This new announcement will take the total number of stores opened by Co-op in 2024/25 to over 200, with an investment of more than £200 million. There are currently more than 2,500 Co-op food stores across the UK. Full list of 51 Co-op stores opening in the UK before ChristmasThe full list of 48 new and transformed Co-op stores opening in the UK before Christmas is:IrvineIsleworthBarkingLlanidloesEarls BartonLancaster University CampusCuxtonKingswellsKingussieBowdenEvantonRuncornRuncornDedworthSouthwickIsle of GrainLudwick, Welwyn Garden CityBebingtonLondon (City Road)OxenhopeBlaenavonPenkhullGreat MoorBrent CrossSelkirkWynyardBristolCallanderInvernessSouthamptonEastern Green (Coventry)GamlingayClipstoneKentish TownStratford-Upon-AvonSwallownestBroraWestfield, YeovilThealeRhosllannerchrugogBurley in WharfedaleShorehamFortroseAxminsterFlitwickTavistockLowtonGairlochThere will also be three Co-op On The Go stores opening in:AylesburyKingstonLeamingtonThese openings follow two other On The Go openings in Solihull and Altrincham. RECOMMENDED READING:Co-op Group CEO, Shirine Khoury-Haq, said: “We’re investing in stores and communities right across the UK because we believe in the future of the high street. Business-rates reform is vital if retailers – especially the 99% who run small stores - are to plan with confidence, protect jobs and keep local economies thriving.

Source: The Times November 10, 2025 06:03 UTC