They are part of 50 opening before Christmas and 200 opening this year
The Co-op is to open 11 stores this week as part of the retailer’s investment in more than 200 new and transformed stores over 2024/25. The 11 are among the 50 stores Co-op has confirmed will open in time for Christmas.
The shops are a mix of new locations, franchise-operated stores and those that are re-opening following transformative investment. Among the stores opening include Co-op becoming the first permanent retailer at the new Brent Cross Town development – a new park town for London.
Also opening are Co-op’s latest franchise store opening in Frampton Cotterell (Bristol) and new-look stores re-opening following significant investment from Somerset to Inverness and the Scottish Highlands. Last week Co-op stores opened in Blaenavon, Oxenhope (near Keighley, Yorkshire) and Penkhull (Staffordshire).
Co-op stores typically offer a range of parcel collection services, access to cash through free ATM’s and online home delivery of groceries in 60 minutes or less.
Kate McCrae, Co-op Operations Director, said: “We are focused on creating local stores which are more than just a shop – they are a hub locally that contribute to local life and meet the needs of communities, conveniently. We’re investing in stores and communities right across the UK because we believe in the future of the high street – creating local jobs and backing British farmers and suppliers. However, sustained growth needs certainty, and the Government now has an opportunity at this week’s Budget to deliver the fair business rate reform needed to give retailers the stability to invest and grow.”
Co-op is one of the world’s largest consumer-owned co-operatives, with a history dating back more than 180 years and is owned by more than 7million members.
List of 11 stores opening in one week:
- 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
- Stiby Road, Yeovil
