A church warden was stabbed to death in a Co-op yesterday as his dementia-suffering wife waited in the car, it has been revealed. Church warden John Rees, 88, left his wife Eunice, 87, in their Honda car while he queued up at a convenience store in Pen-y-Graig, south Wales on Tuesday for their weekly shop. … Read more
A shopper was stabbed to death and three others injured when a woman ‘went mad,’ with a knife in a busy supermarket. The man in his sixties, who was shopping with his wife was stabbed in the throat as horrified customers watched in horror. A woman in her twenties then attacked three other shoppers, including … Read more
A trombonist to the stars has been accused of ‘outrageous and despicable conduct’ by his New York co-op for hosting ‘drug-fueled parties’ during the coronavirus pandemic. Mike Seltzer, 52, who has played with Sting, Lenny Kravitz, Mos Def, Bernadette Peters and David Byrnea, is being sued by his fellow shareholders at the Hamilton in Harlem … Read more
People before profit: Murrells has pledged free Co-op wares to food banks As the boss of the Co-op, Steve Murrells finds himself right at the centre of the response to coronavirus. He is in charge of 60,000 staff and around 2,500 stores that are vital for keeping the nation’s fridges and cupboards stocked, but his … Read more
A Co-op worker who served customers with no protective equipment is fighting for her life after catching coronavirus. Clare Hill worked at the store in Keynsham, Somerset, until she fell ill on March 24 and was taken to the Royal United Hospital in Bath. It was there that she was diagnosed with Covid-19 and she has … Read more
Decades in the grocery industry were not enough to prepare Steve Murrells for the past few weeks. ‘I’ve never seen its like,’ says the chief executive of the Co-operative Group, clearly in awe of the way his 60,000 staff and more than 2,500 grocery shops have dealt with the chaos of the past few weeks. … Read more
Picking up a record! Number of litter volunteers backing the Mail’s Great British Spring Clean overtakes last year’s 563,000, as The Co-op gets on board Co-operative Group is encouraging all its staff to join drive to clean up Britain Company is donating 8,000 hours of paid staff time and hosting litter events Comes after the … Read more
Co-op boss calls for grocers to become greener by cutting plastic use and ditching polluting lorries By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:57 GMT, 26 February 2020 | Updated: 21:57 GMT, 26 February 2020 The boss of the Co-operative supermarket says ‘the climate emergency is upon us’ and has called on retailers to … Read more