, Buckinghamshire and Northamptonshire the Starship/Co-op robot delivery service is now to be launched as a trial in two areas of Leeds, West Yorkshire; bringing the autonomous delivery experience to the north of England for the first time. To operate from the Co-op stores in Adel and Tinshill Using the Co-op’s A...

The quick commerce operator Getir have announced today that it will be starting to stock Co-op products. The trial sees Getir increase its product range with Co-op products with around 300 lines across ambient and fresh categories. Getir state that this will mean it can serve its customers better with quick meals, fresh meats, fruits, and veg, further supporting its growth in the UK. The tri...

Speaking to an audience of over 900 suppliers in Manchester on 29 September, major convenience retailer Co-op has set out the future direction of its food business with a new strategic blueprint entitled ‘Pure Convenience’. Led by new Food Managing Director Matt Hood and the new-look senior team, with Adele Balmforth as Director of Proposition and Sinead Bell as Commercial Director, the business...