Retailer agrees merger to create UK’s largest independent co-operative society

https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/2025/12/04/retailer-agrees-merger-to-create-uks-largest-independent-co-operative-society/

#midcountiescoop members have just voted 97% in favour of merging with #centralcoop tonight. #cooperatives #coop #cooperation
I am currently at the #midcountiescoop special members' meeting, about to vote on whether we should merge with #centralcoop to become one bigger society. Lots of talk about member engagement and representation so far. #coops #cooperation
@fairtradestu the crux is 92% in favour of updating the rules to enable transfer. I'm also a member of both, but we don't have midcounties here (my membership dates from living elsewhere), Phone Co-op prices drifted too high with services cut too much and speed lower than competitors, energy didn't offer the latest smart tariffs, and my "local" central food shops are 12 miles away after they sold the nearest one to Asda, so I'm a bad member at the moment! #centralcoop #cooperatives
@mjr I'm here 👋 Missed the meeting, got a bit caught up with family stuff, thought I might catch the end but it's already finished. Any exciting news? Midcounties voted overwhelmingly to proceed on Monday. I'm a member of both, phone broadband and energy with Midcounties (when my Phone Co-op membership transferred) and local food shopping with Central (ex-Anglia member). #CentralCoop #cooperatives
Joined the #CentralCoop #coops special #members #meeting online about merging with #Midcounties which runs for the next two hours. Not sure how much interest there is on co-op things here?

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