Co-operative Group Limited, trading as Co-op, is a British consumer co-operative with a group of retail businesses including food retail, wholesale, e-pharmacy, insurance and legal services, and funeral care.[2]
The Co-operative Group has over 65,000 employees across the UK. The group has its headquarters in One Angel Square in Manchester.
The Group also manages the Co-operative Federal Trading Services, formerly the Co-operative Retail Trading Group (CRTG), which sources and promotes goods for food stores of the co-operative movements of the UK.[3] It introduced the Co-operative brand in 2007, which is used by many consumers’ co-operatives in the UK and managed by the group.[4]