operative society limited type consumer co operative industry retail agriculture founded 1868 headquarters radstock somerset united kingdom area served somerset england key people don morris ceo 1 revenue 37.6 million 2015 16 2 operating income 271 406 2015 16 2 net income 213 729 2015 16 2 total assets 13.4 million 2015 16 2 members 7 000 2014 1 number of employees 369 2014 1 website www.radstockcoop.co.uk radstock co operative society is a small regional consumer co operative which was established in radstock somerset in 1868 and today operates fifteen food stores and across somerset alongside a 1000 acre farm . 3 it is owned and democratically controlled by its customer members who numbered approximately 7000 in 2014 . 1 the society grew from a turnover of 15 million in 2006 to over 35m by 2016 doubling the number of stores over the period . 4 the business has held the fair tax mark since 2016 . the society operates a large supermarket in radstock and fourteen convenience shops in nearby areas . 2 4 5 the supermarket has non food departments including a travel agent post office furniture clothing electrical goods housewares and garden supplies . the society also owns manor farm an organic dairy and egg farm which supplies a substantial portion of the organic milk sold through uk co operative stores . 6 7 it previously owned a homemaker furniture store . the society participates in the british co operative movement . as well as supplying cheese for national distribution by the co operative retail trading group crtg through a milk processor it obtains food goods from the crtg . it is a corporate member and shareholder of the co operative group a national business that is successor to the co operative wholesale society . in line with many retail co operatives across the uk during the late 2000s the society began converting its stores from the 1993 dark blue co op cloverleaf branding to green the co operative food fascias alongside acquiring stores in shepton mallet and coleford . 5 8 locations edit early delivery wagon of the radstock cooperative society taken in radstock museum the store in coleford peasedown st john 1908 timsbury north somerset 1916 chilcompton somerset 1919 chew magna north somerset 1924 westfield elm tree avenue 1940s radstock superstore 1959 3 shepton mallet somerset 2008 glastonbury somerset 2009 9 coleford somerset 2009 formerly crossway stores street somerset 2010 10 frome somerset 2011 11 westfield fosseway 2012 11 farrington gurney 2013 12 fosseway 2014 bath road frome 2015 see also edit british co operative movement credit unions in the united kingdom references edit a b c d report and financial statements 52 week period ending 22 february 2014 pdf report . radstock co operative society . 2014 . retrieved 10 may 2014 . a b c d e report and financial statements 52 week period ending 27 february 2016 pdf report . radstock co operative society . 2016 . retrieved 4 august 2016 . a b about us . radstock co operative society . retrieved 10 may 2014 . a b new radstock chief gears up for tesco fight the co operative news 24 august 2007 . a b stores . retrieved 23 october 2012 . news chickens . radstock co operative society . 2008 . news say cheese . radstock co operative society . 2008 . news 140th anniversary . radstock co operative society . 2008 . annual report 2009 10 . radstock co operative society . p. 3 . annual report 2010 11 pdf . radstock co operative society . p. 16 . a b annual report 2011 12 pdf . radstock co operative society . p. 18 . farrington gurney convenience store now open . radstock co operative society . 20 november 2013 . retrieved 20 february 2014 . v t e consumer co operatives in the united kingdom central england channel islands chelmsford star clydebank co operative group east of england heart of england lincolnshire midcounties the phone co op radstock scotmid southern wine society wooldale the co operative brand retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title radstock co operative society & oldid 733041480 categories companies based in somersetconsumers co operatives of the united kingdomradstock navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 4 august 2016 at 23 57 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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