All Co-op articles – Page 7
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NewsShop Doctor: The Co-operative Service Station, Ingleton, Yorkshire
GENERAL APPEARANCE: The A65 Leeds to Kendal road is a busy main route, particularly during holiday periods. From the north west, The Co-operative Food Service Station is clearly visible but access is from the south east. From there, the pole is the first sign. FORECOURT: The pole ...
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Co-op on acquisition trail with purchase of Shropshire forecourt
The Co-operative Group has bought DAB Stores, the garage forecourt and supermarket business in Minsterley, Shropshire in a deal worth in the region of £1.6 million, in a further signal of its intent to make significant store acquisitions. Business agents Christie & Co sold the business on behalf of the ...
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Co-op chooses Torex for forecourt solutions
The Co-operative has invested in a range of retail systems to better integrate the convenience and fuel sides of its forecourt businessRetail technology provider Torex was chosen to integrate ‘fuel’ functionality into the Co-operative’s InControl EPOS system following the Co-operative’s addition of 142 forecourt sites to its estate when it ...
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Total signs 31 Co-op forecourts
Total UK has signed a new five-year contract to supply fuel to 31 Co-op Group forecourts nationwide, representing a significant piece of business for the oil company, particularly in light of its up-for-sale status. Richard Laden, Total UK retail director, said: "We are delighted to have completed this ...
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Total signs 31 Co-op forecourts
Total UK has signed a new five-year contract to supply fuel to 31 Co-op forecourts nationwide, representing a significant piece of business for the oil company, particularly in light of its up-for-sale status.Richard Laden, Total UK retail director, said: “We are delighted to have completed this deal with a company ...
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Co-op’s plans split Community
More than 200 people turned up at a town council meeting in Lechlade, Gloucestershire, to hear Midcounties Co-operative’s plans for a new petrol station on Station Road. The site formerly housed a BP forecourt but that closed 12 years ago. Opponents to Midcounties Co-op’s plans say the proposed store is ...
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Alvern seals nozzle deal with Waitrose and Co-op
Waitrose and The Co-operative have partnered with Alvern Media, the forecourt media specialist, to offer 89 new advertising sites. The new sites will carry the government’s Change4Life campaign which encourages consumers to lead a healthier lifestyle. The new partnerships with Waitrose and The Co-operative increase Alvern Media’s national forecourt ...
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Co-op chiefs say thank you to staff
Co-op staff have been thanked for their sterling efforts in coping with the recent bad weather by the company’s management team. Tim Hurrell, managing director of The Co-operative Food, said: "The staff on the petrol forecourts, as well as our food and distribution teams, deserve a massive thank you for ...
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Co-op signs up for Texaco on 19 sites
Chevron is to provide Texaco-branded fuel for 19 members of the Co-operative Retail Trading Group (CRTG), the UK’s largest consumer co-operative. Clive Adamson, head of petrol and post offices at the Co-op Group said: "Chevron’s Texaco brand is well known on the forecourt and we arepleased to be building a ...
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Co-op to buy Somerfield
The Co-operative Group has entered into an agreement to buy Somerfield for £1.57bn. Peter Marks, The Co-operative Group’s chief executive, said: “This is good news for consumers and for competition in the grocery market, where we will create a stronger fifth player in food and a convenience store chain with ...
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Co-op switches 45 sites to BP
The Co-operative Group is converting 45 of its petrol station sites in the UK to BP. The major deal, which follows a year of negotiations, will also see the Co-operative Retail Trading Group re-sign 40 other sites with BP’s dealer network for a further five years. Peter Molloy, BP’s UK ...
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NewsShop Doctor: The Co-op, BP forecourt, Romsey, Hampshire
Just outside Romsey, on the Dorchester to Guildford A31, is a forecourt with a Co-op c-store and BP fuels. The Co-op is part of the Southern Co-operatives, a regional society that operates some 90 convenience stores of which only two have a forecourt.Forecourt: The total site is fairly long but ...
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NewsCo-op/Shell, Pavilion Square, Westhoughton, near Bolton
Last month’s issue of Forecourt Trader featured the Petrol Division of United Co-operatives and reported some very impressive shop developments and results. I resolved to visit a site as soon as possible then remembered that the report mentioned one at Westhoughton near Bolton – I was up that way so ...
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NewsCo-op/Shell site, Pavilion Square, Westhoughton, Nr Bolton
Last month’s issue of Forecourt Trader featured the Petrol Division of United Co-operatives and reported some very impressive shop developments and results. I resolved to visit a site as soon as possible then remembered that the report mentioned one at Westhoughton near Bolton – I was up that way so ...
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United Co-op buys Action Stations
United Co-operatives, the largest independent co-operative society in the UK – with a £1.9billion turnover – has bought Action Stations, which operates in the Yorkshire, north east and Nottingham areas. It has acquired seven sites – based at Wakefield, Pontefract, Ossett, Barnsley, Huddersfield, Retford and Sunderland – which form part ...