Coop Italia: new relaunch and greater coordination among the cooperatives
Coop Italia: new relaunch and greater coordination among the cooperatives
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A new system plan to enhance synergies between the cooperatives and the Coop Italia consortium. During the latest Coop Italia general meeting, held in June, the president of the National Association of Consumer Cooperatives, Ernesto Dalle Rive, outlined the strategic plan’s guidelines.
has also highlighted “the need for a new phase of relaunching competitiveness through a clearer allocation of roles between Ancc and Coop Italia, greater convergence in the cooperatives’ policies and a simplification of decision-making processes”.
Members decided to increase from 11 to 12 the number of members of the new Board, which appointed Domenico Brisigotti as president of Coop Italia, replacing Maura Latini at the end of her term.
In 2025 the Coop retail chain confirmed third place in the national large-scale retail ranking, with a market share of 10,9%, -0,1%.
Own-brand product
In 2025 the negotiating activity carried out by the Coop Italia consortium on behalf of its members generated revenues of 7,73 billion euros (+0,7%). Of these, 7,4 billion (+0,46) relate to food and 324 million (+3,5%) to non-food.
In food, the own-brand product Coop generated turnover of 2,2 billion, +0,6%, while non-food generated just 36 million, but grew by 5%. The overall share of own-brand products in turnover is therefore 30%.
In the health area, Coop Italia saw sales fall due to the closure of 5 pharmacies and the transfer to a third-party operator (Gsm-Più Medical) of a further 17 pharmacies by Coop Lombardia.
Ex-import
Coop Italia’s direct imports from abroad amounted to 57,7 million. The consortium aims to develop direct sourcing (procurement from producers), considered a lever for competitiveness.
On the export front, the subsidiary Coop Italian Food generated revenues of 14,4 million (+0,26%), but recorded a loss of 2,5 million. Mainly due to the poor performance of the Canadian subsidiary (which will be wound up) and the dollar’s slump. At the beginning of 2026 Coop Italian Food was recapitalised.
Millions of members
As regards retail sales, last year the Coop retail chain reported retail turnover of 15,1 billion. The share of own-brand products in total sales exceeded 40% by volume, with turnover from Coop own-brand products of over 3,5 billion.
The network comprises 2.237 stores in 18 regions. Its membership base consists of 6,2 million members.
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This article was translated from the original Italian version with the assistance of artificial intelligence. In case of discrepancies, please refer to the original Italian version.
