Co-op launches promotion to thank customers for support after cyber attack

The Co-op is offering members 25% off their shop when they spend £40. The in-store deal will also be available to new members, as the c-store specialist continues to press on with its strategy to grow its membership base.

The offer will run for one week, as the retailer looks to recover from the cyber attack that laid it low at the end of April.

The Co-op said it predicts to sell over half a million barbecue meat products in the coming days as the hot weather continues, alongside 1.1 million bottles of chilled wines, 2.3 million bottles of beer and over 128 tonnes of ice cubes.

Co-op Food managing director Matt Hood said: “I’m very proud that, thanks to the work of our colleagues, we are very near to making a full and complete recovery from the recent cyber attack on our Co-op, and I’m delighted to see our stores looking back to normal and being able to serve our shoppers and communities.

“We are so grateful to our member owners for their support and patience with us during what was a very difficult time and hope this gesture of appreciation goes a little way to showing them our thanks, with more value rewards to come over the summer. Co-op stores are now full of summer products, providing great value and good quality food and drink, so there is lots to choose from for our members to use the thank you offer.

“Our Co-op is a special business, 180 years old, with people, community and a sense of purpose at its heart, and our member owners are our backbone, giving us the focus to ensure we continue to run the best small shops in the UK.”