Earlham Road Co-op (Norwich) relaunches with fresh new look following major makeover to ‘transform’ store

11 July 2025

There has been a warm welcome for the community coming back into Earlham Road’s Co-op (Norwich) as it relaunches on Friday (11 July) following a 12-week programme of works and improvements.

Image: Earlham Road’s Co-op (Norwich)

The store supports 25 local jobs and has been ‘totally transformed’ inside and out. The new-look store includes a bakery, Costa Coffee Express and an enhanced focus on fresh, healthy and chilled produce. This sits alongside Co-op’s focus on food-to-go and meal deals; Fairtrade products, pizzas, flowers; ready meals, award winning beers and wines and, everyday essentials.

New refrigeration supports Co-op’s work to further cut its carbon footprint, and 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.

The online home delivery of groceries is available through Just Eat, Uber Eats and Deliveroo, where orders are picked fresh in the local store and delivered quickly and conveniently in the community.

Parcel services are offered through Amazon and DPD for quick and convenient out-of-home parcel collection.

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

Alex Ball, Co-op’s Area Operations Manager, said: “We have had a great response. The whole team is delighted to invest in the store, and we are really enjoying welcoming the community back into their Co-op. The store has been totally transformed with a fresh new look. We have added services including the online home delivery of groceries, Costa Coffee, parcel collection and, payment services through PayPoint, and we pride ourselves on being able to deliver the quality, choice and value which can be enjoyed by everyone. We’re here to contribute to local life and conveniently serve and support the community.”

Co-op is one of the world’s largest consumer-owned co-operatives, with its history dating back more than 180 years. Co-op exists to create value for its membership and communities, and its 6.5m 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 opens between 7am-11pm between Monday-Saturday, and from 10am-4pm on a Sunday.

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