Co-operative Group (Great Britain)
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Information for Authority record
Name (Latin)
Co-operative Group (Great Britain)
Other forms of name
Co-op (Great Britain)
Co-operative Group CWS (Great Britain)
Associated country
Great Britain
Field of activity
Financial services industry
Groceries
Retail trade
Stores, Retail
Undertakers and undertaking
Associated Language
eng
Sources of Information
- Its Web site, Nov. 6, 2003(in 1863 a group of retail societies registered the North of England Co-operative Society; in 1872 the group became the Co-operative Wholesale Society; in 1973 the SCWS (Scottish Co-operative Wholesale Society) merged with CWS; in 2000 CWS and CRS [Co-operative Retail Services] merged; in 2001 the society changed its name to the Co-operative Group)
- Annual report, 2000:(Co-operative Group CWS)
- Annual report & accounts 2010:p. 11 (in 2007, the United Co-operatives merged into the Co-operative Group)
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Wikipedia description:
The Co-operative Group Limited, trading as Co-op and formerly known as the Co-operative Wholesale Society, is a British consumer co-operative with a group of retail businesses, including grocery retail and wholesale, legal services, funerals and insurance, and social enterprise. The group has its headquarters located at One Angel Square in Manchester, England. The Group also manages the Co-operative Federal Trading Services, formerly the Co-operative Retail Trading Group (CRTG).
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