Overview
- The 11 locations are Frampton Cotterell (Bristol), Brent Cross Town (London), Church Street (Inverness), Bassett Green Road (Southampton), Church Street (Gamlingay, Bedfordshire), Mansfield Road (Clipstone, Nottinghamshire), Kentish Town Road (Kentish Town, London), Brora (Scottish Highlands), Wordsworth Avenue (Stratford-Upon-Avon), Main Street (Swallownest, Sheffield) and Stiby Road (Yeovil).
- The week’s openings are a mix of new sites, franchise-operated stores and re-openings following significant investment or redesign.
- Co-op becomes the first permanent retailer at the new Brent Cross Town development in London.
- These launches are part of 50 stores due to open before Christmas within a 2024/25 programme of more than 200 new and transformed shops backed by £200m.
- Alongside the store rollout, Co-op has expanded member value with 200 personalised offers, higher discounts and in-app reward games, and it is urging business-rate reform in this week’s Budget to support further investment.