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Scottish co-op group signs deal with home delivery specialist

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Scotmid, Scotland’s biggest independent co-op, has linked up with food delivery service Scoffable to deliver groceries to customers. The partnership is Scoffable’s first venture into grocery delivery rather than its core speciality of take-away food. A trial of the service has been run and now…

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