All The Co-op articles – Page 64
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NewsCo-op Group to stick by its big spend
The Co-operative Group has vowed to plough on with its £2bn three-year investment programme despite a 3.6% fall in half-year like-for-like food sales. CEO Peter Marks revealed food operating profits had plummeted 21% to £135.4m in the 26...
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NewsHaldanes defies call to review its Co-op action
Arthur Harris, CEO of the collapsed supermarket chain Haldanes Stores Limited, has vowed to press ahead with a personal legal claim against The Co-operative Group. In a Statement of Administrators Proposals, made available at Companies...
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Comment and Opinion
Peter Marks' very long game
Peter Marks, boss of The Co-operative Group, declared this morning that trading conditions were “the worst” he had seen “in over 40 years of retailing”.
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NewsFood sales slide at The Co-op as Marks laments ‘toughest market in 40 years’
The Co-operative Group has blamed intense competition, faltering consumer confidence and government spending cuts for a sharp fall in sales at its food business.
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Production starts at Co-op’s milk group
The Co-operative's long-awaited milk group has finally launched. The Co-op's new dairy group is being operated by Robert Wiseman Dairies and comprises 230 British dairy farms, which supply liquid milk into the Co-op's stores. Each...
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Co-op Group’s electrical offer gets a push
The Co-operative Group is placing small electrical goods alongside its food offer for the first time. Trials are being conducted at the retailer’s Leek, Holmfirth, Mablethorpe, Maryport and Irlams O’ Th’ Height stores. ‘Tech…
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NewsNorwich’s co-op wine shop
East of England Co-operative Society has opened its first wine merchants. Le Château, which opened last week in Norwich, is “a modern concept store coupled with the high-quality service of a traditional wine merchants”. As well as beers,…
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Co-op Group’s new wind farm
The Co-operative Group has started work on an £18.5m wind farm in Cambridgeshire as part of a plan to generate 25% of its electricity from its renewable energy projects by 2017.
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News(Nisa buying) power to the people’s co-op store
The People’s Supermarket - the co-operative retailer that opened in a blaze of publicity last year, promising to offer an alternative retail model - has joined Nisa-Today’s.
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NewsCo-op staff reveal details of its new ‘sales drive’ on Facebook
The Co-operative Group is understood to have launched several in-store initiatives to boost sales. Following two-hour in-store briefings with operations managers, staff have been discussing a “new sales drive” on Facebook.
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News‘A tremendous intellect’: sad loss of Bowes
The industry is mourning the loss of John Bowes, a Fairtrade and The Co-op Group veteran, who passed away last weekend while undergoing treatment for a heart condition. Bowes, 59, worked at The Co-operative Group for more than 30 years...
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Co-op boss tells how Kenya trip ‘opened his eyes’ to Fairtrade
The Co-operative Group's CEO Peter Marks has admitted he "really didn't get" Fairtrade until a recent visit to Kenya. Blogging this week on the website of the Depart-ment for International Development about his visit to a 'co-operative to...
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Co-op’s Hive fails to drive enough buzz
The Co-operative Group has ditched Hive, its social networking site. The site, www.hive.coop, was launched in February 2010 for members to discuss campaigns, ethics, products, values and principles. But the society pulled the plug last...
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Co-op Group in director shuffle
The Co-operative Group has appointed two new regional operations directors for its food business. David Parker will manage food operations in the South East, taking responsibility for 480 stores. He moves from the role of regional...
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Comment and Opinion
Risks of damage by association
The News of the World phone hacking scandal, which caused major retailers including Sainsbury’s and The Co-operative Group to withdraw their advertising support and other retailers to stop selling the newspaper before it folded…
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NewsWinners announced for CIWF dairy award
Asda, The Co-operative Group and Waitrose have all been named as winners of Compassion In World Farming's first-ever Good Dairy Award, at the charity's annual Good Farm Animal Welfare Awards. The award recognises retailers and food...
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Comment and Opinion
Advertisers let off the hook by News of the World's swift demise
Blimey, what a day! Just a few short hours ago, we were questioning how many retailers would follow The Co-op’s lead in pulling advertising from the News of the World.
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NewsSainsbury’s joins The Co-op in News of the World ad boycott
Sainsbury’s has joined The Co-operative Group in boycotting the News of the World following this week’s phone hacking allegations.
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Save money on sourcing, Spar is told
Spar's outsourced procurement team has warned retailers they are paying over the odds by buying services and goods not for resale direct. Brightsourcing, founded by Somerfield's purchasing managers, was hired by Spar last year to improve...
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Haldanes CEO says his Co-op Group claim runs to £7.2m
Haldanes has revealed its legal claim against The Co-operative Group amounts to £7.2m. CEO Arthur Harris revealed the figure exclusively to The Grocer following the collapse last week of Haldanes Stores and Ruston Retail.