The CWS, under the leadership of Graham Melmoth, was able to defend itself from this takeover bid, largely by informing Regan's creditors that his hostile takeover was based upon dubiously sourced data and bad business practices. The deal also failed because Regan had greatly misunderstood the CWS' complicated ownership structure, assuming that by paying off the 500,000 'active members' he could gain control of the CWS.

Through the 20th century, smaller societies merged with CWS, such as the Scottish Co-operative Wholesale Society (SCWS) (1973), and the South Suburban Co-operative Society (1984). The Co-operative". fairtrade.org.uk. Archived from the original on 25 November 2015 . Retrieved 29 November 2015. Grosmont". Co-op Online Directory. Co-operatives UK. Archived from the original on 7 April 2009 . Retrieved 12 August 2008. Secondly, redevelopment projects in many cities between the 1950s and 1970s often moved people from rows of terraced housing (which featured co-op stores dotted throughout) to newer purpose-built estates, with around 18,000 co-op stores closing as they had become redundant.Pesticide & chemical restrictions – Residue policy – Co-operative Food". co-operativefood.co.uk . Retrieved 29 November 2015. The North of England Co-operative Wholesale Society was created to buy and manufacture goods for all the co-operatives. The Co-operative Group is unusual as a co-op because it is owned by millions of UK consumers and also a number of other UK co-operatives, making the business a hybrid of a primary consumers' co-operative and a co-operative federation. This is largely a function of the group resulting from the merger between the Co-operative Wholesale Society (a co-operative federation) and the Co-operative Retail Services in 2000. Since 2015 The Co-operative Group has operated a 'one member one vote' system whereby any of the Co-op's millions of members can vote to elect board members, to guide strategic decisions and propose their own motions for voting on. the potential for contamination of groundwater by heavy metals and chemicals used in the hydraulic fracturing process; and The Co-op's reputation was not helped in this respect by the factions within the movement, notably the strong rivalry between the CRS and the CWS, acting in a manner which exacerbated the belief held by many members of the public that, rather than working for the interests of all members, co-ops were largely acting in the self-interests of a dominant 'clique' of members within each society.

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a b c d e f Values in Action (PDF) (Report). The Co-operative Group. May 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015 . Retrieved 6 June 2015. a b c Lie of the Label II (PDF) (Report). The Co-op. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016 . Retrieved 5 June 2015. Bumper double dividend of pounds 38m for members of Co-operative Group". Birmingham Post. 27 June 2008. p.21 . Retrieved 29 June 2008. Between 2011 and 2013 the group campaigned on the issue of climate change under its banner of "The Clean Energy Revolution". [155] There were three main aspects to this campaigning:RE: Support for mandatory carbon reporting" (PDF). The Co-operative Group Social Goals. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016 . Retrieved 5 June 2015. Membership dashboard". Archived from the original on 23 December 2016 . Retrieved 22 December 2016.