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company_name = Moran & Cato|▼
{{Infobox company
location = [[Australia]] |▼
| founder = Thomas Edwin Moran<br />Frederick John Cato
industry = [[Retail]]|▼
| defunct = {{End date and age|1969|df=yes}}
products = groceries|▼
| hq_location_city = [[Melbourne]]
}}▼
| area_served = [[New South Wales]], [[Tasmania]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]]
'''Moran & Cato''' was the largest chain of [[grocery
By 1935 the company was employing nearly one thousand people and had about 120 branches in [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] and Tasmania and 40 in New South Wales.<ref name=ADB/> In 1962, it was still the largest independent retail grocery chain and wholesaler in Australia and a competitor to [[Coles Supermarkets]] and [[Woolworths Supermarkets]], and had largely converted its stores to the self-service model in 1957–1961.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-680307006/view?sectionId=nla.obj-696398065&searchTerm=%22moran+%26+cato%22&partId=nla.obj-680347273#page/n50/mode/1up/search/%22moran+%26+cato%22 | title=Why No Takeover Bid Is Likely for Moran & Cato | work=The Bulletin | date=4 August 1962 | accessdate=28 May 2021}}</ref>
The company was taken over by competitor [[Permewan Wright Limited]] in 1969.<ref>{{cite web|title=Moran and Cato Australia Limited|work=deListed|url=http://www.delisted.com.au/company/moran-and-cato-australia-limited|accessdate=13 January 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/121892914/?terms=%22permewan%22%20%22moran%20%26%20cato%22&match=1 | title=Higher profit for Permewan | work=The Age | date=22 July 1970 | accessdate=28 May 2021}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
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[[Category:Companies established in 1881]]▼
{{DEFAULTSORT:Moran and Cato}}
[[Category:Defunct retail companies of Australia]]
[[Category:Retail companies disestablished in 1969]]
[[Category:Australian grocers]]
[[Category:Fitzroy, Victoria]]
[[Category:Australian companies disestablished in 1969]]
[[Category:Australian companies established in 1881]]
[[Category:Companies based in Melbourne]]
[[Category:Defunct supermarkets of Australia]]
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