All Co-op articles – Page 2
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NewsCo-op Wholesale and Costcutter Supermarkets Group extend supply arrangement
Co-op Wholesale and Costcutter Supermarkets Group have agreed a new supply arrangement, after months of speculation over what would happen to supplies to Costcutter stores when an original agreement was due to end in December 2025.
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OtherMaltesers and MADL launch £10,000 fund to support local women’s causes
Co-op Wholesale’s charity Making a Difference Locally (MADL) has teamed up with Maltesers to launch a £10,000 community fund aimed at supporting women across the UK.
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NewsEG On The Move launches Stowmarket Services in partnership with Co-op
EG On The Move has launched a service station in Stowmarket, Suffolk: its first to open in partnership with Co-op after a successful trial which went live last summer.
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NewsKnockdown rebuild repositions Oversley Mill Services as destination site
The Brown family have completed a knockdown rebuild of their Oversley Mill Services forecourt on the A46 near Alcester in Warwickshire.
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NewsJoanne Hall departs BP to head up Central Co-op’s community-store retail operations
Joanne Hall has left BP to become Central Co-op’s head of retail operations for local community stores.
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NewsCo-op completes roll-out of new high-end fascia with eighth Roadchef site
The introduction of a sleek new fascia marking a partnership between Co-op and Roadchef has been completed with the addition of an eighth location.
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NewsCo-op Wholesale partners with Roadchef
Co-op Wholesale, the new name for what used to be Nisa’s wholesale operations, has announced a new partnership with Roadchef, replacing Spar at eight motorway service locations on the MSA operator’s network.
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NewsNisa’s wholesale operations rebranded as Co-op Wholesale
The Co-op Group has rebranded its wholesale operations, which previously operated under the Nisa name, with the launch of Co-op Wholesale.
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NewsCo-op launches rapid delivery app for all independents called Peckish
Co-op has launched ‘Peckish’, a rapid delivery grocery app, which it is making available to forecourt operators regardless of their shop fascia type.
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NewsZuber rolls out his new build formula for site six of seven Co-op franchised locations
Zuber Issa is this Friday launching his sixth of seven forecourts he has signed up to the Co-op franchise, using a new build formula which includes EV charging and a Starbucks drive-thru.
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NewsZuber on track to complete purchase of EG Group forecourts by final quarter of 2024
Zuber Issa is set to complete by the final quarter his £228 million purchase of the 34 UK forecourts still owned by the group he founded with his brother Mohsin.
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NewsZuber opens his third site in Scotland
Zuber Issa has this week opened his third site in Scotland under his EG On The Move banner, a new to industry forecourt on the A1 Gladsmuir junction in East Lothian.
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NewsZuber Issa opens his second site in Scotland
The second EG On The Move site in Scotland launches today with four ultra-fast electric vehicle chargepoints, dedicated HGV lanes, and 10 company-branded fuel pumps.
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NewsZuber takes burgeoning forecourt empire to 40 sites, from Sussex to Scotland
Ambitious Zuber Issa continues to expand with a new build forecourt launching in Scotland this week – his first north of the border and part of the franchise agreement he revealed this summer with the Co-op.
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NewsUnpacking the ‘Co-op in a box’ franchise
The Co-op wants to roll out its convenience franchise into forecourts to re-build a strong presence in the sector after selling its 129 company-owned petrol sites to Asda in 2022. But what has this to offer potential fuel retailer recruits Forecourt Trader asks director of partnership development Martin Rogers.
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NewsCo-op reveals ambitious forecourt plans as it signs franchise deal with Zuber Issa
The Co-op has signed a franchise agreement with Zuber Issa’s EG On The Move chain to put the convenience brand into an initial seven sites, as part of ambitious plans by the grocery operator to have recruited around 165 independent forecourts by 2030.
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NewsAsda launches programme to convert former Co-op forecourt sites to Asda Express
Asda has launched a programme to convert 116 petrol station forecourts and attached convenience stores acquired from the Co-op Group last year to its Asda Express convenience brand.
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NewsTop 50 Indie SGN opens new Co-op convenience store on forecourt in Sheffield
Top 50 Indie SGN has opened a new Co-op convenience store on the forecourt of its Birley Moor Road petrol filling station in Sheffield.
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NewsCMA accepts Asda’s offer to sell 13 Co-op forecourt sites to avoid competition issues
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has announced that it has agreed to accept Asda’s offer to sell off 13 Co-op forecourt sites, but a new investigation into Asda’s acquisition of most of EG Group’s forecourts this week seems unlikely.
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NewsMerger of Asda and EG Group could be completed today, according to reports
The owners of EG Group and Asda could complete a merger of the two businesses as early as today, according to a report by Sky News.