Balornock Co-op (Glasgow) re-opens in time for Christmas following six-week major makeover

19 December 2024

Wallacewell Road’s Co-op (Balornock, Glasgow) relaunches (Thursday, 19 December) following a six-week programme of works and improvements to ‘transform’ the store.

The near 1,800 sq ft store supports 15 local jobs and serves-up a focus on fresh, healthy and chilled food, along with Costa Coffee Express; meal ideas and everyday essentials; food-to-go and meal deals; Fairtrade products; bakery goods – including local Glasgow-based bakery McGhee’s; award winning wines; ready meals; pizzas; vegan and plant-based products.

Young Scot cardholders enjoy a 10% discount off groceries. In addition, Co-op is owned by its members who enjoy a wide range of benefits including member-only price savings across everyday essentials, and personalised offers via the Co-op Membership App.

Quick and convenient online home delivery of groceries is provided by Just Eat, Uber Eats and Deliveroo, plus co-op’s own online shop – shop.coop.co.uk - orders are picked fresh in the local store and delivered in the community.

Parcel collection services are available via DPD, and payment services offered by PayPoint.

Angus Macdonald, Co-op Store Manager, said: “The whole team is delighted to see our Wallacewell Road store transformed and re-launch – the investment has created a great new look and layout, with an enhanced shopping experience for customers. We pride ourselves on being able to deliver the quality, choice, added services and value, which can be enjoyed by everyone. We are now really looking forward to welcoming our members and customers back into their Co-op now that the improvement works have concluded, we’re here to contribute to local life and conveniently serve and support our community.”

A soft plastic recycle unit is available in store to enable the community to return ‘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 through either local authority kerbside collections, or the in-store soft plastic recycling.

Co-op is one of the world’s largest consumer-owned co-operatives, with its history dating back 180 years. Its members own the business and play an intrinsic part in the governance of the organisation.

More information about the benefits of Co-op Membership is available by visiting www.coop.co.uk/membership

Wallacewell Road’s Co-op opens between 6am-10pm daily. For more detail about the location of the store and the services available, visit the Co-op store finder - here

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About Co-op:
Co-op is one of the world’s largest consumer co-operatives with interests across food, funerals, insurance and legal services. Owned by millions of UK consumers, the Co-op operates almost 2,400 food stores, over 800 funeral homes and provides products to over 6,000 other stores, including those run by independent co-operative societies and through its wholesale business, Nisa Retail Limited. Employing 56,000 people, the Co-op has an annual turnover of over £11billion and is a recognised leader for its social goals and community-led programmes. The Co-op exists to meet members’ needs and stand up for the things they believe in.

Further information:
Andrew Torr
Senior Press Officer, Co-op Press Office
M: 07702505551
E: andrew.torr@coop.co.uk