The business, which has completed two major business acquisitions this year, has launched 15 stores across the UK in December, with eight stores opening in just one day.
It is one of the largest acquisition and development programmes The Co-operative has undertaken since the Somerfield acquisition, and is part of its sustained investment in new stores to cement its position as market leader in the convenience sector.
The Co-operative Food will open the last of its 83 outlets of the year today in Tangmere, West Sussex, when the brand new store will launch following a £1.8m investment.
This follows the acquisition of 10 Costcutter stores located in Southwark, Tower Hamlets, Hackney and Brentford last month, and also the purchase of Scottish convenience retailer, David Sands, and its 28 stores in Fife, Kinross and Perthshire, in April.
Source: Co-op
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