The Co-op news and analysis
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Co-op’s Levy Share to support UK-first prisoner apprenticeship rail skill programme
Co-op’s Levy Share service brings together funds from Co-op and other employers to support training programmes for underrepresented groups and those in need of rehabilitation
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Co-op completes major solar panel project at largest RDC in Bedfordshire
The 660,000 sq ft depot in Biggleswade, which serves more than 600 stores across the south of England, has been equipped with approximately 6,744 solar panels
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Deliveroo white-label service Deliveroo Express rolls out with Co-op
It’s Deliveroo’s first UK grocery partner for the delivery-as-a-service offering
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Analysis & Features
Has M&S or Co-op done a better job in evolving cybercomms?
In the wake of major cyberattacks, how have M&S and Co-op handled their crisis comms, and how have approaches evolved?
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Co-op selects eight more suppliers to join Apiary support scheme
The programme is designed to enable smaller or early stage businesses, which are ‘unique, purpose-driven and create social value’, to become ‘retail ready’
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Cyberattacks: mass claim firm boasts of signing up 4,000 M&S shoppers
‘Mass claim platforms like this risk turning justice into a business model,’ said Seema Kennedy, executive director of Fair Civil Justice
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Co-op launches mojito cocktail flavoured grapes
The ‘Mojito Fresh’ variety will arrive in UK stores from 23 July after growers noticed its flavour resembled the classic cocktail
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Every Co-op member’s data was stolen, CEO confirms
Co-op has moved to tackle ‘root cause’ of the problem with The Hacking Games partnership
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Allan Leighton confirmed as a speaker at LIVE 2026
Allan Leighton will be interviewed at the London event on his Asda masterplan, as well as his long and storied career in retail
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Asda, Morrisons and Co-op retail media partner SMG names new CEO
Katie Streeter Hurle has been promoted from chief strategy officer to CEO, following the promotion of Sam Knights to CEO of SMG’s parent company Next 15
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Analysis & Features
Will others follow Co-op in dropping Israeli produce?
Co-op has announced an end to the sourcing of Israeli goods, alongside those from 16 other ’countries of concern’
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Four arrested over cyberattacks on M&S, Co-op and Harrods
All four were arrested at their home addresses and had their electronic devices seized for digital forensic analysis
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Events & Awards
Midcounties Co-op energy push goes ‘one step further’
Midcounties Co-operative’s member-led sustainability strategy achieved “to a whole new level” of environmental impact, our judges said
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M&S chair Archie Norman refuses to discuss paying cyberattackers a ransom
Archie Norman and Co-op group secretary and general counsel Dominic Kendal-Ward appeared before a sub-committee of the Business and Trade Select Committee today
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Co-op overhauls beer and RTD cocktail offer with UK craft emphasis
New additions include tipples from Lakes Brew Co and Boundary Brewing
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Southern Co-op to sell 22 food stores
The society, which runs 199 food stores, said 20 sites would be sold to two third-party retailers, while the remaining stores would be converted to Southern Co-op’s franchise operation, Welcome
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Media Bites 25 June: Asda’s weeds, playing student politics, Spanish wine exports
Kantar’s latest figures have been picked up by several papers, with the majority of headlines focused on rising inflation and the potential impact of GLP-1 weight-loss drugs on falling volumes
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Central Co-op and Chelmsford Star Co-op propose merger
Together Central Co-op and Chelmsford Star Co-op would create a society with a turnover of more than £1bn
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Co-op to cut ties with Israel and other countries in sourcing policy overhaul
The retailer’s members recently voted to ban Israeli goods from shelves
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Just Eat rolls out white-label Jet Go delivery service with Co-op
The service allows supermarkets to sell product through their own website and app, but leverage the aggregator app’s network of couriers to deliver baskets to shoppers’ homes