The newest Co-op convenience store launches this week in Dumballs Road, Cardiff, and marks a trio of convenience stores opened in Wales this year by the convenience retailer’s Franchise partner, Universal Retail Group.
The 2,500 sq ft store – located in a newly regenerated residential complex – operates as a Co-op franchise and follows Universal Retail Group’s previous successful launches of Co-op convenience stores in Parc Derwen (January) and Morriston (June).
Co-op has confirmed ambitious plans to scale its award-winning franchise business to reach over 500 stores by 2030. The more than ten-fold increase aligning with broader growth ambitions across the Co-op’s core businesses – Food Retail, B2B and Life Services.
The new Cardiff store serves-up a Costa Coffee Express and in-store bakery along with a focus on fresh, chilled and healthy produce; meal ideas and everyday essentials; food-to-go and meal deals; Fairtrade products, flowers, chilled beers and award-winning wines; ready meals, pizzas and, free-from, vegan and plant-based products.
The online home delivery of groceries is available locally via Deliveroo – where groceries are picked fresh in the local store and delivered quickly and conveniently in the community. Parcel collection services are also available through an InPost Locker.
Co-op is committed to supporting UK farmers, growers and suppliers, with all of its fresh and frozen meat and poultry, including in its ready meals, pies and freshly prepared sandwiches, 100% British.
A soft plastic recycle unit is available in store to enable the community to recycle ‘soft plastics’ including: crisp packets and bread bags, lids from ready meals and yogurt pots, biscuit wrappers and, pet food pouches – ensuring all Co-op’s own food packaging is recyclable either through local authority kerbside collections, or the in-store recycling unit.
Suresh Edirimuni, operations director of Co-op franchise partner, Universal Retail Group Ltd, said: “We are delighted to be opening our third Co-op store this year – following the success of our Co-op stores that we launched together earlier this year in Parc Derwen and Morriston. The store’s have had a great response, Co-op offers fantastic quality and value, and our team is enjoying becoming part of local community life – working to serve and support our communities together, conveniently. The franchise family at Co-op really have gone above and beyond our expectations in getting us to this point and we really look forward to seeing how this partnership flourishes further. The operational model is a perfect fit for us and allows us to focus on growing the number of stores we operate.”
Ieuan Feeley, Co-op store manager, said: “The whole team is delighted to have the opportunity to launch the newest Co-op store in Wales – we are looking forward to welcoming our member-owners and customers into their brand-new Co-op. Our aim is to operate at the heart of local life, and we have worked to develop the range, choice and added services to create a compelling offer to serve our community, conveniently.”
Co-op is one of the world’s largest consumer-owned co-operatives, with its history dating back 180 years. Its Member-owners own the business and play an intrinsic part in the governance of the organisation, enjoying a wide number of benefits including member-only price savings across everyday essentials, and personalised offers via the Co-op Membership app.
With a focus on delivering value, member price savings across everyday essentials ensures the people who own Co-op – its member-owners – benefit every time they shop. More information about the benefits of Co-op Membership is available by visiting www.coop.co.uk/
Dumballs Road Co-op opens between 7am-11pm daily.
