Opening date announced for new Heaton Mersey Co-Op
A NEW Co-Op branch is set to open in Heaton Mersey next Wednesday.
The firm has announced that its new Didsbury Road store will open on August 10.
It acquired eight former My Local convenience stores for an undisclosed sum, after the chain fell into administration in June.
The new Co-op will have a focus on fresh, healthy foods, meal ideas and essentials, and is among the first to reveal the Co-op’s new logo as the retailer goes back to the future to return to its iconic clover leaf logo, which was first used in the 1960s.
A spokesman for the Co-Op said former My Local staff will move to the new store.
Area manager Ian Hall, said: “As a community retailer we are committed to transforming and growing our convenience business. This is a significant investment and our aim is to establish the store as a community hub delivering a compelling and convenient shopping experience locally.
“Our new Co-op look represents all that we stand for, our proud co-operative heritage and our Membership, the very thing that makes us truly distinctive, at the heart of all we say and do. The Co-op’s blue design logo – often referred to as the ‘clover leaf’ and first used in the late 1960s – links to a time when people really understood how they could be co-owners of their Co-op, and how a strong Co-op can create strong communities”.
The store will also be appointing a member of its staff to the role of ‘Community Pioneer’, who will work to foster involvement in community activities, including fundraising initiatives, working with charities, schools and voluntary organisations.
The store will also be taking part in the Co-Op’s new membership offer later this year.
The move will see the Co-Op give members an automatic five per cent personal reward back on purchases of its ownbranded products and services, in addition, a further one per cent reward will go into supporting local community groups and charities.
There will be offers and promotions in and around the store to mark its launch. Students in Stockport who hold a NUS extra card will receive a 10 per cent discount off their groceries in store.
Steve Murrells, chief executive of retail at Co-op Food, said: “The acquisition of these My Local stores supports our focus on convenience store retailing and adds to a portfolio that offers the right range in the right location, and which is evident in our continued positive like for like sales growth.”