Shepley Co-operative Society

Shepley Industrial and Provident Society Limited

Type	Consumer Co-operative
Industry	Retail
Headquarters	Shepley, Huddersfield, United Kingdom
Key people	M. Green, Secretary
Products	Grocer

Shepley Industrial and Provident Society was a small consumer co-operative based in the West Yorkshire village of Shepley in England. The Society, which was founded in 1852, operated a single co-operative foodstore on Station Road.

A registered Industrial and Provident Society, Shepley Industrial and Provident Society was a corporate member of the Co-operative Group (formerly Co-operative Wholesale Society) and its national buying scheme, the Co-operative Retail Trading Group.

In August 2013, the Society was wound-up and its assets transferred to the Midlands Co-operative Society.^[1] This became Central England Co-operative in January 2014.

References

↑ Kidd, Marie-Claire Review of the Year: Village co-op society gives up independence after 150 years Co-operative News, 28 December 2013

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