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Co-op Food: The UK's Ethical Supermarket
Previously trading as The Co-operative Food, Co-op Food is a food retailer that is part of the long-running consumer co-operative movement and is the biggest of its kind in the country. It is part of a larger family of outlets, including financial, legal, funeral care services, and electrical retail stores. The food retailer is famous for its Fair Trade food, ethically sourced products, and the nutritional information on packaging. With more than 4,050 shops across the UK, their outlets are readily available. In their range, you will find frozen and fresh foods, fruit, vegetables, household goods, pet food, dry goods, meat, fish, alcohol, soft drinks, bakery items, and takeout food.
There are so many Co-op Food locations in the UK that you will find food outlets in almost all cities and towns. Larger cities like London, Glasgow, and Manchester have the highest number of branches.
Co-op opening times vary from location to location. Generally, they are open from 7 am to 10 pm, Monday through Sunday. Opening times often differ on public holidays such as the May Day Bank Holiday, New Year's Day, Christmas Eve, Boxing Day, and Easter Monday.
Checking your local store's opening times today is essential.
Co-op Food is widespread across the country, so most customers know something about it. However, here are five interesting facts you might not know:
- It holds approximately 6% of the grocery market in the UK.
- It won the 'Convenience Retailer of the Year' award at the Retail Industry Awards in 2016.
- The organisation was the first to sell Fairtrade products and the first in the UK to sell Fairtrade goods such as blueberries, sugar, own-brand wine, chocolate, bananas, and coffee.
- The Co-op raised more than £19 million for various local good causes and charities.
- It backed conservationist and engineer Martin Bacon when he set the world record for the fastest vehicle powered by coffee, with an average speed of 65.536 mph.
It is known as a food retail chain for its wide range of food products. In their outlets, you will find most of the everyday groceries you are likely to find in other supermarkets, such as bread, milk, fruit, vegetables, snacks, confectionery, frozen goods, and many different types of food. As a champion of various food initiatives, mainly ethically sourced, organic, and Fair Trade products, it is popular among those conscious of issues related to food and the environment.
Their own branded food is sold in three main ranges: Co-op (a standard range of own-brand products), Irresistible (a premium food and drinks range), and Free From (a range for consumers with various food allergies and dietary requirements).
The Co-op Group was established by the Rochdale Pioneers, who first proposed co-operative societies that believed businesses should be owned by their members. In 1863, a group of independent co-ops formed the Co-operative Wholesale Society (CWS), which provided food and other products for sale in hundreds of stores nationwide. Over the decades, the CWS underwent various changes and was transformed into the Co-operative Group.
As an organisation, they have been responsible for many firsts. They were the first to use rations to ensure everyone got a fair share during WWI. They were also the first retail group to use degradable plastic carrier bags and the first to ban over 20 of the most common pesticides from their fresh products. Most famously, in recent years, the Co-op Group has been a leader in Fair Trade, starting with being the first company to sell Fair Trade bananas and eventually offering their own branded Fair Trade products.
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