The Co-op Thread

thegeek
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Oddly enough, I spotted that today too. The logo is also used by Cooperatives UK, a trade body.

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The Phone Co-op have gone down the same route, along with a logo reminiscent of an early 2000s digital radio station:

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blog post on their rebrand
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I'm amazed anyone else remembers The Core! Though I only ever listened to the American chart show on it.
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Not sure a rebrand is much of a priority over at the Bank right now though: Co-op Bank - In Trouble Again?.

Well, not a rebrand by the Co-op, anyway.
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scottishtv wrote: Fri 03 Feb, 2017 23.26 Not sure a rebrand is much of a priority over at the Bank right now though: Co-op Bank - In Trouble Again?.

Well, not a rebrand by the Co-op, anyway.
I hate the fact they use Co-op branding still, shouldn't be allowed as they patently are not a co-operative outlet. Same for the former group/Midland Travel outlets; undermines the Co-op brand in my view.
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Philip wrote: Fri 03 Feb, 2017 21.25 I'm amazed anyone else remembers The Core! Though I only ever listened to the American chart show on it.
They had quite a neat interactive request service - ask for a song [from their playlist] and they'd text you back with when they'd play it for you. Or rather, when it was next scheduled to play anyway.
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WillPS wrote: Sun 05 Feb, 2017 11.52
scottishtv wrote: Fri 03 Feb, 2017 23.26 Not sure a rebrand is much of a priority over at the Bank right now though: Co-op Bank - In Trouble Again?.

Well, not a rebrand by the Co-op, anyway.
I hate the fact they use Co-op branding still, shouldn't be allowed as they patently are not a co-operative outlet. Same for the former group/Midland Travel outlets; undermines the Co-op brand in my view.
The Travel outlets should be rebranded as Travelcare, the name they used before the The Co-operative brand was introduced. Not sure what they could call the bank.
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Apologies for the double post, but I popped into the Co-op for the first time in donkey's years on Sunday.

Not only were both Wincor Nixdorf self service machines broken, but the newly bedoored fridges had a warning on them reminiscent of a mid-2000s DVD: "I wouldn't leave the fridge door open at home".

Well, one would mean slightly higher energy costs for a branch of the Co-op, the other could completely knacker your fridge. Which makes me think: why don't they fit fridge alarms to commercial fridges with doors? Or at least something more effective than a decal trying not to obscure the view of their produce?
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thegeek wrote: Fri 03 Feb, 2017 21.19 Oddly enough, I spotted that today too. The logo is also used by Cooperatives UK, a trade body.

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The Phone Co-op have gone down the same route, along with a logo reminiscent of an early 2000s digital radio station:

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blog post on their rebrand
Coop, whereabouts is Coop?
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Whataday wrote: Sun 12 Feb, 2017 14.10
thegeek wrote: Fri 03 Feb, 2017 21.19 Oddly enough, I spotted that today too. The logo is also used by Cooperatives UK, a trade body.

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The Phone Co-op have gone down the same route, along with a logo reminiscent of an early 2000s digital radio station:

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blog post on their rebrand
Coop, whereabouts is Coop?
Stourport, apparently:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/co-operat ... 86/in/feed

Confusingly, that sign still has the previous Co-operative Energy logo too...
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scottishtv wrote: Fri 03 Feb, 2017 23.26 Not sure a rebrand is much of a priority over at the Bank right now though: Co-op Bank - In Trouble Again?.

Well, not a rebrand by the Co-op, anyway.
anyone wanna buy a bank?
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