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{{Short description|Former retail co-operative in Scotland}}
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It employed 2000 people in 1992, when the financial problems became apparent, and on going into receivership in June 1993, it had 800 employees.<ref name="guardian" />
Its trading area included the Aberdeenshire and [[Moray]] towns of [[Banchory]], [[Elgin, Moray|Elgin]], [[Ellon, Aberdeenshire|Ellon]], [[Kemnay, Aberdeenshire|Kemnay]], [[Inverurie]], [[Port Elphinstone]] and [[Westhill, Aberdeenshire|Westhill]].<ref name="archive" /><ref name="press2000" />
At its peak it had branches and departments throughout the city of Aberdeen.<ref name="archive" />
Since the demise of Norco, the tradition of consumer co-operation in Aberdeenshire has been continued or revived by three southern organizations: [[Scotmid Co-operative]], [[Lothian, Borders & Angus Co-operative Society|Lothian, Borders & Angus Co-operative]] and Scottish Co-op (a retail division of CWS, now [[the Co-operative Group]].)
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