Co-op Wholesale, which supplies around 600 forecourts, has kept its revenue stream steady in the first six months of the year, though losses have increased, with its parent organisation undergoing a “long-term reset” of its operations.
Wholesale brought in £683m in revenue in H1 2026 for Co-op, a figure identical to the same period last year. Despite this static figure, Wholesale made an underlying operating loss of £13m in the first half of they year, up from negative £10m in H1 ’25.
Co-op as a whole pulled in £5.6bn in revenue in H1 2026, making a loss of £45m, a worse figure than the first half of last year when it lost £32m.
The firm will be hoping its forecourt ambitions can help turn the Wholesale ship around, having secured the contract to supply Park Garage Group’s 80 sites as it eyes further expansion amongst forecourt operators.
Business development & growth director Ian King previously told Forecourt Trader he felt he was “pushing on an open door” in the sector, adding that his firm’s broad fresh food offering can help forecourts struggling with lost tobacco sales.
The company also recently significantly updated its Nisa offering, scrapping membership and delivery fees, and rolling out a new fascia.
Co-op’s chief executive, Kate Allum, said 2026 “is looking like a year of two halves for our Co-op”, with the first six months being “characterised by difficult markets and low consumer confidence, especially for food retail”, but the second half is already “seeing bigger baskets and more transactions”, and the hopes of “improvements in profitability”.
