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Co-op full year results shows strong performance against tough economic backdrop

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Co-op has announced its full year results for the 52 weeks to 31 December 2022, showing that that it has delivered against strategy as it targets one million new members. Despite revenue being impacted by the sale of the petrol forecourt business which completed in October, it was up £0.3bn £11.5bn from £11.2bn in 2021 …

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