Co-op

Co-op profile

A guide to the retailer and its operations today. Updated quarterly to include latest information on performance, strategic developments, marketing initiatives, key personnel and must see stores.

Co-op: data

See data on the retailer’s performance and forecasts for its operations by channel.

Strategic outlook for Co-op

We look at the strategic priorities for Co-op, the UK’s largest consumer co-operative, as it balances its core values and long term goals with changes brought about by COVID-19.

UK Country Presentation

A guide to the UK’s grocery market and how we expect the country, its leading retailers and channels to evolve over the next five years.

The COVID-19 Co-op supermarket shopper

Find out who they are, how they shop and what matters to them?

This report uses full analysis of our ShopperVista data between September 2020 and August 2021. We compare the attitudes, demographic profiles and shopping behaviours of shoppers at 9 different supermarkets – Waitrose, Tesco, Iceland, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons, Asda, M&S, Lidl and Aldi.

Latest News

First look: Co-op Festival store at Glastonbury

I made a quick stop at the Co-op store while at Glastonbury Festival to see how it has adapted its offer to attendees’ specific needs. The retailer has a long-standing presence at festivals since opening its first in 2018 as part of a partnership with event organiser Live Nation, with subsequent versions, including the one I visited, taking learnings from previous versions.

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GB market performance shows inflation’s growing impact

The latest release from Kantar, based on data from its 30,000-strong shopper panel, indicates that in the 12-weeks to 12 June 2022 total till roll consumer spend in Great Britain fell by 1.9% versus 2021. While the market contracted over the 12-week period it was its best performance since October 2021 and the data showed it grew by 0.4% over the latest four-week timeframe. Inflation begins to...