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As an organisation that is owned by its members, co-operation is central to our purpose. Our members have the opportunity to tell us what is important to them, and we listen to and act on their comments. Members decide what percentage of our profits are returned to the members and to the local community. What do we believe in? Our values are: Democracy Openness Equality Social Responsibility So why not join our exciting growing Society? We have a wide range of colleagues, working in a broad selection of roles and each one is important in ensuring we remain a successful co-operative business. Whichever role you choose to apply for you’ll know you’ll be working for an award-winning colleague-focussed organisation with ethics at its core. Colleague benefits include: - Society membership, meaning you receive a share of the society's profits - Competitive pension schemes, holidays and sickness benefits - Refer a Friend Scheme (up to £1000 Refer a Friend - when referring a childcare colleague) - Paid time off for volunteering - 20% off Food shopping (usually 10% all year round rising to 20% on a pay day weekends) - Holidays for less with up to £500 off Travel - Up to 60% off Childcare - GroceryAid Colleague Mental Health Support - Flexible working - Full training and accredited development programmes For more information please visit - www.midcounties.coop" ["address_street"]=> string(18) "Co-Operative House" ["address_place"]=> string(7) "WARWICK" ["address_region"]=> NULL ["founding_date"]=> NULL ["website_domain"]=> string(16) "midcounties.coop" ["website_url"]=> string(28) "https://www.midcounties.coop" ["industry_codes"]=> array(2) { [0]=> string(14) "Grocery Stores" [1]=> string(34) "Drug Stores and Proprietary Stores" } ["employee_count"]=> int(7294) ["article_count"]=> int(199) } ["articles"]=> array(9) { [0]=> array(7) { ["title_en"]=> string(76) "Infinity Inc kits out Midcounties Co-operative staff in new partnership deal" ["snippet_en"]=> string(100) "-based Infinity Inc has been awarded a contract to supply branded uniforms to The Midcounties Co-ope" ["url"]=> string(113) "https://printwearandpromotion.co.uk/infinity-inc-kits-out-midcounties-co-operative-staff-in-new-partnership-deal/" ["image_url"]=> string(78) "https://images.businessradar.com/articles/705eaa5f-f4bb-4a85-b095-78d3992ea1df" ["source"]=> string(27) "printwearandpromotion.co.uk" ["publication_date"]=> string(10) "2022-05-27" ["categories"]=> array(3) { [0]=> string(13) "Collaboration" [1]=> string(15) "Deals & Tenders" [2]=> string(20) "Contract negotiation" } } [1]=> array(7) { ["title_en"]=> string(63) "Supermarket helps provide money to support India's Covid crisis" ["snippet_en"]=> string(151) "The Midcounties Co-operative has joined forces with retail co-operatives across the UK including Oxford to donate more than £100,000 to help tackle..." 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