date:Dec 24, 2012
mped up its activity and launched 83 stores in 2012, averaging almost two stores per week, as part of its ongoing acquisition and new store development strategy. It has also completed several major extension projects this year, including a scheme to double the size of its Alsager store in Cheshire, as well as the 3m transformation of its Sandwich store in Kent and a 2m scheme in Wherrytown, Cornwall.
Stuart Hookins, head of portfolio strategy and acquisitions for The Co-operative Food, said: Ou