Hasty replacement for Len Wardle says group could emerge stronger from scandal over ex-chairman Paul Flowers The 170-year-old chain of Co-op stores has a presence in every postcode in the UK, as well as funeral homes, pharmacies and farms. Ursula Lidbetter reckons three words sum up the Co-operative Group: love, local and trusted. But in the wake of the unfolding scandal inside the Co-op's troubled banking business, the new chairman at the supermarkets, pharmacies and funeral homes empire has a big task on her hands rebuilding trust in the mutual institution's battered reputation. Lidbetter was hastily appointed to the helm of the loss-making group in the fall-out from the weekend's...
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