The C.W.S Crumpsall Biscuit Factory: through the magic lantern

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Langdale and Neighbourhood Industrial Co-operative Society Limited". uk.coop. Synergy arm of Co-operatives UK. Archived from the original on 29 September 2011 . Retrieved 23 August 2008.

Palm Oil". Rainforest Foundation UK. Archived from the original on 2 March 2013 . Retrieved 29 November 2015.Retail societies had trouble transferring funds to Wholesale to pay for goods received. A "deposit and loan department" was set up in late 1872 to provide account services to its members. Removing pesticides from the food chain". pan-uk.org. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015 . Retrieved 29 November 2015. The Co-operative Group Limited, trading as Co-op and formerly known as the Co-operative Wholesale Society, is a British consumer co-operative with a group of retail businesses including grocery retail and wholesale, legal services, funerals and insurance retailing. [2] framing claims to make a products characteristics seem better (e.g. 80% fat free crisps, when they would have been only 20% fat anyway); and

Antimicrobial resistance – why the irresponsible use of antibiotics in agriculture must stop. The Soil Association (Report). Alliance to Save Our Antibiotics. March 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016 . Retrieved 9 September 2017.The Co-operative – Have Your Say". haveyoursay.coop. Archived from the original on 13 August 2015 . Retrieved 29 November 2015. After the First World War spending at the 'stores' as it was called, increased. The greater the income the larger the CWS grew. During the 1930s the Co-op brand goods were made in their 170 factories. It was stated by the CWS, 'Genuine goods are manufactured for our members, they receive the very best for their money'. As of 2011, 22 independent consumer co-operatives are corporate members or customer-owners, of the group. Ocean Disclosure Project 2015" (PDF). The Co-operative Food. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 July 2015.

Thirdly, the time was a period of notable inflation and a strong pound, which had led to a wave of cheap imported goods – this devastated much of the UK's manufacturing industries (including the CWS). By the 1980s, it became clear that the trend in the retail sector was towards large (often out of town) supermarkets and hypermarkets with hundreds of them appearing across the UK. Annual Report and Financial Statements" (PDF). Chelmsford Star Co-operative Society. 27 January 2007: 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 March 2009 . Retrieved 11 January 2008. {{ cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= ( help)The group's pesticide policy bans, restricts and monitors pesticide use at farms which supply its own brand products. The policy aims to minimise the use of chemicals, and the residues which remain on crops, whilst providing safe food but without notably increasing the cost of products. [183] In 2014 39% of tested products from The Co-operative fresh, frozen and canned produce range were pesticide residue free (2011: 35%) whilst 1.4% of tested products had pesticide residues above the Maximum Residue Limit (MRL) set for each product (4.4% is the UK average). [189] The Group Board was made up of fifteen "lay" member directors elected from regional boards, another five which came from the "independent societies" and, though there was the option to appoint up to three "independent professional non-executive directors" (IPNEDs) to the Group Board at any one time, only one was ever appointed.

UK's Co-op "saviour" Richard Pennycook to step down as CEO". Reuters. 7 February 2017 . Retrieved 7 February 2017.

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Sainsbury's, M&S and the Co-op follow Tesco's lead on GM feed". TheGrocer.co.uk . Retrieved 29 November 2015. National Museum of Science & Industry - Account for 2001-2002" (PDF). Science Museum Group. June 2017. p.9 . Retrieved 27 January 2023.