jump to navigation search plymouth and south west co operative society limited type consumers co operative founded 1859 1859 headquarters plymouth united kingdom area served cornwall devon members 130 000 website psw.coop the plymouth and south west co operative society limited known locally as plymco was originally founded in 1859 by ten tradesmen . from these humble beginnings the society grew from 18 members as recorded on 3 january 1860 to a membership of over 130 000 . members approved a merger with the larger co operative group of which the society was a corporate member at a series of members meetings during 2009 . the merger occurred on 6 september 2009 . 1 references edit plymouth & south west co operative society merges with the co operative group retrieved 13 september 2009 . 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 plymouth % 26 south west co operative society & oldid 729779059 categories companies based in plymouth devondefunct retail companies of the united kingdom1859 establishments in england2009 disestablishments in england 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 14 july 2016 at 14 14 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view