CO-OPERATIVE FUNERAL CARE
Posted by Roger Godsiff, MP for Birmingham, Hall Green, at 12:21, Mon 2 July 2012:
Roger Godsiff MP has tabled the following Early Day Motion.
Early day motion 256 CO-OPERATIVE FUNERAL CARE Main content Session: 2012-13 Date tabled: 25.06.2012 Primary sponsor: Godsiff, Roger Sponsors: Campbell, RonnieSharma, Virendra Total number of signatures: 3
Campbell, Ronnie Godsiff, Roger Sharma, Virendra
That this House is shocked and disgusted by the revelations made on the Channel Four Dispatches programme on 25 June 2012 that the Co-operative Funeralcare organisation uses warehouses on industrial estates to store coffins with bodies in them rather than Chapels of Rest; notes that Co-operative Funeralcare is the largest funeral care provider in the UK with a reputation for trust, sensitivity and good customer service; is appalled that this reputation has been compromised by management directives to mislead grieving families into purchasing expensive funerals and charging customers an array of charges for services which they did not want; believes that a mutual organisation can, and should, have higher ethical standards than a purely profit-orientated company; and calls for those responsible for these actions within the organisation to be removed from their positions.
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Posted by Richard lakin-Inzunza, 17:59, Mon 2 July 2012: (Is this post abusive?) #
It saddens me as a long term Co-op supporter, user and member, to see evidence of this 'Big Corp' greed syndrome creeping in. There was the scandal about the milk, then I see them using the Hypermarket policy of offering 'half-price deals' after inflating the price of said item about a week prior to distributing their leaflets, and general prices in the stores are way higher than others. I don't mind paying more for Fairtrade goods and such, but it is beginning to look as if the Co-op has lost it's way a bit? I bank with the Co-op, I've been a member since adolescence, my first job was with them, and my grandparents ran a store in Ilkeston, many years ago. I think they should go back to the old regional stores system, they've obviously gotten a bit too big for their original aims! They should be leading the way, not adopting the same corporate greed illness that has overtaken the banks, industry and many areas of this global economy!
I still think they're the best of a bad bunch, but that doesn't mean they can rest on their laurels.
With Sincerity,
Richard Lakin-Inzunza