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Burnt out Co-op site rebuilt
Central England Co-operative is planning to open the doors to its rebuilt petrol filling station and food store, in Halifax Road, Birchencliffe, Huddersfield, at 10am on Friday April 21. The new-look building replaces the former store, which was badly damaged by a fire in the middle of 2016. Since then ...
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Co-op filling station reopens after makeover
Central England Co-operative has reopened its refurbished petrol filling station at Haddon Road, Bakewell, in Derbyshire, after a £235,000 makeover of its convenience store. The changes have included the introduction of new fixtures and fittings including pioneering energy efficient refrigeration and LED lighting technologies to minimise environmental impact. Haddon Road ...
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Co-op adds LED lights
ighting to 118 of its food stores and petrol filling stations.As part of the society’s corporate responsibility strategy, the business is aiming to tackle sustainability across all of its business operations. In 2015 it was awarded the Carbon Trust’s internationally recognised environmental certifications for reducing organisational water use, carbon and ...
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Co-op installs LED lighting
Central England Co-operative is rolling out LED lighting to 118 of its food stores and petrol filling stations. As part of the society’s corporate responsibility strategy, the business is aiming to tackle sustainability across all of its business operations. In 2015, Central England Co-operative was awarded the Carbon Trust’s internationally ...
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McColl’s buys 298 Co-op stores
The convenience retail chain McColl’s has announced the conditional acquisition of 298 convenience stores from the Co-operative Group for £117m in cash. McColl’s chief executive Jonathan Miller commented: "I am delighted to announce the acquisition of 298 quality convenience stores in a transformational deal for McColl’s. This opportunity substantially accelerates ...
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Jet wins Co-op supply deal
Jet has been chosen as the fuel supplier for a new Co-operative forecourt and food store that opened on 3 December in Earlston in the Scottish Borders. The 3,700sq ft convenience store and 16 nozzle Jet filling station replaces the Co-operative food’s former outlet in the town. The site, which ...
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DSL Group in pump-top promo deal with Co-op
DSL Group, the specialist in petrol pump-top promotions and distribution, has secured an exclusive 12-month forecourt promotion agreement with 200 Co-operative stores across the UK. "The recently agreed deal means that various DSL products will be available in all Co-operative forecourts, offering consumers high quality, great value products," said DSL’s ...
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EQUIPMENT NEWS: DSL secures deal with Co-op
DSL Group, the specialist in petrol pump top promotions and distribution, has secured an exclusive 12-month forecourt promotion agreement with 200 Co-operative stores nationwide. “The recently agreed deal means that various DSL products will be available in all Co-operative forecourts, offering consumers high quality, great value products,” said DSL’s commercial ...
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Co-op signs with BOSS
Midland Co-operative Society has signed up to the Payment Watch debt recovery scheme run by the British Oil Security Syndicate (BOSS). It means the co-operative’s 16 forecourt sites have joined the scheme, which puts in place a co-ordinated system for recovering financial losses incurred by ’no means of payment’ incidents.Michael ...
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Midlands Co-op joins Payment Watch
Midland Co-operative Society has signed up to the Payment Watch debt recovery scheme run by the British Oil Security Syndicate (BOSS). It means the co-operative’s 16 forecourt sites have joined the scheme, which puts in place a co-ordinated system for recovering financial losses incurred by ‘no means of payment’ incidents. ...
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OFT accepts undertakings from Midcounties Co-op following Harry Tuffins purchase
The OFT has accepted undertakings offered by Midcounties Co-operative Limited (Midcounties) to address the competition concerns arising from its completed acquisition of Tuffin Investments Limited, the grocery and fuel retailing business of Harry Tuffin Limited.As a result, the merger will not be referred to the Competition Commission.The OFT announced in ...
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Chelmsford Star Co-op buys family forecourt business
A petrol filling station and c-store business that has been owned by the same family for over 50 years has been sold to the Chelmsford Star Co-operative Society for just under £2m by property advisers Christie & Co.Jones of Chelmsford, located in the Essex county town’s Baddow Road, was owned ...
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Emotional goodbye as Harry Tuffins sells up to Midcounties Co-op
Harry Tuffins managing director Paul Delves said he had "mixed emotions" about leaving the business this month following the sale of the group to Midcounties Co-op.The Delves family agreed to sell its 10 businesses in Powys, Flintshire, Shropshire and Gloucestershire at the start of last month. The network includes eight ...
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Midcounties Co-op to buy Top 50 Indie Harry Tuffins
Top 50 Indie Harry Tuffins has agreed to sell its network of forecourts and convenience stores to the Midcounties Co-operative Society. The independent retailer, which is run by the Delves family, operates 10 businesses in Powys, Flintshire, Shropshire and Gloucestershire. The network includes eight petrol stations plus one forecourt in ...
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Texaco wins Co-op award
The Texaco brand has beaten nine other suppliers to scoop the Best Branded Supplier in the Non-foods, Fuel and Drinks category of the recent Co-operative Retail Trading Group (CRTG) Charity Supplier Awards Dinner.It came in at the top of the field ahead of industry leaders that included Diageo, Imperial Tobacco, ...
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Texaco brand scoops Co-op supplier award
The Texaco brand has beaten nine other suppliers to scoop the Best Branded Supplier in the Non-foods, Fuel and Drinks category of the recent Co-operative Retail Trading Group (CRTG) Charity Supplier Awards Dinner. It came in at the top of the field ahead of industry leaders that included Diageo, Imperial ...
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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 ...