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Central England Co-operative, trading as Central Co-op, is a regional consumer co-operative in the United Kingdom, based in Lichfield and which trades from over 400 sites across the English Midlands and East Anglia. The business is owned and democratically controlled by its members who can stand for election to the board and who also share in ...
Co-op member-owners have access to a range of discounts, offers and lower member prices. As part-owners in the co-operative, members also have a say in business decisions and can help to support communities across the UK and Isle of Man. [99] [100] In 2019, a new Co-op app was launched with weekly member offers and discounts. [101]
Chelmsford Star convenience store in Great Baddow. One of the society's funeral directors in Writtle.. According to the International Co-operative Alliance, "A co-operative is an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly-owned and democratically controlled enterprise."
Approved by members on 4 and 18 November, legal completion of the merger took place on 1 December, with the Society transferring engagements to Midlands Co-operative. [4] On 15 January 2014, members of the merged society approved a change of name to Central England Co-operative effective from 25 January 2014. [5]
The movement's cloverleaf logo created the impression that it was a single organisation rather than independent organisations sharing common principles.The brand was strengthened by the creation of the Co-operative Retail Trading Group (CRTG) in 1993, providing Co-op branded products and other food supplies to its members: by 2002, the CRTG provided 100% of food supplies sold by UK consumer co ...
The Midcounties Co-operative Limited [4] [a], trading as Your Co-op, is a consumer co-operative in the United Kingdom with over 700,000 members. [2] Registered in England under the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014, it is a member of Co-operatives UK and Federal Retail Trading Services .
Co-op is a UK supermarket chain and the brand used for the food retail business of The Co-operative Group, one of the world’s largest consumer co-operatives.As the UK’s fifth largest food retailer, Co-op operates nearly 2,400 food stores.
Member economic participation is one of the defining features of co-operative societies, and constitutes the third Rochdale Principle in the ICA's Statement on the Co-operative Identity. According to the ICA, co-operatives are enterprises in which "Members contribute equitably to, and democratically control, the capital of their co-operative.