The Co-op news and analysis – Page 60
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NewsScotmid Co-op suffers dip in sales and profits
Scotmid has posted a small drop in half-year sales and profits in what it described as a “challenging retail trading environment”.
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NewsMidlands Co-operative and Anglia Co-op to merge
Midlands Co-operative Society and Anglia Co-operative Society have announced plans to merge.
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Comment & OpinionGood food needs good wages
UK consumer price inflation in July was 2.8%, with food inflation just higher than that…
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NewsCo-op launches first Loved By Us ad campaign
The Co-operative Group has launched a new TV advertising campaign to push the new ready meals and pizzas in its Loved By Us range.
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Comment & OpinionCan The Co-op win over younger shoppers?
The Co-op is looking to attract younger shoppers - and its 10% student discount could be the breakthrough it needs…
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NewsCo-op gives students 10% discount on shopping
The Co-operative Group has become the first supermarket to give students a 10% discount on their shopping.
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NewsCo-op’s Loved By Us range opts for 100% British meat
The Co-operative Group has released further details on its new Loved By Us range, which is hitting shelves this month, including chilled ready meals and a switch to 100% British meat and poultry.
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NewsCo-op backs Carers Trust charity drive with wristband rollout
The Co-operative Group is to sell Carers Trust wristbands across its estate following success in 12 shops in South Wales.
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NewsCo-op drops lads’ mags titles in modesty row
Lads’ mags Front, Nuts and Zoo will no longer be sold in more than 4,000 Co-op stores from today after the magazine’s publishers refused to cover up their raunchy front covers.
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NewsThe Co-op gets ready to launch Loved by Us food-to-go range
The Co-operative Group’s new Loved by Us range is set to hit shelves on Monday…
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NewsCo-op strikes deal to supply frozen food to the military
British troops will be able to buy Co-op products in military bases for the first time following a new deal with NAAFI.
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NewsCo-op Group loses £559m as banking woes bite
The Co-operative Group’s food business has reported a 1.1% fall in half-year like-for-like food sales, but banking woes hit the society hard.
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NewsThe Co-op Group to make wine Truly Irresistible with new range
The Co-operative Group is taking premium own-label range Truly Irresistible into wine…
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Analysis & FeaturesSteve Murrells reveals his recipe for the Co-op's revival
The Co-op Group’s Steve Murrells has put together a new strategy to rediscover the society’s mojo…
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NewsCo-op Group to go online with trials starting ‘this year’
The Co-operative Group is the latest retailer to join a new wave of supermarkets joining the online revolution.
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NewsPatrick Allen, former marketing boss at The Co-op Group
Allen started his career working as an apprentice on his uncle’s fruit and veg stall in Bury…
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Comment & Opinion
Show your Love, Co-op
The Co-operative’s own-brand relaunch – to ‘Loved by Us’ – is interesting…
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NewsTesco to end lads’ mags sales to under 18s
Following Co-op’s announcement last week that it will delist lads’ mags unless publishers deliver them in pre-sealed bags by 9 September, Tesco has said it will no longer sell the magazines to under 18s.
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NewsCo-op to launch festive flower gift bag
The Co-operative Group is launching its first flower bouquet gift bag this Christmas…
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Analysis & FeaturesWill others follow Co-op's lead in lads' mag crackdown?
Its demands for modesty bags are a victory for UK Feminista but bigger chains are less likely to get steamed up…