British co-operative group Co-op has expanded its UK presence with the launch of two new stores in Alperton, London, and Ashley Down, Bristol.
The new store at Grand Union in Alperton, London is situated in a new canal-side neighbourhood.
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Opened on 28 June 2024, the store features an in-store bakery, a Costa Coffee Express, hot food options and a selection of fresh, healthy and chilled produce.
Customers can also find meal ideas, everyday essentials, sandwiches, food-to-go, Fairtrade products, flowers and chilled beers.
To improve convenience, the London store also offers online grocery delivery via Deliveroo and Uber Eats.
The location features a soft plastic recycle unit, allowing customers to recycle crisp packets, bread bags, biscuit wrappers and pet food pouches.
This initiative aligns with Co-op’s commitment to ensuring all its own-brand food packaging is recyclable, either through local authority kerbside collections or in-store recycling units.
Co-op store manager Azar Mahroof said: “The store also has a focus on delivering value, with member price savings across a wide range of everyday essentials so that the people who own our business, our member-owners, benefit every time they shop.”
In addition to the London store, Co-op has also opened a purpose-built new store in Ashley Down, Bristol.
The 7,000ft² store on Gloucester Road supports 20 local jobs and offers services similar to those of the new London location, including parcel collection through DPD, a Costa Coffee Express, hot food, an in-store bakery and online grocery delivery via Deliveroo, Just Eat and Uber Eats.
Ashley Down’s Co-op store also provides customer car parking, a free cash machine for community access to cash, and a soft plastic recycling unit to support the community’s recycling efforts.
In June 2024, Co-op opened a new 2,250ft² convenience store in New Romney, Kent, UK.
