The Co-operative Group

The Co-operative Group is the UK’s biggest mutual retailer. As well as running food retail and wholesale operations, is the country’s largest funeral business and probate provider. Retail Week provides news, analysis, features and opinion about the Co-op and the grocery sector.

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News
Co-op extends sustainability revolving credit facility
2024-12-02T12:12:00+00:00By Hugh Radojev
C-store specialist Co-op has extended its £400m sustainability-linked revolving credit facility for another five years.
Opinion
‘Christmas adverts have become too centred around a carrot and a bunch of copy-carrots’
2024-11-25T12:43:00+00:00By Cressida Holmes-Smith
Christmas adverts have become centred around a carrot and a bunch of copy-carrots, and it’s time retail led the industry through some well-needed step changes once again, writes Lucky Generals chief executive Cressida Holmes-Smith.
News
Supermarket sales hit 2024 highs as inflation creeps up ahead of Christmas
2024-11-12T11:25:00+00:00By Hugh Radojev
Take-home sales at the grocers hit their highest point of the year, even as inflation began to inch up in the run-up to the all-important Christmas period.

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Analysis

Second chances: will hiring ex-offenders ever be mainstream in retail?

2024-11-11T07:00:00+00:00By Megan Tatum

Multiple high street retailers are scaling up recruitment programmes that proactively recruit from the pool of 14 million people in the UK with a criminal record.

Analysis

Three retailers reveal the next steps in their retail media networks

2024-10-21T15:12:00+01:00By Megan Robinson

Retail media networks continue to be a hot topic in the industry, and its growth shows no signs of slowing down.

Interview: Matt Hood – The man taking the Co-op back to the future
2024-10-14T05:00:00+01:00By Hugh Radojev
Revealed: The UK’s top grocery innovators and what’s key to their success
2024-10-10T05:30:00+01:00Promotional research for PayPal, By Rebecca Taylor
Ranking: The most sustainable retailers according to shoppers
2024-10-03T06:00:00+01:00By Blaise Cloran
Co-op chief executive and food boss count the costs of retail crime and give their outlook for Christmas
2024-09-26T12:17:00+01:00By Hugh Radojev

Co-op is back in the black as membership numbers surge
2024-09-25T06:12:00+01:00By Hugh Radojev
Co-op has launched a 24-hour grocery delivery service as demand rises
2024-09-17T23:01:00+01:00By Ritika Bhoora
Co-op has tripled its number of member deals till the end of the year
2024-09-11T14:28:00+01:00By Ritika Bhoora
How the Midcounties Co-operative is creating sustainable stores
2024-09-02T06:30:00+01:00Paid for post by LoweConex

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