St. Cuthbert's Co-operative Society
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The St. Cuthbert's Co-operative Society opened its first shop in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1859 as a Consumers' cooperative. This society was part of the movement started by the Rochdale Pioneers in 1844, and followed the Rochdale Principles with the aim of providing decent food at affordable prices in a shop controlled by its customers as a Cooperative. It took its name from Saint Cuthbert of Lindisfarne.
It expanded to become one of the largest societies in Co-Op UK before amalgamating with the Dalziel Society of Motherwell in 1981 and being renamed Scotmid. Its dairy used horse drawn delivery floats until 1985, and between 1944 and 1959 employed as a milkman one Sean Connery who later became quite famous.
[edit] External links
- Scotmid - our history
- From the Co-op with love.. the days Sir Sean earned £1 a week
- Photographs by Peter Stubbs - St Cuthbert's Co-op Milk Deliveries
Major chains: ASDA • Marks & Spencer • Morrisons • Sainsbury's • Somerfield • Tesco • Waitrose
Convenience stores: Budgens • Co-op • Costcutter • Londis • SPAR
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