New Co-op launches to serve Queen’s Hills (Costessey) community, conveniently
02 February 2024
Co-op launches a new store today (Friday, 2 February) to serve and support the community of Queen’s Hills, Costessey (Norfolk).
The near 3,000 purpose-built convenience store - located in Kestral Avenue - opens between 7am-10pm daily and, has created 15 local jobs.
Designed to serve and support the community, conveniently, the store includes an in-store bakery and Costa Coffee express dispenser, alongside a focus on fresh, healthy products; meal ideas; everyday essentials; food-to-go; chilled beers and award winning wines; ready meals; pizzas and, free-from; vegan and plant-based products.
Customer car parking is available, and an internal ATM provides access to cash in the community during the store’s opening hours.
Parcel collection and drop off services are also available through an InPost Locker for added ease and convenience and, the online home delivery of groceries is available through Deliveroo; Just Eat and Uber Eats – groceries are picked fresh in the local store and delivered quickly and conveniently, locally.
A soft plastic recycle unit is also 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 through either local authority kerbside collections, or the in-store soft plastic recycling.
Co-op Store Manager, Jodi Millsop, said: “We have had a great response. The whole team is delighted to launch Co-op’s newest store, and we are really enjoying welcoming the community into their new Co-op. Our aim is to operate at the heart of local life, and we’ve worked to develop the range, choice and added services to create a compelling offer to serve and support our community, conveniently. This includes a focus on delivering member-value so that the people who own our business, Co-op's member-owners, benefit every time they shop.”
Co-op is one of the world’s largest consumer-owned co-operatives. Its Members own the business and play an intrinsic part in the governance of the organisation, enjoying a wide number of benefits including member-only pricing across everyday essentials and, personalised offers via the Co-op Membership app.
In January, Co-op launched a significant new round of member prices within its Food business which saw a further 117 everyday low prices including, for the first time, branded goods. This followed the biggest ever investment in convenience pricing last year, where Member prices were introduced on 175 everyday essential products.
More information about the benefits of Co-op Membership is available by visiting www.coop.co.uk/membership
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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 around 2,400 food stores, over 800 funeral homes and provides products to over 5,000 other stores, including those run by independent co-operative societies and through its wholesale business, Nisa Retail Limited. Employing almost 60,000 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 member-owners’ 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