What is The Co-operative Food?
[[File:The Co-operative Tilehurst.JPG|thumb|A co-operative supermarket]] [[Image:The Co-Operative clover leaf logo.svg|right|200px]] '''The Co-operative Food''', sometimes simply known as the Co-op, is a brand used by the supermarket divisions of several [[consumer]] [[co-operative|co-operatives]] in the [[United Kingdom]], with [[Co-operative Group|The Co-operative Group]] being the largest most well known user. Co-operatives are businesses which are ultimately owned by their customer-[[members]] and [[Employee|staff]]-members with each member having an equal say in the business is run. Members elect the board and may vote on the strategic decisions of the business but are not usually involved in its day-to-day operations. Members also receive a percent of the company's earnings each [[year]] as a 'Dividend'. The [[Co-operative Group]] purchased [[Somerfield]] in early [[2009]] and encorporated it into The Co-operative Food branding.<ref>{{cite web|title=Co-op buys Somerfield for £1.57bn|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7508982.stm|publisher=BBC New|accessdate=27 December 2013}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{UK-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Cooperative Food}} [[Category:Supermarkets of the United Kingdom]] [[de:The Co-operative Food]]