Overview
Co-op (The Co-operative Group) is a British consumer co-operative and food retailer headquartered in Manchester, UK, with roots in the Rochdale Pioneers of 1844. The company operates over 2,400 food stores and funeral homes, and is a deployment partner of Starship Technologies for autonomous robot grocery delivery in Greater Manchester and other UK cities. With annual revenue of £11.3 billion, Co-op is one of the UK's largest food retailers.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
CEO
Revenue
Food sales
Online sales
Type
Stores
Robot delivery partner
Robot delivery locations
Financial stage
Data & sources
Web sources
3
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Co-op on the deployment map
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Relationships
Former / Previously (1)
- Shirine Khoury-Haq Group CEO
Safety record
No incidents on record for Co-op.
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Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
Co-op in third-party press
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- mature
- Counterparty risk class
- low
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Partnerships (2)
- Co-op x Starship Technologies with Starship Technologiesdeployment
- Starship x Co-op with Starship Technologiesdeployment
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 25, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (3)
- https://www.coop.co.uk/
- Co-op Achieves Profit and Membership Growth Against External Headwinds · https://www.co-operative.coop/media/news-releases/co-op-achieves-profit-and-membership-growth-against-external-headwinds
- Starship Technologies and Co-op extend partnership · https://www.starship.xyz/press/starship-technologies-and-co-op-extend-partnership-to-bring-robot-food-delivery-to-greater-manchester/
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Methodology: Verified · 3 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-05
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-05
Sources by quality tier
- 3
- unclassified
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Methodology surface for Co-op.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Co-op from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
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Machine-readable surfaces
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- RSS feed: /companies/co-op/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/4eaec8ff-040b-4abb-92c1-e640f1c62bed
- Revision history: /companies/co-op/history
- Data documentation: /data
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Reality vs attention
Not enough verified signal yet to place Co-op against peers. Reality and attention percentiles publish once the underlying record clears its data floor.
6-month trend
Analysis
Meaningful press and media coverage across the period. Limited public funding data for capital position assessment.
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Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Aug 17, 2026