Halpern has announced that it has been appointed to manage the consumer PR and influencer brief for The Co-op. The group has interests across food, funerals, insurance, legal services and health and supports local communities as it focusses on its vision to co-operate for a fairer world. 

Owned by millions of UK consumers, the Co-op operates 2,600 food stores, over 1,000 funeral homes and it provides products to over 5,100 other stores, including those run by independent co-operative societies and through its wholesale business, Nisa Retail Limited. It has more than 63,000 colleagues and annual revenue of over £10 billion.