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

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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. 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] Campaigning". co-operative.coop. Archived from the original on 26 May 2015 . Retrieved 29 November 2015. Voting for corporate members is in proportion to trade with the society. Each individual member has one vote in the appropriate region of the society and each region has voting rights calculated on the same basis as a corporate member. [51] The Co-operative Film Festival [ edit ] a b "Archived copy" (PDF). www.co-operative.coop. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 May 2015 . Retrieved 15 January 2022. {{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title ( link)

Co-op Beds, an online bed retailer, was a strategic partnership with Silentnight which launched in 2018. [98] The Co-operative is one of the leading retailers of responsible fish in the UK having launched its Responsible Fish Sourcing Policy in 2008 after commissioning research in association with NGOs, academics and its suppliers. This report was subsequently updated in 2014. [149] The Co-operative Food was commended by the Marine Conservation Society with a "gold award" (2011) and a "silver award" (2013) and, for its sourcing policy, The Co-operative was one of five organisations accredited with the 2010 Seafood Champion Award. [150]Copping, Jasper (21 March 2009). "Wine ingredients including fish and charcoal should be listed on the bottle, say regulators". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022.

The merger did highlight the potential of The Co-operative Bank as it was building a sizeable base of customers (notably local authorities, mutuals and local groups alongside co-operative societies) and this became an increasingly significant proportion of the CWS's annual profits. The growth in the bank largely related to its aggressive expansion into the personal banking market and with the pioneering of free banking (1972) in the UK, nine years before any of its larger rivals. [5] The Co-op superstore Lisburn Road, Belfast, shown here in 1996. The Co-operative Film Festival (formerly known as the Co-operative Young Film-Makers festival) started in 1966 and ended in 2013. [52] [53] [54] It was a non-competitive and not-for-profit film festival designed to encourage young people to be creative. [55] The National Science and Media Museum in Bradford was the host venue and associate of the festival from the year 1999 until 2013. [55] [56] [57] [58] [59] Businesses [ edit ] Current [ edit ] McVeigh, Tracy; Sherwood, Harriet (29 April 2012). "Co-op boycotts exports from Israel's West Bank settlements". The Guardian. London.Annual Report and Financial Statements" (PDF). Heart of England Co-operative Society. 20 January 2007: 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 March 2009 . Retrieved 11 January 2008. {{ cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= ( help) Mason, Rowena (14 January 2011). "Co-operative and Somerfield blame snow for 3pc sales fall". The Telegraph. Winners 2007". Queen's Awards for Enterprise. Archived from the original on 29 March 2010 . Retrieved 13 May 2008.

It was when ice cream began to be sold as a wafer sandwich or in a cup that the Crumpsall factory invested in a new machinery. This new type of biscuit had to be strong in use and melt in the mouth. Staff named this product a 'frivolities'. Not regarded as a proper biscuit and weighing 60 to the ounce, to much surprise they immediately caught on and the department did a roaring trade. To add interest a dye was added to the batter mix to produce several colours. the New Providential Securities Act was passed, which made such national cooperative organizations legal. Through the 20th century, smaller societies merged with CWS, such as the Scottish Co-operative Wholesale Society (SCWS) (1973), and the South Suburban Co-operative Society (1984).

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National Museum of Science & Industry - Account for 2001-2002" (PDF). Science Museum Group. June 2017. p.9 . Retrieved 27 January 2023. a b c d e f g Myners, Paul (7 May 2014). "Report of the Independent Governance Review" (PDF). Co-operative Group. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 May 2015.

Zoe Higgins (10 April 2015). "Five jobs to go as Co-op confirms closure of Co-op Motors in Empress Road". loughborough . Retrieved 29 November 2015. Though the modernisation of the business was most noticeable after the 1997 takeover attempt, this is not to say that modernisation of the CWS had not been under way for some time. Since 1993 the CRTG had been working to switch the role of the CWS from "selling to" to "buying for" co-operative societies as a way of maximising the economies of scale to become more competitive to the major supermarkets. Since the 1960s the Co-op had been following retail trends after they had occurred, always having to catch up, in a way that it led the changes before the Second World War. Many leaders within the movement began to appreciate that this 'me too' approach to retailing was not working, for example, expanding into hypermarkets after Tesco and Sainsbury's had already developed a dominant position, but without the resources to compete on price. After the 1997 strategic review the business suggested that it close the majority of its hypermarkets and department stores and instead focus on its core chain of convenience stores. [5] The Co-operative Responsible Fish Sourcing Standard" (PDF). The co-operative food. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 June 2018. Responsibly sourced fish – Food and drink – The Co-operative Food". co-operativefood.co.uk. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014 . Retrieved 29 November 2015. History [ edit ] Beginnings (1844–1938) [ edit ] The Hanover Building in Manchester, former headquarters of the Co-operative Wholesale Society