Co-op to accelerate convenience growth with 75 new stores in 2025
Co-op is accelerating its convenience growth with plans to open 75 new stores across the UK this year.
These will include up to 25 new Co-op operated stores with the first sites launching in early 2025 at The Anchorage in Salford Quays and East Benton in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
In addition to traditional groceries, the stores will offer added services including parcel collection and returns, as well as payment services. They will also operate as a hub for Co-op’s online quick commerce operation.
A further 50 sites are expected to open as franchise stores in 2025 to enable Co-op to operate in locations where it may not otherwise be able to access.
Matt Hood, Co-op managing director said: “We want everyone to have easy and convenient access to a Co-op store, wherever they live, and this year we are completely focused on achieving that through an ambitious and exciting new stores strategy.
“Our stores play an active role in local life, and are often a community hub, providing the products and services our members and customers want and need.”
Co-op is also planning to undertake major refurbishments in up to 80 existing stores this year. Shops set to re-launch following major makeovers in early 2025 include sites in Exeter, Brighton, Bristol, Cambridgeshire, Hampshire, Avonmouth, Hereford and Clapham.
