About us Menu Home About us Current: Small things, Big Difference We're a relatively small business compared to the 'big guys' but we know small things can make a big difference. You probably know us best from popping to your local Co-op Daily food store, but there's much more to us than that. Here are just a few stories from our members, customers, colleagues and suppliers that show how little things are making a big impact. Co-op Guide to Dating Find out more Jack Brock, Dementia Ambassador Our friend Jack Brock is a fun-loving pony with a serious mission – to help support people affected by dementia. Find out more Blue Cross Rehoming Centre Charlotte and Becky were greeted with some very waggy tails when they visited the Blue Cross Suffolk rehoming centre to deliver a hamper full of goodies Find out more Santa's Suitcase Find out more Norwich Foodbank Find out more Michael Coe, Great Tilkey Honey Michael started out with only one hive and with our help he now has a thriving business and is part of our Sourced Locally range and winner of Producer of the Year 2017. Watch Michael's story Co-op Juniors Theatre Company We've supported the Co-op Juniors for over 70 years, bringing thousands of young people together and helping their dreams come true. Watch the Co-op Juniors' story Scott, our Anti-Social Behaviour Officer We reduced anti-social behaviour near one of our stores, by talking with local children about the impact of such behaviours on our communities. Read Scott's story Rebecca Miles, Lane Farm Rebecca and her family are true champions of local and have been producing delicious bacon, ham and sausages for our stores over the last 10 years. Read Rebecca's story Sam Fairs, Hillfarm Oils The Fairs family have been farming in Suffolk since 1967 and share our passion for high quality, local produce. They’ve been part of our Sourced Locally family for 10 years. Read Sam Fairs' story Simon Alders, Recovery Hub Ipswich When the Recovery Hub, an innovative addiction treatment centre, needed new premises we offered a building plus help with rent and set-up costs to get them started. Read Simon's story Lisa Lightly, Tiptree Travel Nominated for a Travel Award wasn’t the best but for our Tiptree colleagues, it was the reaction from the local community that meant the most. Read Lisa's story Michael Davies, Funeral Repatriation Michael Davies works in our Funeral Services team, specializing in repatriation of those who have passed away abroad. Michael’s training other colleagues to help understand this complex process. Read Michael's story Evelyn Rutter, Funeral Bereavement Support We provide bereavement services across Essex and Suffolk for anyone who has lost a loved one and needs some extra support. We are here for you as long as you need us. Read Evelyn's story Ann Osborn, Rural Coffee Caravan We have donated over 8,000 teabags through our Co-op Cuppa scheme, helping the Rural Coffee Caravan tackle rural isolation in their communities. Read Ann's story Emma Tacon, The Tacons Farm The Tacon family work closely with us to minimise food waste, agreeing volumes of their fresh produce to be supplied to our store Read Emma's story Julie Preston, Member Our store in Colman Road looked out for Julie’s mum, a regular customer who was suffering with dementia. Letting Julie know if things were ok and helping her mum stay in her own home for longer. Read Julie's story Lorraine, one of our Sourced Locally demonstrators Lorraine’s enthusiasm during her Sourced Locally instore food demonstrations meant she generated over 4,000 customer votes for our Producer of the Year campaign on her own! Find out more Gary Chase, Building Services When the hospice needed to move a shed to improve accessible parking Gary, Lewis and Chris from our Building Services team lent a helping hand. Read Gary's story Steven Fendley, Waste Management Our environment is important to us. 100% of our food waste recycled, most of which is converted to biogas to create electricity. Read Stephen's story Susan Coulson, Chorus Iceni We’ve helped fund this all-female barbershop Chorus, enabling them to perform and entertain hundreds of local people from all walks of life. Read Susan's story Colleagues supporting our community Find out more There are things that we do because... ...we’re passionately local Like our award winning Sourced Locally initiative which supports local producers, helps grow our local economy and delivers fantastic fresh produce to our stores. Read more about Sourced Locally ...we're practical Like paying our suppliers on time; a big difference for a small local business. Or working towards making all our colleagues trained Dementia Friends; a big difference to our shoppers and their families. And only buying energy from green sources; a big difference to our environment. Some of the things we're proud of ...we go to the heart of our communities Like the projects we support, from installing defibrillators, to supplying tea to dementia cafes, helping retired police dogs and many more. 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