Pupils from St Marnock’s Primary school were guests of honour as they opened the newly refurbished, £170,000, Co-operative Store in Pollok, last month.

Catherine Laird, Store Manager, also donated £200 to the school’s funds as a token of their appreciation.

Catherine said, ‘As a community retailer it is appropriate that we involve the community in special events and we are delighted our local school is playing a central role in the relaunch of our shop.’

The Braidcraft Terrace store is among the first of the Co-operative Group’s 3,300 outlets in the UK to feature their new consumer owned identity.