It also supplies products to over 6,000 other stores, including those run by independent co-operative societies, through its wholesale business, Nisa Retail Limited.

The Somerfield Head Office in Bristol was subsequently closed and the grocery stores were either sold to rivals or integrated into its own Co-op Food division.

The majority of products sold in "Co-op Food" shops are sourced collectively through Federal Retail Trading Services although stocking decisions and pricing are determined by the individual businesses.

In February 2021, undercover footage taken at a salmon supplier for the Co-op showed fish being incorrectly stunned with many killed while fully conscious.

[10] In July 2021, an investigation into three chicken farms in the Co-op supply chain found birds had died of thirst while carcasses were left to rot among the living.

[12] In July 2023, footage emerged showing chickens being crushed to death and run over at a Lincolnshire farm that supplies the Co-op.

[14] In December 2023, it was reported that ducks destined for Co-op and other British supermarkets had been swung by the necks and slammed into draws.

[15] In February 2024, a BBC investigation found 37% of chickens sold by Co-op had chemical burns caused by ammonia in excrement.

[16] Starting in March 2020 Starship Technologies delivery robots can deliver goods directly to customers from stores in Cambourne, Milton Keynes and Leeds areas of the UK.