Brighton's Whitehawk Road Co-op re-launches

10 April 2025

A Brighton Co-op store relaunches (Thursday, 10 April) following a five-week programme of improvements to ‘transform’ the store.

Whitehawk Road’s Co-op, which supports 18 local jobs, relaunches with a fresh new-look and layout following the investment in the community store, including an extended warehouse and back of shop to enhance the shopping experience for customers.

The store includes Costa coffee express, in-store bakery, and hot food, alongside a focus on fresh and healthy produce, food-to-go and meal deals; Fairtrade products, pizzas, flowers; ready meals, award winning wines and every day essentials.

Additional services at the store include payment services via PayPoint, and parcel collections through DPD and an Amazon and InPost Locker.

The store is also a fulfilment hub for Co-op’s leading quick commerce operation, with groceries hand-picked fresh in the local store for fast and convenient online home delivery locally through Co-op’s own online shop – shop.coop.co.uk – and via Just Eat, Uber Eats and Deliveroo.

Member prices create additional value for Co-op’s member-owners, with personalised offers for members and lower prices on the products shoppers buy most.

Supporting UK farmers all of Co-op’s fresh meat – including in its ready meals, pies and sandwiches - is 100% British.

Samantha Mason, Co-op’s Store Manager, said: “The whole team is delighted to invest in Brighton and relaunch Co-op’s Whitehawk Road store. It looks fantastic, transformed with a fresh new look and extended back of shop to enable us to further enhance customer service. We pride ourselves on being able to deliver the quality, choice and value which can be enjoyed by everyone, and really look forward to welcoming our members and customers back into their local Co-op. We’re here to contribute to local life and conveniently serve and support our community.”

Soft plastic recycling is also available, enabling shoppers to return harder to recycle materials such as crisp packets and bread bags, lids from ready meals, biscuit wrappers and, pet food pouches.

Co-op is one of the world’s largest consumer-owned co-operatives, with its history dating back 180 years. Its 6.2m 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 coop.co.uk/membership

The store now opens between 6am-11pm daily.

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About Co-op

Co-op Group is one of the world’s largest consumer co-operatives, operating across food retail, funerals, insurance, and legal services. Owned by over 6 million active member-owners, Co-op exists to meet their needs and champion the causes they care about. With more than 2,300 food stores, 800 funeral homes and a wholesale business supplying around 6,000 additional outlets, Co-op employs 54,000 colleagues and generates annual revenues of over £11 billion. It is a recognised leader in ethical business and community-led programmes, creating long-term value for members and communities across the UK.

For further information, contact:

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