Case studies
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Carrick Greengrocers: A community shop success story
Content by Business support for co-ops
When a group came together to form a community‑owned grocers selling local produce, it proved more popular than they could have imagined…
5 months 4 weeks
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Lacada Brewery: A booming beer business – thanks to co‑operation
Content by Business support for co-ops
A member-owned producer of craft ales in Portrush, Northern Ireland, the Lacada Brewery is a much-loved local business with a sense of community.
2 years 6 months
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Climate change driven by members of one of the UK's largest co-operatives
From eco-bricks to plastic reduction to community energy, the members of The Midcounties Co-operative are driving transformational change to support climate action.
2 years 9 months
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Central England Co-operative – putting co-op values into action
Content by Co‑op of the Year
A community-based consumer co-op, Central England Co-operative employs 7,800 people across some 430 outlets – and has more than 165,000 active members.
2 years 10 months
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Loaf – real bread, real co-operation
Content by Co‑op of the Year
Bakery and cookery school Loaf is a worker co-op that aims to promote real bread and cookery skills – and build community through food.
2 years 10 months
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Serving up help, hope and hearty meals: Warehouse Café
Content by Business support for co-ops
Creating delicious vegan dishes, the Warehouse Café is a worker co-op situated in the Friends of the Earth Building in Birmingham. The café has been in existence for 35 years. And in early 2019, the…
3 years 5 months
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Rehabilitation the co‑operative way: New Leaf Co‑op
Content by Business support for co-ops
The New Leaf Initiative is a Birmingham-based mentoring organisation that supports people with criminal convictions to find work.
3 years 6 months