Our roots

These nine pioneers are believed to have worked in the ribbon weaving industry, a staple trade for skilled workers in the Coventry area at the time.

Lockhurst Lane Society was the first Co-operative to be successfully set up in this region, and indeed it was amongst one of the very first Co-operative Societies in the country.

It merged with the Coventry Society in 1968, and later became part of the Coventry and East Mercia Co-operative Society.

On January 1st 2000, the Society changed its name to the Heart of England Co-operative Society, more accurately reflecting the area in which the Society now trades.