The Co-op news and analysis – Page 62
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Lincolnshire Co-op goes solar with energy panel rollout
Lincolnshire Co-operative Society has invested £120,000 in installing solar panels at eight of its food stores.
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Bank takeover a 'tragedy', says former Co-op Group CEO Marks
Former The Co-operative Group CEO Peter Marks faced a grilling from MPs investigating why the deal for the society’s bank to acquire 632 Lloyds Bank branches collapsed earlier this year.
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Co-op Group loses majority control of Bank
The Co-operative Group has confirmed it has reached an “agreement in principle” to save its ailing bank.
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Co-op Bank sets aside more cash to cover debts
The Co-operative Bank has taken a further hit to cover bad debts as it revealed its recapitalisation plan would be “materially different” to the one it announced in June this year.
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Co-op members want Daily Mail ad boycott over Miliband row
Campaigners and members are piling pressure on The Co-operative Group to pull its advertising with the Daily Mail…
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Co-op reformulates gluten-free sausages
The Co-operative Food has defended its decision to reformulate part of its premium Truly Irresistible range…
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Clydebank Co-op and KeyStore joint c-store opens for business
A jointly branded KeyStore and Clydebank Co-operative Society c-store has opened in Glasgow’s West End…
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Analysis & Features
As Anglia merges with Midlands has the co-op power shifted?
First Penrith and Scotmid, now Midlands and Anglia: whether defensive or opportunistic, more mergers are surely on the car…
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Scotmid 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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Midlands 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 & Opinion
Good food needs good wages
UK consumer price inflation in July was 2.8%, with food inflation just higher than that…
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Co-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 & Opinion
Can 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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Co-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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Co-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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Co-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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Co-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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The 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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Co-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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Co-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.