Clydebank Co-operative Society Limited is the smallest consumers' co-operative in Scotland, based in the town of Clydebank near Glasgow. Along with Scotmid and The Co-operative Group, it is one of three consumer co-operative retail societies in Scotland, and the only one not merged into a regional or national society.
Unusually for co-operatives in the United Kingdom, it is not a member of Co-operatives UK. However, in its founding year of 1881, it joined the Scottish Co-operative Wholesale Society. Before the second world war, community leader Jenny Hyslop was one of the society's organisers.
Until 2013, Clydebank Co-op had buying arrangements with the Co-operative Retail Trading Group (CRTG), a buying group managed by The Co-operative Group, the successor of SCWS, which also manages The Co-operative brand.
In 2013/2014, Clydebank Co-op left the CRTG, agreeing to buy from local wholesaler JW Filshill, and co-brand its six stores with Filshill's KeyStore brand.
In 2012 Clydebank Co-op became the main sponsor of Clydebank FC, which is a community fan owned football club.
Stores
, the society operates seven food stores ranging from just over 6,500 square feet at Dunn Street, to its smallest, , at Great Western Road & Sylvania Way South, Clydebank Great Western Road, Knightswood Faifley Road, Faifley Sylvania Way South, Clydebank Kilbowie Road, Clydebank Dunn Street, Dalmuir Duntocher Road, Parkhall In 2014, it closed its Hardgate food store, reducing the number of its food stores from seven to six. The Hardgate store later reopened as a Co-op/KeyStore More and continues to trade.
See also British co-operative movement
References
External links Clydebank Co-operative Society Clydebank Co-op Board, 1881 Clydebank Co-op Charabanc, 1922 TheClydebankStory: history and photographs of Co-op enterprises – via Google