Co-op Food

For general information on organisations of this name, see Food cooperative. For the Canadian chain of co-operative supermarkets, see Federated Co-operatives.

Co-operative Group Limited (Food)
Co-op
Company typeGroceries retailer
Founded23 July 1850
HeadquartersManchester, United Kingdom
Number of locations
2,564 (2022)[1]
RevenueIncrease £7.8 billion (2022)[1]
Decrease £139 million (2022)[1]
OwnerThe Co-operative Group
WebsiteOfficial website Edit this at Wikidata

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. It also supplies products to over 6,000 other stores, including those run by independent co-operative societies, through its wholesale business, Nisa Retail Limited.[2][3]

Co-op is owned by millions of UK consumers and employs 56,000 people, with an annual turnover of more than £11 billion. The organisation is known for its involvement in social and community programmes.[2]

Before reintroducing the Co-op brand in 2016, the group used "The Co-operative" branding, which some consumers' co-operative societies in the UK continue to use, while others have adopted their own branding.

In 2024, Co-op introduced a new brand platform, "Owned by You. Right By You." This was developed in response to findings that over 50% of consumers did not fully understand the concept of a co-operative or mutual business.[2]

  1. ^ a b c "Co-op Annual Report & Accounts for 2022" (PDF). Co-op Group. p. 22. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  2. ^ a b c "Can the UK become a nation of co-operators? - Co-op unveils bold new brand platform". www.co-operative.coop. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Who we are". www.co-operative.coop. Retrieved 8 August 2024.