Company Shop opens in Middleton

Company Shop Founder and Chairman John Marren, Deputy Mayoress of Rochdale Mrs Elaine Dutton, Deputy Mayor of Rochdale Councillor Ray Dutton, Middleton Store’s first customer Bill Andrews, and Middleton Store Manager Vijay Patel

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Company Shop, the UK’s largest redistributor of surplus food, has opened a new store in Middleton today (Monday 16 November).

http://www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/news-features/1/business-news/98585/company-shop-to-open-new-middleton-store

The 8,000 square foot store is located on the Stakehill Industrial Estate and was opened by  the Deputy Mayor of Rochdale , Ray Dutton, together with the founder of Company Shop, John Marren, new store manager Vijay Patel and the first shopper through the door, Bill Andrews.

Company Shop works with the biggest retailers, manufacturers and brands across the country, taking their surplus products and selling them on to the members of their stores at discount prices. Products may have reached Company Shop due to such things as forecasting errors, promotions on packaging that might have ended, or short shelf-life remaining. Whatever the products’ journey, everything the company sells is always wholesome and in date. To become a member of Company Shop you need to work in the food manufacturing sector, for example at local businesses like Park Cakes, Robert McBride, Heinz, Princes or 2 Sisters Food Group.

Company Shop Founder and Chairman John Marren said: “We are very excited to open the Middleton Store and welcome our first members through the door. Company Shop Middleton enables us to bring good food at great prices to more people and bring jobs and investment into the area. We are so grateful for the brilliant welcome we have received and all of the support we’ve been getting from local partners.”

Local MP for Middleton, Liz McInnes added: “I am delighted to hear that Company Shop are opening a brand new store in Middleton. For over 40 years, the company has been redistributing surplus food stock at a huge discount and in the current economic climate, with the cost of living crisis still being felt by many people, their work is perhaps needed more than ever. I wish the staff and members of Company Shop every success at their new store in Middleton.”

Deputy Mayor of Rochdale, Ray Dutton, said: “Any new company which comes into our borough benefits the local economy and brings jobs, which is great news. It’s particularly fitting that Company Shop should want to come here, as its business model is very much in keeping with the cooperative principles that our borough is famous for. Reducing food waste is really important and I’m sure the community will benefit from having this type of business on their doorstep.”