The store looks really messy and uninviting in your pictures. Is it always like that?

Yup.

It's always a sorry mess both inside and out. I've only ever seen the area where people are supposed to be able to queue in front of the Post Office counter choc full of the tall rack trolley thingumies ...

Indeed, the decision by societies to go their own way branding-wise (whilst something I like in a geeky way), is quite baffling at times also! Despite entirely different fascias and branding, my local society still uses all the Co-operative group posters in addition to all the product lines ...

I don't think it's a forgone conclusion that societies using the previous unified style will follow to the new look eventually. Midcounties society, who used the old style, have gone in a completely different direction and are using the international Co-op logo.

Central England society are also ...

Interestingly it seems that regional societies who use the generic Co-operative branding, such as The Southern Co-operative, haven't updated to the new look, and they are still opening new stores with the old logo[/url]

Two of the various former "My Local" stores in Bristol (one on Whiteladies ...

Within the last 48 hours, a notice has appeared on my nearest Co-op (Station Road, Henbury, Bristol BS10) regarding its imminent revamp.

The woman at the till today told me (because I asked!) that it will close for the refit on 3rd May. The trend seems to be avoiding stating a specific re-open date ...

Seemingly, for non-town/city centre branches the notion of a firm “relaunch date” is somewhat non-existent.

In Cowley (southeast Oxford), the Cheltenham & Gloucester had the temporary “C&G” signage (with the obviously-“TSB”-ready layout) in the weeks prior to 9th Sept, but didn’t make the final ...

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Seemingly, for non-town/city centre branches the notion of a firm “relaunch date” is somewhat non-existent.

In Cowley (southeast Oxford), the Cheltenham & Gloucester had the temporary “C&G” signage (with the obviously-“TSB”-ready layout) in the weeks prior to 9th Sept, but didn’t make the final ...