Moulton Co-operative Society

Moulton Co-operative Society Ltd

Former type	Consumer co-operative
Industry	Retail (Grocery)
Fate	Merger
Successor	Midlands Co-operative Society
Founded	1861[1]
Defunct	2009
Headquarters	Moulton, UK
Area served	Northamptonshire

The Moulton Co-operative Society Limited, or simply Moulton Co-op, was a small regional consumer co-operative in the United Kingdom. The society was formed in 1861 and operated a single supermarket in Moulton, Northamptonshire. In January 2009, members voted overwhelmingly to transfer arrangements to Midlands Co-operative Society, which took effect on 8 February 2009.^[2]

History

The Moulton Co-op was one of the last single store societies in the Midlands region, following the mergers of Desborough, Ilkeston and Raunds co-ops with the Midlands Society in recent years. John Mitchinson became Chief Executive of Moulton in 1986, serving until the merger.^[2]

Location

• Stocks Hill, Moulton, Northamptonshire

Co-operative movement

The society was at the time of merger a member of the UK-wide Co-operative Retail Trading Group (CRTG) and sold The Co-operative brand products. It was also a corporate member of hybrid consumer and wholesale co-operative, the Co-operative Group.

2009 Revamp

After Midland Co-op took the company over the store was re-vamped. It was set to be re-opened on 26th August 2009.

References

1. ^ "Mutuals Public Register, Moulton Co-operative Society Limited , number 259". FSA. http://mutuals.fsa.gov.uk/SocietyDetails.aspx?Number=259&Suffix=R. Retrieved 2009-01-22. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Bowman, Dave (2009-01-20). "Moulton Co-op to join forces with Midlands". The Co-operative News.