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Cambridgeshire Co-op site to reopen after new owner buys it
A former Co-op petrol station in Ramsey, Cambridgeshire, is set to be brought back into service after it was acquired by petrol retailer group RBK Services. Rapleys, the property and planning consultancy, was appointed by Central England Co-op to market its site after the retailer let its former superstore ...
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Co-op Isle of Skye site reopens after £3.5m overhaul
The Co-op store and petrol filling station in Broadford on the Isle of Skye has reopened following a £3.5m overhaul.Sales of fuel were maintained over the length of the work, which included installation of new fuel tanks, new columns and canopy, and the complete refurbishment of the store. The petrol ...
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Central England Co-op reports gross profits up 4.4% to £18.1m
Central England Co-operative, which operates 22 forecourts, has announced gross sales up 2.5% to £869.9m with trading profit up 4.4% to £18.1m for the year to 26 January 2019. It reported capital expenditure of £28.7m, which encompassed opening of 10 new food stores and refurbishing 35 more, and included a ...
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Nisa to roll out 1,000 Co-op own brand products
Nisa has announced that from April 2019 it will roll out approximately 1,000 Co-op own brand products across fresh and ambient, bringing the total number available to Nisa and Costcutter Supermarkets Group (CSG) retailers to almost 2,000, more than 80% of the Co-op range. The extended range will be rolled ...
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Lincolnshire Co-op reopens site after £1.6m redevelopment
Lincolnshire Co-op has reopened Whaplode Food Store and Filling Station after a £1.6m redevelopment. The site on Main Road has been given a major overhaul including the creation of a new, larger food outlet to replace the former kiosk on the site.It has doubled the retail area, creating room for ...
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Forecourt owner partners with Co-op for new site
Forecourt owner Visvanathan Ragunathan has partnered with Southern Co-op for the opening of his new site at Southwater in West Sussex. The store at the Texaco fuel station is trading under Southern Co-op’s Welcome franchise brand. He said: "Our customers love the Co-op own-label range and promotions. They love our ...
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New forecourt adopts Southern Co-op franchise
Forecourt owner Visvanathan Ragunathan has partnered with Southern Co-op in the opening of his new site at Southwater in West Sussex. The store at the Texaco fuel station is trading under Southern Co-op’s Welcome franchise brand. He said: “Our customers love the Co-op own label range and promotions. ...
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Million-pound revamp for Co-op forecourt
The Co-op petrol filling station and food store in Princess Parkway, Manchester, has re-opened after a near £1m revamp. The four-week programme of works involved replacing pumps, signage and the forecourt, while enhancing the shop to include a Costa Express, in-store bakery, Amazon lockers and a bigger fresh food, food-to-go, ...
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Valero and the Co-op join forces to raise money for charity
Members of Valero’s retail team recently joined forces with Co-op Texaco Thorne, Doncaster, to raise money for local charity, ‘Pride of the Isle’, who help improve the quality of life for people with life-limiting illnesses. The eight Valero employees and Co-op staff spent five hours washing cars at Co-op’s Thorne ...
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Co-op site’s £630,000 revamp
Co-op’s City Way, Rochester store and forecourt re-opened last week after a £630,000 revamp. Investment on the fuel side saw re-branding from Texaco to Co-op, with most of the money spent on a major store refit, including an improved range and the addition of a Costa Coffee machine. Steven Roffe, ...
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Central England Co-op carries out £67,000 site revamp
Central England Co-op has carried out a £67,000 revamp of one of its petrol filling stations in Huddersfield in response to customer feedback. Work at the site, in Lane Head Road, Shepley, has included the creation of 14 extra parking spaces following the removal of a car wash. The decision ...
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Co-op maintains island diesel service during forecourt revamp
The Co-op has committed to maintaining diesel supplies for customers at its Broadford filling station in Skye, while a £3.4m refurbishment of the forecourt and food store is carried out. The local community has expressed concern about plans to close down operations completely while the tanks, pumps and signage were ...
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Co-op forecourt and food store reopens after £525,000 overhaul
The Co-op has served-up a new-look petrol filling station and food store on Holm Road in Clitheroe, Lancashire, following a £525,000 overhaul that has created four new jobs. The programme of works at the fuel station has seen replacement of tanks, pumps and signage with the addition of a new ...
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Co-op site reopens following £1m overhaul
The Co-op petrol filling station and food store in Princess Parkway, Manchester, has re-opened after a near £1m revamp. The four-week programme of works has involved replacing pumps, signage and the forecourt, while enhancing the food store to include a Costa coffee dispenser, in-store bakery, Amazon Lockers and an increased ...
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Shop Doctor: In the surgery this month - Sandford’s Co-op
Location: On the A351, on the outskirts of Wareham Forecourt: This site is easy to locate thanks to the pole sign with the Texaco star at the top, the illuminated fuel prices and the Co-op logo. The bold Texaco branding on the forecourt canopy helps too. It’s an impressive forecourt ...
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Lincolnshire Co-op gets £1m redevelopment boost
A Lincolnshire Co-op filling station has reopened with a new food store after a £990,000 redevelopment. Work at the Gibbet Nook Food Store and Filling Station on the junction of the A153 and B1192 near Coningsby included new fuel pumps, improvements to the forecourt and a purpose-built food store to ...
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Co-op site reopens following £1.5m overhaul
The Co-op petrol filling station and food store in Congleton Road, Sandbach, Cheshire, re-opened on Thursday, 6 September, following a 15-week £1.5m programme of works to overhaul the infrastructure and extend the store. The service station – just off junction 17 of the M6 Motorway – has seen the extensive ...
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Lincolnshire Co-op reopens site after £990,000 scheme
A Lincolnshire Co-op filling station has reopened with a new food store after a £990,000 redevelopment. Work at the Gibbet Nook Food Store and Filling Station – on the junction of the A153 and B1192 near Coningsby – has included new fuel pumps, improvements to the forecourt and a purpose-built ...
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£990,000 Lincolnshire Co-op project nears completion
Lincolnshire Co-op will be closing its Gibbet Nook Food Store and Filling Station between August 20-25 as it puts the final touches to a £990,000 redevelopment of the site. It is nearing the end of a transformation programme including improvements to the forecourt and a new purpose-built food store creating ...
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Central England Co-operative reopens refurbished site
Central England Co-operative has opened the doors to its refurbished petrol filling station in Alfreton following a £30,000 makeover. The transformation has allowed for a range of improvements including new internal and external decoration, new lighting and a refreshed look for the kiosk. A spokesperson from the petrol station said: ...