The Co-operative brand
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The Co-operative, also known as Co-op, is a brand used by a variety of co-operatives based in the United Kingdom. It is not a single business, but a number of consumers' co-operatives spanning various
Branding of a Co-op Food shop
Example of the 'Co-op Welcome' branding in Stansted Mountfitchet
Example of the 'Co-operative' branding in Holcombe, Greater Manchester
Example of the 'Late Shop' branding on the Co-op shop in Whitnash
Co-op Food
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Co-op is a UK supermarket chain and the brand used for the food retail business of The Co-operative Group, one of the world's largest consumer co-operatives. As the UK's seventh largest food retailer,
The Co-operative brand
…the largest areas of the businesses are in food shops, particularly convenience shops, thus the largest and most visible use of the branding is as Co-op Food. The Co-operative brand as it is widely used today came about as a result of the Co-operative Commission's report into the British co-operative movement…
A rebranded Co-op Food shop in Old Street, London, pictured in 2016
Co-op self-service grocers in London ca 1950.
Co-op supermarket in Kirton, Lincolnshire in 1995.
Co-op supermarket in Ackworth, West Yorkshire in 1990s–2000s branding.