All The Co-op articles – Page 49
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Comment and Opinion
The Co-op’s trolley tablets are a missed opportunity
The Co-operative last week announced plans to add tablets to its trolleys to gather customer feedback. James Graemer of LIFE is unimpressed
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News
Co-op sells off farm business to the Wellcome Trust
The Co-operative Group has sold its farms business to the Wellcome Trust for £249m.
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News
Aldi acquires five larger Co-operative Group stores
Aldi has acquired five stores from The Co-operative Group as part of its ambitious store expansion plans…
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News
Co-op sticks tablets on trolleys to gain customer feedback
The Co-operative Group is rolling out hi-tech trolleys that allow shoppers to give the society instant feedback on stores.
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News
Co-op rows back on in-store radio policy after staff complaints
The Co-operative Group is to start playing a mixture of both well-known songs and tracks by unsigned artists on its in-store radio following a stream of complaints by staff.
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Profiles and QandAs
Zameer Choudrey on Bestway’s plans for The Co-op Pharmacy
Bestway chief executive Zameer Choudrey talks to Adam Leyland about the wholesaler’s £620m acquisition of The Co-operative Pharmacy
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News
Bestway mulls indie pharmacy wholesale
Bestway is hoping its acquisition of Co-operative Pharmacy will help it become a wholesaler for independent pharmacies…
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News
Co-op Group reforms ‘on track’ at special conference
The Co-operative Group’s corporate governance reforms are on track and the society has “a coalition of views coming together to form something that works”, chair Ursula Lidbetter has told members.
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News
Former Co-op boss Euan Sutherland gets £1m payoff
Euan Sutherland, the former CEO of The Co-operative Group, is to receive a £1m payoff
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News
Rob Tindale leads Co-op new store hunt in North London
The Co-operative Group has named Rob Tindale as its new regional acquisitions manager for North London…
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Analysis and Features
What will Bestway do with Co-operative Pharmacy?
It’s a solid performer in an attractive sector that generates high footfall, and holds many possibilities for further deve…
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News
Bestway acquires Co-op Pharmacy for £620m
Bestway has acquired The Co-operative Pharmacy from The Co-operative Group for £620m.
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Comment and Opinion
Small shop, big opportunity
The Co-operative Group has launched a mobile top-up shop that will act as a temporary store when one of its shops is being refurbished
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News
Midcounties Co-op boss completes 200-mile charity trek
Midcounties Co-operative Society chief executive Ben Reid has raised £4,700 for the Teenage Cancer Trust after completing a 194-mile coast-to-coast challenge.
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News
Co-op Group suppliers take out trade credit insurance
Suppliers are taking out trade credit insurance to protect themselves from the risk of non-payment by The Co-op Group…
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News
Aldi and The Co-op Group sign up to new DH salt pledge
Aldi and The Co-operative Group have become the first supermarkets to sign up to the latest DH targets on salt reduction…
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News
Co-operative Group mulls relaunch of its food magazine
The Co-operative Group is considering an overhaul of its free in-store magazine The Co-operative Food…
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News
Co-operative Group's store standards pilot troubles staff
Co-operative Group staff continued to express concerns over a new system of working that could lead to redundancies…
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Analysis and Features
Co-operative sector hopes numbers will counter bad press
A new report focussed on the UK co-operative market says the sector contributes £37bn to the economy, but many of the UK’s biggest co-ops are finding life tough
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News
Co-op to slash sugar from squashes and soft drinks
The Co-operative Food has pledged to remove almost 100 million teaspoons of sugar from its shelves by launching a ‘no added sugar’ High Juice squash range.