date:Dec 18, 2013
UK-based The Co-operative Food will open five new stores in Scotland this week, in line with its long-term acquisitions strategy.
Four stores will be opened at Carnoustie in Angus and Monifieth near Dundee, and at Wester Inshes and Monarchs View, both in Inverness, reported Herald Scotland. The fifth store would be the previous Co-op's store in Troon, Ayrshire, which was destroyed by a fire in January 2013.
These five stores, in total, will span over more than 15,000ft2 of retail space, and wi