the channel islands co operative society limited type consumer cooperative industry retail founded 1919 headquarters st helier jersey key people colin macleod ceo revenue 162.829 million 2011 1 website www.ci cooperative.com the channel islands co operative society is a long established consumer co operative with stores in the channel islands . its head office is located in saint helier in jersey . contents 1 history 2 activities 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit see also history of the cooperative movement the jersey co operative society was formed in 1919 and the guernsey co operative society followed in 1947 . both predecessors were supported by a cws supervisory committee which meant their accounts were liable to uk taxation . growing objection to this persuaded the cws to propose a merger which led to the incorporation of the channel islands society in 1955 . 2 in august 2013 it was announced that the company s two channel island homemaker warehouses would be closed and replaced with a single warehouse in the uk . 3 activities edit the grand march a cics supermarket in saint helier jersey . the society operates twelve grocery stores in jersey and ten in guernsey in addition to travelmaker homemaker and total sport stores . membership is open to all residents of the channel islands with members receiving a share of the profits in the form of dividends . the channel islands co operative society is a uk registered industrial and provident society 4 a member of the co operative union in the united kingdom the co operative retail trading group the co operative travel trading group and a corporate member of the co operative group formerly co operative wholesale society the largest consumer co operative in the world . see also edit british co operative movement credit unions in the united kingdom references edit channel islands portal http www.ci cooperative.com media 296590 co operative annual report 2012.pdf society history . ci cooperative.com . retrieved 2012 10 11 . bbc news channel island co op closes two warehouses for uk site . bbc.co.uk . retrieved 2013 08 22 . registered in england and wales under the companies act 1985 no. 14672r external links edit the channel islands co operative society 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 channel islands co operative society & oldid 692320688 categories companies established in 1919companies of the channel islands1919 establishments in jerseyfood retailers of jerseyfurniture retailers of jersey 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 fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 24 november 2015 at 22 15 . 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