Residents try to save the Chase Co-op

The Co-op store on the Robin Hood Chase is set to close down on November 17th, despite opposition from Nottingham East MP Chris Leslie, St Ann’s City councillors, and local residents.

The Co-op store has been part of the Robin Hood Chase for 40 years since it first opened in 1972.

Now a number of St Ann’s residents have got together to form a ‘Save The Co-op Group. The organisers have begun an on-line petition, and aim to hold a protest gathering outside the store from 4pm on Friday 9th November.

The group say that while Nottingham City Council have offered to let the Co-op group have the Robin Hood Chase premises rent free, management at the Co-op have “refused to negotiate.”

They add that “the store is a greatly needed asset for the local community, and is the last remaining food supermarket in the area for elderly pensioners & people on low incomes to use, without having to bus into Nottingham City Centre.”

The group are now asking all tenants & residents who live in St Ann’s, to give up a few minutes of their time to join the protest gathering outside the Co-op store, to show their support in wanting to keep the Co-op open for the local community.