Plymouth & South West Co-operative Society

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| name = Plymouth and South West Co-operative Society Limited

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| image = Plymouth Co-operative Society Store (Derrys) (7481517690).jpg

| image_caption = The society's headquarters and department store in the centre of Plymouth, opened in 1952.

| type = Consumers' Co-operative

| foundation = {{Start date|1859}}

| location_city = Plymouth

| location_country = England

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| area_served = Cornwall, Devon

| members = 130,000

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| homepage = [http://www.psw.coop/ psw.coop]

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The Plymouth and South West Co-operative Society Limited, known locally as Plymco, was founded in 1859 by ten tradesmen. The society grew from 18 members, as recorded on 3 January 1860, to a membership of over 130,000. The department store business was sold to Vergo Retail in 2009.{{cite news|url=https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/companies/co-op-store-deals-fail-to-save-vergo/209357.article|title=Co-op store deals fail to save Vergo|publisher=The Grocer|date=12 May 2010}}

Members approved a merger with the larger Co-operative Group (of which the society was a corporate member) at a series of members' meetings during 2009. The merger occurred on 6 September 2009.[http://www.co-operative.coop/corporate/Press/Press-releases/Headline-news/Plymouth/ Plymouth & South West Co-operative Society merges with The Co-operative Group] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091001180243/http://www.co-operative.coop/corporate/Press/Press-releases/Headline-news/Plymouth |date=2009-10-01 }} (retrieved 13 September 2009).