History
The Society traces its origins to the Derby Co-operative Society which, in 1854, was one of the first co-operatives in the Midlands. In 1969, a number of Leicestershire societies merged to form the Leicestershire Co-operative Society Limited. Similar circumstances occurred in 1985 across Derbyshire, Staffordshire and Birmingham forming the Central Midlands Co-operative Society Limited. In 1995, the boards of the Leicestershire and Central Midlands Societies, which were financially sound and trading profitably, agreed to merge. Since 1854, 72 separate mergers between different societies have been undertaken to form today's Midlands Co-operative.
Most recently, Chesterfield Co-operative Society merged with the Society in 2001, Ilkeston Co-operative Society in 2006, Raunds Co-operative Society in 2007 and Moulton Co-operative Society in 2009.
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