Central England Co-operative
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Central England Co-operative, trading as Central Co-op, is a regional consumer co-operative in the United Kingdom, based in Lichfield and which trades from over 400 sites across the English Midlands and East Anglia. The business is owned and democratically controlled by its members who can stand for election to the board and who also share in the society's profits. A proportion of the profits of the business are also invested in local community groups through its community dividend grants programme and its more than 60 member classes.
Central Co-op | |
Company type | Consumer co-operative |
Industry | Groceries, filling stations, funeral care, floristry, optometry |
Predecessor | Anglia Co-operative Midlands Co-operative |
Founded | 2013; 11 years ago (2013) (Original society founded in 1844) |
Headquarters | Central House, Hermes Road, Lichfield, WS13 6RH , United Kingdom |
Area served | The Midlands, East of England, Oxfordshire and parts of Yorkshire |
Key people | Elaine Dean (President, Board of Directors) Debbie Robinson (Chief Executive) |
Revenue | £961.4 million (18/19)[1] |
£11.9 million (18/19) | |
Members | 330,000 Active (18/19) |
Number of employees | 7,200 (2020/21) |
Website | Official website |
The Society's key businesses are its 260 foodstores and over 120 funeral directors which all trade using the 2008 version of The Co-operative brand. The co-operative also has 10 florists, three stonemasonry outlets, a coffin factory and crematorium; it has 1,731,005 members (including over 329,000 regular trading members) and 8,600 employees (figures as January 2017).[2]
Registered under the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014, Central England Co-operative is the second largest independent retail co-operative in the UK and was formed in 2014 following the 2013 merger of the Anglia Regional and Midlands Co-operative societies. The society has a permanent seat on the board of Co-operatives UK; it is a corporate member of The Co-operative Group, the largest consumer co-operative in the world and the national buying group, Co-operative Federal Trading Services.