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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Partnerships
Every company Co-op has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Starship Technologies2× joint8 total
Most recent
- Co-op x Starship Technologies2022-04-01with Starship Technologiesoperating
- Starship x Co-op2018-01-01with Starship Technologiesoperating
Relationships
Former / Previously (1)
- Shirine Khoury-Haq Group CEO
Safety record
No incidents on record for Co-op.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
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
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Partnerships
2 total · 2 operating
Every company Co-op has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- Co-op x Starship Technologies2022-04-01with Starship Technologiesoperating
- Starship x Co-op2018-01-01with Starship Technologiesoperating
Most-frequent partners
- 1Starship Technologies2× joint8 total
Timeline
Every recorded move in Co-op’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
PartnershipCo-op x Starship Technologies
2022-04-01Co-op partners with Starship Technologies to deliver groceries via autonomous sidewalk robots in Greater Manchester and other UK cities. Starship provides the autonomous delivery robots and platform; Co-op provides the grocery inventory and retail fulfillment. The partnership was extended in 2022 after initial success.
PartnershipStarship x Co-op
2018-01-01UK convenience retailer Co-op partnered with Starship Technologies (from 2018) for same-day autonomous robot grocery delivery, expanding to a fleet of around 500 robots across multiple UK towns and cities including Milton Keynes, Bedford, Northampton, Cambridge, and Leeds.
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
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
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.
Scottish agri co-ops body demands government action on farming
'Collective challenges need collective solutions and co-operation can help create the scale, resilience and investment needed to respond' The post Scottish agri co-ops body…
CHS invests $1m into farming leadership development
The two-year commitment comes through CHS Foundation in partnership with youth development organisation National 4-H Council The post CHS invests $1m into farming leadership…
‘One hand cannot clap’: Co-operative solidarity sought in north-eastern Syria
Khalat Shihkmous and Shevin Erdal travelled from Rojava to the ICA Conference in Panama to share their story The post ‘One hand cannot clap’: Co-operative solidarity sought in…
Co-op Group appoints Alex Dower as Retail MD
He brings with him 30+ years of experience in retail, consumer goods and hospitality The post Co-op Group appoints Alex Dower as Retail MD appeared first on Co-operative News .
Icmif highlights tech and AI updates at insurance mutuals
Denmark's GF Forsikring and LB Forsikring, France's Maif and the USA's Lititz Mutual have announced partnerships and investments The post Icmif highlights tech and AI updates at…
Co-op Academies Trust pledges ‘Fair Deal’ on inclusive education
'We know schools cannot solve child poverty, but we do have power to remove some of the barriers that children experience because of it' The post Co-op Academies Trust pledges…
Scotmid raises record £474,500 for Alzheimer’s charity partnership
'This total has been built through thousands of individual acts of support' The post Scotmid raises record £474,500 for Alzheimer’s charity partnership appeared first on…
Building Bridges: Cooperative contributions for a peaceful world
Full report from the ICA Global Cooperative Conference in Panama The post Building Bridges: Cooperative contributions for a peaceful world appeared first on Co-operative News .
Lottery funding to boost resilience of Scotland’s community-owned shops
Plunkett UK has been awarded £20,000 for its work with community-owned shops The post Lottery funding to boost resilience of Scotland’s community-owned shops appeared first on…
Obituary: Bill Shannon, key player in the reinvention of the Co-op Group
He played a leading communications role in defending the CWS during Andrew Regan’s hostile takeover bid in 1997 The post Obituary: Bill Shannon, key player in the reinvention of…
Co-op Group begins to distribute £2.4m green employment fund
The scheme also comes as figures show six in ten young people don’t understand green jobs The post Co-op Group begins to distribute £2.4m green employment fund appeared first on…
T-Level students take up apprenticeships with Lincolnshire Co-op
The society has worked with local academies to offer students nine weeks of work experience at its Support Centre The post T-Level students take up apprenticeships with…
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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Heat Index
Serious54/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
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: Oct 3, 2026