Co-op to get £350,000 makeover

Co-op to get £350,000 makeover

The Co-operative food store in the Cutgate Shopping Centre, Rochdale, closed this week (Monday, 16 November) to embark on a more than £350,000 makeover to transform the store for the community.

The new-look store will increase its opening hours to 6am-11pm, seven days a week, when it re-launches on Friday 27 November.

Guests of honour at the re-launch will be children from nearby St Vincent's Primary School who will help store staff to cut the ribbon and declare the new-look Co-op re-open for the community.

The major makeover will see a focus on fresh, healthy foods, meal ideas and essentials. The store will have an enhanced in-store bakery and, new refrigeration to extend its range of chilled produce, meat and dairy and, beers and wines.

The store will also launch its Community Pioneer role, where a member of the food store team, Ros Barrow, will also work to foster involvement in community activities, from local fundraising initiatives to helping to understand and develop solutions to meet community needs including support for the British Red Cross, The Co-op’s new charity partnership which will help to tackle social isolation and loneliness in communities

Dave Naylor, Manager of the Rochdale Co-op food store, said: “Given the Co-op’s proud heritage in Rochdale we are thrilled to have the opportunity to make such a significant investment in our Rochdale store, it will have a fantastic new look and, it really is an exciting time for the whole team.

"The Co-op is investing to transform and grow its convenience business, enhancing the in-store experience while lowering the price of everyday essentials. We are confident that the new-look store will be a real asset to the community, enabling shoppers to pick up delicious food conveniently and, as a community retailer and a co-operative, it will play its part in local life too.”

There will be offers and promotions in and around the store to mark its re-launch. Students – who hold a NUS extra card – receive a 10% discount off their groceries in store. And, The Co-op has also announced a £125M investment in lowering the price of everyday essentials – a move which has seen it prune the price of over 100 lines of fresh fruit and vegetables including revolving offers on popular produce, called “fresh three”.