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Need to Know as Co-Op to Open 18 Shops
The Co-op will open 18 new and refurbished stores in the UK, investing £70 million and creating 7,000 apprenticeships by 2030 amid cyberattack recovery.
- In the coming months, the Co-op will open 18 new or upgraded stores, starting with the first in Willowbrook Park, Didcot, Oxfordshire.
- Facing recovery from a major cyber attack, the Co-op is pressing ahead while company executives said hackers accessed data from 6.5 million Co-op members and copied a file but did not install ransomware.
- From Sussex to Stirling, the openings cover named towns and high streets including Ealing, London, Eastern Green, Coventry, and Sidmouth, Devon, mixing franchise-operated sites with directly operated stores.
- The programme is intended to boost local jobs and training via matched apprenticeships, with the Co-op committing �70 million to create 7,000 apprenticeships by 2030 and matching more than 3,800 since launch four years ago.
- Data shows the Co-op now reaches around 86% of the UK online, with local stores picking orders for rapid delivery via Deliveroo, Uber Eats and Just Eat and offering bakery counters, coffee, Fairtrade staples.
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