Aberdeen is Scotland's 3rd largest city
Northern Co-operative Society Limited (abbreviated to Norco), previously named Northern Co-operative Company Limited, was a local consumer co-operative trading in Aberdeen, Scotland, from 1861 to 1993.[1][2] It operated supermarkets and other businesses throughout Aberdeenshire, and employed 2000 people in 1992.
It was put into the hands of a receiver for liquidation in 1993, as a result of financial difficulties that The Guardian newspaper attributed to "an over-ambitious building and development programme" and failed attempts to dispose of the entire business as a going concern, despite the successful sale of its dairy, five pharmacies, and then several supermarkets to Argyll Stores and the Co-operative Wholesale Society (CWS).[1][2]
- ^ a b "NORCO - Records of the Northern Co-operative Society". Aberdeen City Archives.[dead link]
- ^ a b Seumas Milne (18 June 1993). "Scottish co-op calls in receiver". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 July 2008 – via ProQuest.