Central England Co-operative offers festival survival kit to rockers at Download Festival
Posted by rob smyth | Published: 24/05/2017
Rockers heading to the Download Festival who need to stock up on supplies are set to be given a helping hand by Central England Co-operative.
The Society’s store, in Station Road, is primed and ready to offer a range of offers and special services to over 100,000 heavy metal fans heading to Castle Donington from June 9 to June 11 to enjoy performances from bands such as Aerosmith and System of the Down.
As well as the normal wide range of offers on essentials from beers, wines, spirits to snacks and toiletries, the store is also offering a great priced breakfast, specially provided transport to help the music lovers get to and from the festival site to restock and refuel, a free cash machine and toilet facilities in the car park.
Gary Brooks, store manager at Castle Donington, said: “Download is a major event in the calendar for everyone in Castle Donington.
“As a store, extra special planning goes into ensuring we can cater for all the needs of festivalgoers, while at the same time ensuring our regular customers and members continue to enjoy their regular shopping experience.
“This year we have a great range offers for people heading to Download, great prices in our café for those that want to enjoy a warm breakfast and a special bus just for the festival attendees to bring them from the site to stock up and to take them back with all their goodies.”
Customers will be able to enjoy a range of special offers on beers, wines and spirits, a five piece breakfast for £3 or a main meal for £5.50 and take a trip on our Central England Co-operative bus for just £1.
All proceeds from the bus will go to the Society’s corporate charity Newlife the Charity for Disabled Children.
The bus will run from:
• 1pm to 10pm on Wednesday
• 9am to 10pm on Thursday
• 9am to 5pm on Friday
• 9am to 4pm on Saturday.
Notes to editors
About Central England Co-operative
Central England Co-operative is one of the largest independent retail co-operative societies in the UK. It is a modern, forward-looking organisation employing over 8,000 staff, with gross sales of £927 million in 2016/17. The Society recently celebrated being named Leading Co-operative of the Year 2016 by Co-operatives UK. The Society’s principal areas of activity are food, funeral services, and property investment. Central England Co-operative has over 400 trading outlets across 16 counties including; West Midlands, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Staffordshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Nottinghamshire, Northamptonshire, Lincolnshire, West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, Suffolk, Norfolk, Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire. The Society has an ambitious food store development programme for 2017.
Central England Co-operative is proud of its reputation for ethical business practices and corporate responsibility. It is a member of Business in the Community, the membership organisation that stands for responsible business, and has also won many business awards for excellence. The Society supports a number of charities including Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children and invests a percentage of its trading profit into local communities.
Becoming a member of Central England Co-operative offers a whole host of benefits ranging from collecting points every time you spend in store to earn a share of the profits, access to members activities and community initiatives including the Community Dividend Fund, which hands out grants of up to £5,000 to charities and good causes across the Society’s trading estate.
Find out how to become a Central England Co-operative member by calling 0800 0501 601, emailing members@centralengland.coop or visiting https://www.members.coop
For more information visit www.centralengland.coop, follow Central England Co-operative on Twitter: @mycoopfood, and on Facebook: facebook.com/centralenglandcooperative
Rob Smyth / Heather Clapton at Central England Co-operative on 01543 414140
Email –publicrelations@centralengland.coop