Steve Murrells


Steven Geoffrey Murrells is a British businessman, the chief executive of The Co-operative Group, and the former chief executive of Co-op Food. Co-op Food has over 2,800 stores in the UK – at least one in every postal area. It is the sixth largest food retailer in the UK. Co-op Food turns over around £9.5bn, with around 6% of the grocery market.

Early life

He was born in Colchester in Essex.

Career

Murrells held senior leadership roles in European and UK-based food retail businesses, including: One Stop, Sainsbury’s and Tesco. Steve spent three years as CEO of Danish meat company, Tulip, before joining Co-op in 2012.

Co-op Group

He became chief executive of Co-operative Retail in July 2012. He works at One Angel Square in central Manchester.
He became chief executive of The Co-operative Group on 1 March 2017.
In 2018, he signed a deal to supply 4,000 Nisa stores, following a similar one with Costcutter in 2017.

Personal life

He lives in Prestbury, Cheshire, in Cheshire East.