The People's Business

On show at People’s History Museum from Saturday 12 October 2013 to Sunday 11 May 2014, in partnership with The Co-operative. For 150 years The Co-operative has grown to first manufacture and then to sell products. Its services continue to support the families and communities of Great Britain and the world ‘from the cradle to the grave’. This people’s business began its humble origins as the Co-operative Wholesale Society in Greater Manchester in 1863. The exhibition explores the values behind the ‘caring sharing co-op’ and offers a unique insight into the way we shop and live.