We’re Grocer Gold Award Winners – Thanks to You!
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Published 9 Jul 2025 in Colleagues
We’re proud to share that The Midcounties Co-operative has won Sustainability Initiative of the Year at the 2025 Grocer Gold Awards.
This national recognition is a celebration of the values we live by every day – fairness, innovation, and working together for a better future. Our winning entry, titled ‘Empowering Innovation’, reflects what we do best - being guided by our members and colleagues to take practical action, collaborate with like-minded organisations and invest in the future.
Collecting the award! Left to right - Dave Richards, Head of Commercial - Food, Darren Adams, Head of Store Operations - Food, Sarah Yates, Acting Chief Operating Officer - Food, Jordon Clement, Head of Supply Chain - Food & Chris Chandler, Head of Store Support - Food
It’s because of our shared commitment to work towards a fairer, more sustainable future that we have:
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Reduced electricity usage by 6% in the past year.
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Cut our direct greenhouse gas emissions associated with energy usage by 39% since 2019.
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Installed more than 350 solar panels across selected sites with our partners at Big Solar Co-op, generating over 130,000 kWh of clean energy annually.
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Diverted 129,000 food items to help feed over 2,500 households through partnerships with Olio
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Supported more than 400 community energy projects through Younity, our joint venture with Octopus Energy, and helped power 65,000 homes with clean, community-generated energy!
We’re showing that sustainability and fairness go hand in hand, and it’s your efforts that make this possible. Whether you’ve championed energy-saving, supported a community partnership, or shared ideas that became action, this award belongs to us all.
Thank you for helping build a fairer, more sustianble, ethical and co-operative future. We’re not resting on our laurels though, so watch this space for more detail on what we have coming next.
We've now installed more than 350 solar panels with Big Solar Co-op - generating over 130,000 kWh of clean energy annually