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Water sales help a million Africans

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 01:00:00 +0100

For every litre of Fairbourne Springs sold in co-operative and Somerfield stores around the UK, 3p is donated by the Co-operative Retail Trading Group to the One Foundation, an organisat . . .

Co-operative whisky winners

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 09:00:00 +0100

Judges awarded the 5 Year Old Premium Scotch Whisky a Silver “Best in Class” award at the International Wine & Spirit Competition (IWSC), and Silver at the Internat . . .

Lincolnshire give a day to the community

Tue, 10 Aug 2010 10:00:00 +0100

The society took part in the national ‘Give and Gain Day’, a day of action for employee volunteers organised by Business in the Community. Around 6,000 staff from 212 compani . . .

Getting back to nature with Lundy campaign

Thu, 05 Aug 2010 02:00:00 +0100

Their trip was a celebration of a monumental achievement of the power of democracy and membership involvement with real political change. Last year, Co-operative Group members in the So . . .

Swindon marks 150 years of co-operation

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 10:00:00 +0100

Memorabilia, songs and food tastings were all part of a special day to mark 150 years of co-operative trading in Swindon. The society’s Old Town store hosted the celebrations, whic . . .

Ethical Group must lead the field — Hurrell

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 10:00:00 +0100

Replying to a question submitted by the Wales Region, Food Retail Managing Director Tim Hurrell explained that the ‘Good with Food’ advertising campaign had highlighted the b . . .

Members to spread the message over summer

Sun, 27 Jun 2010 10:00:00 +0100

In the South and West region, the Co-operative Membership was headline supporter of Exeter’s leading diversity festival, Exeter Respect, held in early June. The Respect fest . . .

Electrical goods on in-store trial

Tue, 15 Jun 2010 09:00:00 +0100

The pilots use a combination of an in-store display and “pods” where customers can view an electronic catalogue of more than 2,000 products from the Co-operative Electrical&r . . .

Own-brand treats strike gold

Wed, 02 Jun 2010 08:30:00 +0100

The scheme rates retailers’ own-brand food and drink on criteria such as taste, content, appearance, packaging, labelling, innovation and value for money. Gold awards went t . . .

Meet your Labour/Co-op PPCs

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 10:30:00 +0100

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