Plymouth & South West Co-operative Society

Plymouth and South West Co-operative Society Limited

The society's headquarters and department store in the centre of Plymouth, opened in 1952.
Company type	Consumers' Co-operative
Founded	1859 (1859)
Defunct	6 September 2009
Headquarters	Plymouth , England
Area served	Cornwall, Devon
Members	130,000
Website	psw.coop

The Plymouth and South West Co-operative Society Limited, known locally as Plymco, was founded in 1859 by ten tradesmen. The society grew from 18 members, as recorded on 3 January 1860, to a membership of over 130,000. The department store business was sold to Vergo Retail in 2009. ^[1]

Members approved a merger with the larger Co-operative Group (of which the society was a corporate member) at a series of members' meetings during 2009. The merger occurred on 6 September 2009. ^[2]

References

1. "Co-op store deals fail to save Vergo". The Grocer. 12 May 2010.
2. Plymouth & South West Co-operative Society merges with The Co-operative Group Archived 2009-10-01 at the Wayback Machine (retrieved 13 September 2009).