The Co-op news and analysis – Page 26
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NewsConvenience stores to be ‘hard hit’ by business rates revaluation in 2023
The Valuation Office Agency adjusts the rateable value of business properties to reflect changes in the property market
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Comment & OpinionCo-op’s Amazon tie-up is a sign of how convenience is evolving
Co-op is fast emerging as an unlikely pioneer in online grocery. Its ambitions in this arena were this week cemented by a landmark partnership with Amazon, which will offer 10,000 of its SKUs for same-day delivery to Prime members. Granted, this is nothing particularly pioneering in ...
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NewsTesco and Co-op risking tax penalty as battle for drivers intensifies, lawyers warn
The supermarkets are looking to engage HGV drivers with a limited company, an arrangement HMRC has sought to crack down on
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NewsCo-op partners with Amazon to offer grocery delivery to Prime members
Products will be picked and packed by local stores, and delivered by Amazon’s ‘Flex’ courier pool drivers
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NewsCo-op to open eighth university franchise store, in Aberdeen
It will bring the number of students served by Co-op to more than 150,000 across the UK
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NewsCo-op to open up to 30 in-store concessions from The Original Factory Shop
More than 30 of the concessions, each about 2,300 sq ft in size and employing about 10 staff, are to open inside larger Co-op stores over the next 15 months
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NewsDeliveroo’s supermarket partners star in new ad campaign
Waitrose, Aldi, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s and Co-op star in the ad
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NewsCo-op launches climate change commitments for Fairtrade producers
Co-op also said it would continue in its commitment to spend more than 0.7% of its pre-tax profit to international aid
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NewsCentral England Co-op to save 230,000 meals a year with Too Good To Go
The rollout of Too Good To Go follows a six-week trial earlier this year
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Analysis & FeaturesSix fmcg companies leading the way on sustainable palm oil
To celebrate International Orangutan Day (19 August), we take a look at six fmcg brands and retailers noted to be ‘leading the way’ on palm oil sustainability in WWF’s 2020 Palm Oil Buyers scorecard
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NewsNick Meagher to join Co-op as head of insight and research
He will start the newly created role in September and take on insight and research leadership for Co-op’s food, insurance, funeralcare, legal, community and membership functions
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NewsSouthern Co-op to take on 20 more young people on job placements through Kickstart
The latest joiners will take the number of people on Kickstart placements to nearly 40 at the society
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NewsScotmid and Southern Co-op to step up electronic shelf labelling trial to 23 stores
Cambridge-based technology integrator Herbert Retail will be driving the rollout over the coming months
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NewsHGV crisis: empty shelves as supermarkets hit by crisps shortages
Images of empty shelves in the crisps aisles in Co-op hit social media this week, with users claiming they had also seen range gaps in Sainsbury’s
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NewsSupermarkets delay complying with CMA call on restrictive land agreements
The Competition & Markets Authority wrote to Sainsbury’s, Morrisons, Asda, Co-op, Waitrose and M&S asking them to demonstrate their compliance
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NewsMidcounties Co-op launches soft plastic recycling points in more than 200 stores
The society said the initiative would help customers dispose of these materials more easily
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Range PreviewGravy flavoured crisps and turkey spring rolls: preview Co-op Christmas food 2021
Party food is the jewel in the Co-op’s Christmas collection this year, with a vast range of products for different tastes
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NewsSainsbury’s, Aldi and Co-op to trial fully recyclable plastic-free sandwich packaging
The all-fibre, plastic-free recyclable skillet, which will be 100% paper-based and feature a plastic-free window, will hit shelves across the UK from September
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NewsCentral England Co-op to add bodycare and home cleaning products to refill trial
The new offering will be found at its flagship Boley Park store in Lichfield, Staffordshire
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NewsSupermarkets back Henry Dimbleby’s call for mandatory reporting on healthy sales
The report claimed that the government’s voluntary reformulation programme had failed