Original: The Co-operative Food is a brand devised for supermarket and convenience store business of the UK's consumers' co-operative movement. It is the name of the largest division of The Co-operative Group, and is used by other independent consumer co-operatives in the United Kingdom.
Simplified: The Co-operative Food, sometimes simply known as the Co-op, is a consumer co-operative supermarket in the United Kingdom, which is part of Socialist-style Co-operative Groupa group where members and all staff have an equal say in how things are run.