 After five months, the Portsea Island Mutual Co-operative Society's first shop opened in Charles Street on 9 May 1873.The head office was previously located at Fareham in Hampshire until, July 2011, when it moved to 1000 Lakeside, a business park in North Harbour, Portsmouth.The coop operates around 180 Co-op Community stores, covering Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Sussex, Berkshire, Somerset, Surrey, Devon, Bristol, Kent and parts of Dorset and Wiltshire.