| Type | Consumer Co-operative |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1868 |
| Headquarters | Radstock, Somerset, United Kingdom |
| Area served | Somerset, England |
| Key people | Don Morris CEO[1] |
| Industry | Retail, Agriculture |
| Revenue | £15 million (2006)[1] |
| Members | 7,500 (2007)[1] |
| Employees | 300 (2005) |
| Website | radstock-co-op.com |
Radstock Co-operative Society Ltd is a small consumer co-operative, which was established in Radstock, Somerset in 1868.[2]
The society operates a large supermarket in Westfield, near Radstock, and ten convenience shops in towns and villages in the area.[1][3] The supermarket has non-food departments including a travel agent, post office, furniture, clothing, electrical goods, housewares and garden supplies. The society also owns Manor Farm, an organic dairy and egg farm which supplies a substantial part of the national market for organic milk, notably to local cheese producer Wyke Farms in Bruton), who uses it in The Co-operative brand nationally-distributed own label organic cheddar cheese.[4][5] It previously owned a Homemaker Furniture store, and had a turnover of £15 million in 2006.[1] In the late 2000s, it began converting its stores from the 1993 dark blue Co-op cloverleaf branding, to green “The co-operative food” fascias, and acquired stores in Shepton Mallet and Coleford.[3][6]
The society participates in the British co-operative movement. As well as supplying cheese for national distribution by the Co-operative Retail Trading Group (CRTG) through Wyke Farms, it obtains food goods from the CRTG. It is a corporate member and shareholder of The Co-operative Group, a national business that is successor to the Co-operative Wholesale Society. It is owned and democratically controlled by its customer members, who numbered approximately 7500 in 2007.
|
||||||||