Our Parent Company
Midlands Co-operative Society
Midlands Co-operative Society Limited is the second largest independent retail Society in the UK.
In 1960 there were around 950 retail Societies in the UK: today there are less than 40. The rest merged to form larger societies. Midlands Co-op owes its existence to mergers with 65 other Societies, the most recent or which were in 1995, when Central Midlands Co-operative Society merged with the Leicestershire Co-operative Society; In 2001 when Chesterfield and District Co-operative Society Limited merged; In 2006 When Desborough Industrial Society and Ilkeston Consumer Co-operative merged with us; and in 2007 Raunds Co-operative Society merged with us.
Today Midlands Co-operative, is a modern forward-looking organisation employing some 7600 staff and with gross sales in excess of £749 million.
Our principal areas of activity are Retail – food and non-food; Travel; Funeral Services and Transport. We also have a substantial investment property portfolio.
Trading principally in Derbyshire, Leicestershire and the Greater Midlands, we also have trading outlets in Herefordshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, South Yorkshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire. At the time of publishing we have over 400 trading outlets ranging from superstores to convenience stores, supermarkets, department stores, travel shops, business travel offices, funeral homes, post offices and petrol stations.
Providing management and support for our operational activities is the Business Support Centre located in Lichfield Staffordshire.
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