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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Interview
Interview: Matt Hood – The man taking the Co-op back to the future
2024-10-14T05:00:00+01:00By Hugh Radojev
Hood has been with the Co-op for seven years and running its food business for more than two. He was promoted at a time of huge change at the Co-op, following a sustained period of success under former group chief executive Steve Murrells and Hood’s predecessor Jo Whitfield.
Analysis
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
As the most competitive retail sector in the UK, nothing comes easy for the grocers, making innovation and transformation an essential part of supermarket strategies as they fight for share of wallet.

Here we reveal three of the winning grocery innovations explored in Retail Week’s latest report, The Grocery Innovators: Redefining Food Retail
Data
Ranking: The most sustainable retailers according to shoppers
2024-10-03T06:00:00+01:00By Blaise Cloran
New data collected by Lumina Intelligence exclusively for Retail Week shows customers believe Marks & Spencer and Tesco are the most sustainable retailers.

More on Co-operative Group

Analysis

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

Following a strong set of results for the first half of the financial year, Co-op senior executives discuss the outlook for Christmas and the impact of retail crime on their business

News

Co-op is back in the black as membership numbers surge

2024-09-25T06:12:00+01:00By Hugh Radojev

C-store specialist Co-op has returned to profit and increased its revenues as its membership push resulted in a spike in new active members.

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
Co-op has set up a scheme to create over 600 apprenticeships in the early years sector
2024-08-19T23:01:00+01:00By Ritika Bhoora

Innovation round-up: Hologram training, reviving the metaverse, palm payments and more
2024-08-19T06:00:00+01:00By Lisa Byfield-Green
Airport retailers could see a boost in sales if global IT outage continues
2024-07-19T14:46:00+01:00By Megan Robinson
Co-op has launched its ‘biggest ever campaign’ to reintroduce the cooperative model to shoppers
2024-07-16T23:01:00+01:00By Hugh Radojev
Co-op commits to closing socioeconomic pay gap
2024-07-15T05:30:00+01:00

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