Leeds Co-operative Society
- Leeds Co-operative Society
The Leeds Co-operative Society (Leeds Co-op) was a British independent co-operative society based in Leeds, West Yorkshire, which merged with United Co-operatives in 2007.
Leeds Co-op was set up in 1847 and by the 1860s it was the country's largest co-operative society and it became the City's major retailer. Although it started as a flour miller, the society soon diversified into food and non-food retailing. By late 2006 Leeds Co-op was the oldest independent society in Britain and one of the largest businesses in Leeds., a small co-operative and the 19th largest co-operative Society in the United Kingdom, as other societies merged.
At its merger with United, the society stood at over 700 employees and 21,000 members, trading at twenty-one food supermarkets, seventeen travel agencies, eighteen funeral homes, six optical units and a large property portfolio in West Yorkshire. It was a shareholder of the Co-operative Group and traded using the “Co-op” brand.
In December 2006, Leeds members voted to merge the society with United Co-operatives, the second largest society in the UK, subject to a further vote on 8 January 2007. [http://www.united.coop/NewsLeeds.asp] The members voted once again for merger, and Leeds Society ceded their assets to United in mid January 2007. Later in 2007, United merged with the Co-operative Group, the world's largest single co-operative.
ee also
*Co-operative Group
External links
* [http://www.leeds.coop/ The Leeds Co-op Online]
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