Raunds Co-operative Society
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Raunds Co-operative Society was a consumer co-operative society based in Raunds, Northamptonshire.
Raunds operated a large supermarket and a department store in Raunds, and as of 2007 held 350 acres (1.4 km²) of farmland at Northdale Farm, farming wheat and oilseed rape. [1] It had 4,000 members as of 2007 and was a subscriber to the Co-operative Party. [2] It was a member of the Co-operative Wholesale Society.
In early 2007, directors of the Society presented to members a plan to merge with the much large Midlands Co-operative Society, but it did not reach the required vote of two thirds of members when put to a special general meeting on 5 July 2007. [3] However, a second meeting was held on 16 August and this time the vote to merge was carried. The two societies merged on 26 August 2007. [4]
