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[[File:Tesco, Hemsworth (1st May 2022).jpg|thumb|250px|[[Tesco]] is the largest [[supermarket]] chain in the [[United Kingdom]].]]
ThereAs of May 2024, there are 1617 '''supermarket chains''' currently operating in the [[United Kingdom]]. The food retail market has been dominated by the 'big four' supermarkets – [[Tesco]], [[Sainsbury's]], [[Asda]] and [[Morrisons]] – who made up over three quarters of sector market share in 2010. Tesco is the largest retailer in Great Britain, with a market share of 27.5% at the end of 2022.{{Efn|Figure based on 12 weeks ending 25 December 2022.|group=lower-alpha}}<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Big four line-up changes as UK grocery price inflation accelerates again |url=https://www.kantar.com/uki/inspiration/fmcg/2022-wp-big-four-line-up-changes-as-grocery-price-inflation-accelerates-again |access-date=5 January 2023 |website=www.kantar.com |language=en-GB}}</ref>
 
However, discounters [[Lidl]] and [[Aldi]] have grown rapidly.<ref name=":0" /> A number of sources reported that in September 2022, Aldi overtook Morrisons to become Great Britain's fourth largest grocery retailer.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=13 September 2022 |title=Aldi becomes Britain's fourth-largest supermarket |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-62887477 |access-date=5 January 2023}}</ref> At the end of 2022, Morrisons and Aldi both remained at 9.1%.{{Efn|Figure based on 12 weeks ending 25 December 2022.|group=lower-alpha}}<ref name=":0" /> Collectively, the big four accounted for two thirds and the big four and discounters combined for four fifths of the grocery market share at the end of 2022.{{Efn|Figure based on 12 weeks ending 25 December 2022.|group=lower-alpha}}<ref name=":0" />
 
Northern Ireland has similar major chains. In 2022, Tesco was the largest retailer in NI, followed by Sainsbury's, Asda and Lidl.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McDonald |first=Gary |date=18 October 2022 |title=Northern Ireland's grocery market down by 3 per cent as prices continue to soar |url=https://www.irishnews.com/business/2022/10/18/news/northern_ireland_s_grocery_market_down_by_3_per_cent_as_prices_continue_to_soar-2863989/ |access-date=5 January 2023 |website=The Irish News |language=en}}</ref> However, the market is different because some chains are not shared between the different parts of the UK. For example, Aldi and Morrisons do not operate there.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McAleer |first=Ryan |date=28 September 2021 |title=No sign of Aldi changing policy on Northern Ireland |url=https://www.irishnews.com/business/2021/09/28/news/no-sign-of-aldi-changing-policy-on-northern-ireland-2460492/ |access-date=5 January 2023 |website=The Irish News |language=en}}</ref>
 
==Historical background==
Before 1932, British grocery stores operated as counter service, however that year David Greig opened the first self-service grocery store in the UK at Turnpike Lane, [[Hornsey]], but the store although a success, was closed down after eight months of the experiment.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://buildingourpast.com/2023/01/09/the-centenary-of-britains-first-self-service-grocery-shop/|title=The Centenary of Britain's First Self-Service Grocery Shop|website=Building our past|date=9 January 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Flagship Marketing. Concepts and Places|isbn=978-1-134-07668-0|date=2009 |last1=Kent |first1=Tony |last2=Brown |first2=Reva |publisher=Routledge }}</ref> The first permanent self-service grocery store in the United Kingdom was opened 12 January 1948 in [[Manor Park, London]] by the Co-op, with Tesco opening their first self-service grocery store and Marks & Spencer starting a trial of self-service in the same year.<ref name=historiceng/> Sainsburys opened their first self-service branch in [[London Borough of Croydon|Croydon]] in 1950.<ref>{{cite web|title=Overview|publisher=Sainsbury Archive|url=http://www.museumindocklands.org.uk/English/Collections/CollectionsOnline/SainsburyArchive/Themes/Products/Range/|access-date=11 November 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006152450/http://www.museumindocklands.org.uk/English/Collections/CollectionsOnline/SainsburyArchive/Themes/Products/Range/|archive-date=6 October 2008}}</ref> By 1951, the Co-op had 604 self-service stores.<ref name=historiceng>{{cite web|url=https://heritagecalling.com/2023/01/12/how-englands-first-self-service-store-heralded-the-birth-of-the-modern-supermarket/|title=How England's First Self-Service Store Heralded the Birth of the Modern Supermarket|author=Historic England|website=Heritage Calling|date=12 January 2023}}</ref> In the same year, [[Express Dairies]] opened Britain's first supermarket under the Premier Supermarket brand in [[Streatham]], [[South London]],<ref name=BNet50>{{cite web|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5245/is_7528_224/ai_n28873842/|title=It's a super anniversary: it's 50 years since the first full size self-service supermarket was unveiled in the UK|author=Helen Gregory|publisher=The Grocer|date=3 November 2001|access-date=30 June 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120117034107/https://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5245/is_7528_224/ai_n28873842|archive-date=17 January 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> while the first Fine Fare was opened as a single supermarket later that year, as an offshoot of the Welwyn Department Store.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourwelwyngardencity.org.uk/page_id__86.aspx|title=Welwyn Garden City:Welwyn Gardens own Supermarket Chain |publisher=Our Welwyn Garden City |access-date=16 April 2015}}</ref> Waitrose opened their first supermarket in [[Streatham]] during 1955, although their first self service store had opened at their subsidiary Schofield & Martin in 1951.<ref name=historiceng/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.waitrosememorystore.org.uk/page_id__238.aspx|title=Acquisition of small food chains by Linda Moroney – Waitrosememorystore.co.uk|access-date=31 March 2016}}</ref> Tesco though did not open their first supermarket in [[Maldon, Essex]] until 1956,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://maldon.nub.news/news/local-news/historic-maldon-district-jack-cohen-and-maldon39s-pioneering-supermarket|title=Historic Maldon District: Jack Cohen and Maldon's pioneering supermarket|website=Maldin Hub News|date=7 September 2021}}</ref> while Morrisons was not until 1961,<ref name="student">{{cite web|url=http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/ngfl/bus_studies/13/company_info_unit_two/student_pack_morrisons.pdf|title=Welcome To Morrisons|access-date=12 March 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927183610/http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/ngfl/bus_studies/13/company_info_unit_two/student_pack_morrisons.pdf|archive-date=27 September 2011}}</ref> and Asda was not until 1963.<ref name=asquith>{{cite news|url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/obituaries/peter-asquith-1-2503706|title=Obituary: Peter Asquith|newspaper=Yorkshire Post|date=14 June 2008|access-date=2 May 2019|archive-date=2 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502180923/https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/obituaries/peter-asquith-1-2503706|url-status=dead}}</ref> By 1959, multiple grocery retailers only accounted for 10% of grocery outlets and 25% of the British market, however by a decade later the expansion of supermarkets had seen them take 41% of all grocery turnover.<ref name=soldout>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yU_v9XAO61EC&dq=%22fine+fare%22+tesco&pg=PA97|title=Sold Out|author=Bill Grimsey|date=2012|isbn=9781908691316|publisher=Filament Publishing|page=97}}</ref> The growth of the supermarket is also shown in store numbers, with Britain only having 175 supermarkets in 1958 but had expanded to 2,803 by 1967.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=grRgpCRhvwgC&dq=first+british+hypermarket&pg=PA150|title=The Transformation of British Life, 1950-2000. A Social History|author=Andrew Rosen|date=2003|page=150|publisher=Manchester University Press |isbn=978-0-7190-6612-2 }}</ref> Britain's first out of town supermarket was opened by American retailer [[G. E. M. Membership Department Stores|GEM]] in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire by in November 1964.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23900465|title=How first out-of-town superstore changed the UK|website=BBC News|date=2 September 2013}}</ref>
 
==List of current UK supermarket chains==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:9392%;"
|-
!rowspan=2|[[Supermarket]]Chain operators
!class=unsortable rowspan=2|ImageLogo
!data-sort-type=number rowspan=2|Founded/<br{{Abbr| />cameEst.|Established toin or Established in the UK}}
!rowspan=2|Owned by
!rowspan=2|HeadquartersBased in
!colspan=3|Market share (%)<ref>2021: {{Cite web|title=Grocery Market Share - Kantar|url=https://www.kantarworldpanel.com/grocery-market-share/great-britain/snapshot|access-date=5 March 2021|website=kantarworldpanel.com}}</ref><ref name="2007marketshare"> 2007: {{cite web |title=UK: Discounters Benefit From Downturn |url=http://www.kamcity.com/namnews/mktshare/2008/tns-june08.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231212729/http://www.kamcity.com/namnews/mktshare/2008/tns-june08.htm |archive-date=31 December 2013 |access-date=28 September 2014 |work=KamCity}}</ref><ref>2000: {{cite web|url=http://www.fooddeserts.org/images/supshare.htm|title=Supermarket market share (UK)|access-date=19 June 2016}}</ref>
!colspan=3|Market share (%)
!rowspan=2|Number<brStore />of storescount
!rowspan=2|Types of storesBrands
! style="width: 45%;" class="unsortable" rowspan="2"|Notes
|-
!data-sort-type=number|2021
!data-sort-type=number|2021<ref>{{Cite web|title=Grocery Market Share - Kantar|url=https://www.kantarworldpanel.com/grocery-market-share/great-britain/snapshot|access-date=5 March 2021|website=kantarworldpanel.com}}</ref>
!data-sort-type=number|2007
!data-sort-type=number|2007<ref name="2007marketshare">{{cite web |title=UK: Discounters Benefit From Downturn |url=http://www.kamcity.com/namnews/mktshare/2008/tns-june08.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231212729/http://www.kamcity.com/namnews/mktshare/2008/tns-june08.htm |archive-date=31 December 2013 |access-date=28 September 2014 |work=KamCity}}</ref>
!data-sort-type=number|2000
!data-sort-type=number|2000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fooddeserts.org/images/supshare.htm|title=Supermarket market share (UK)|access-date=19 June 2016}}</ref>
|-
|[[Aldi]] UK
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|960<ref>{{Cite web |title=Number of store branches of Aldi Süd in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2013 to 2022 |url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/817274/aldi-sued-number-of-stores-the-uk/ |website=Statista |archive-date=}}</ref>
|
* Aldi
* Aldi Local
|[[No frills|No frills supermarket]]
|-
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|[[Asda]]
|[[File:ASDA logo.svg|100px]]
|{{center|19491965}}
|
|[[TDR Capital]] (45%)<br />[[Zuber Issa]] & [[Mohsin Issa]] (45%)<br /> [[Walmart]] (10%)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://news.sky.com/story/asda-reveals-higher-finance-costs-as-boss-defends-debt-structure-13034077 | title=Asda reveals higher finance costs as boss defends debt structure }}</ref>
* [[TDR Capital]] (67.5%)
* [[Mohsin Issa]] (22.5%)
* [[Walmart]] (10%)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.sky.com/story/asda-reveals-higher-finance-costs-as-boss-defends-debt-structure-13034077 | title=Asda reveals higher finance costs as boss defends debt structure }}</ref>
|[[Leeds]]
|14.6
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|603
|
* Asda
* Asda Supercentre
* Asda Superstore
* Asda Express
* Asda Living
* Asda On the Move
* Asda Supercentre
|style="max-width:1px;"|Founded from the merger of Associated Dairies and the Asquith family owned Queens Supermarket.
* Asda Supermarket
* Asda Superstore
|style="max-width:1px;"|Founded by merger of Queens (owned by the Asquith family) and Associated Dairies.
|-
|[[Booths]]
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* [[Nisa (retailer)|Nisa]] Extra
* [[Southern Co-operative|Welcome]]
|Identities shared by aboutAbout 16 retail co-operatives, includingwith a shared Identity, the seven largest are:{{ublist|
|[[Central England Co-operative|Central]]|[[The Co-operative Group|Co-op Group]]|[[East of England Co-op|East of England]]|[[Lincolnshire Co-operative|Lincolnshire]]|[[Scotmid]]|[[Southern Co-operative|Southern]]|[[Midcounties Co-operative|Your (Midcounties)]]<!--listed only the Co-ops with over 100 food stores, the rest are in the see also list-->}}
*[[Central England Co-operative|Central Co-op]]
*[[The Co-operative Group|Co-op]]
*[[East of England Co-op]]
*[[Lincolnshire Co-operative|Lincolnshire Co-op]]
*[[Scotmid]]
*[[Southern Co-operative|Southern Co-op]]
*[[Midcounties Co-operative|Your Co-op]]<!--listed only the Co-ops with over 100 food stores, the rest are in the see also list-->
{{See also|The Co-operative Group#List of corporate members}}
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* Heron Foods
* B&M Express
|Primarily frozen foods; concentrated mainly in the Midlands and the North.<br />
|Primarily frozen foods; operates stores throughout the Midlands and the North.<br />In 2012, Cooltrader was acquired by Heron foods,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/results/heron-foods-profits-take-a-hit-in-2012-as-it-absorbs-cooltrader/350156.article|title=Heron Foods profits take a hit in 2012 as it absorbs Cooltrader|first=Thomas|last=Hobbs|date=3 October 2013|website=The Grocer}}</ref> and all stores were rebranded as Heron Foods by 2017.<ref name="just-food1">{{cite web|url=http://www.just-food.com/news/iceland-agrees-cooltrader-sale-to-heron-foods_id120376.aspx|title=Iceland agrees Cooltrader sale to Heron Foods|access-date=31 March 2016}}</ref><br />Heron Foods was acquired by B&M in 2017, and since 2018, some stores have been rebranded as B&M Express.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/discounters/bandm-converts-heron-foods-branches-to-bandm-express-fascia/571146.article|title=B&M converts Heron Foods branches to 'B&M Express'|work=The Grocer|date=3 September 2018}}</ref>
 
Heron Foods was bought in 2017 with some stores rebranded to B&M Express since 2018.<ref name="just-food1">{{cite web|url=http://www.just-food.com/news/iceland-agrees-cooltrader-sale-to-heron-foods_id120376.aspx|title=Iceland agrees Cooltrader sale to Heron Foods|access-date=31 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/discounters/bandm-converts-heron-foods-branches-to-bandm-express-fascia/571146.article|title=B&M converts Heron Foods branches to 'B&M Express'|work=The Grocer|date=3 September 2018}}</ref>
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|[[Iceland (supermarket)|Iceland]]
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|[[File:Wm Morrison Supermarkets logo.svg|100px]]
|{{center|1899}}
|<br>[[Clayton, Dubilier & Rice]]<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/movers/morrisons-ends-54-year-run-as-public-company-as-cdandr-takes-control/661207.article | title=Morrisons ends 54-year run as public company as CD&R takes control }}</ref>
|[[Bradford]]
|9.8
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* Morrisons Superstore
* Morrisons Daily
|style="max-width:1px;" | Fourth biggest supermarket in the UK. From 2011 to 2015 also operated M Local (later MyLocal) convenience stores.
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|[[Ocado]]
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|11
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|Korean & Asian goods chain; whichsuch alsoas sellsfrom Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Thai, Indian and products from across AsiaIndian.
|-
|[[Wilf Proudfoot#Proudfoot Supermarkets|Proudfoot Supermarkets]]
|
|{{center|1948}}
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|5
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|Small independent chain operatingwith inshops [[Northaround Yorkshire]]Scarborough.
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|[[Sainsbury's]]
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* [[Tesco Express]]
* [[Tesco|One Stop]]
| style="max-width:1px;" | [[Shoprite (Isle of Man)|Shoprite]] was bought in 2023 and branding phased.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/shoprite-sells-all-nine-stores-to-tesco/ | title=Shoprite sells all nine stores to Tesco }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-business/final-shoprite-stores-to-close-at-the-end-of-the-month/|title=Final Shoprite stores to close at the end of the month|website=Manx Radio}}</ref> From May 2021, Tesco Metro stores were phased out and rebranded as Tesco Express or Tesco.
* [[Budgens]]
 
* [[Londis (United Kingdom)|Londis]]
Tesco purchased [[Booker Group]] in 2018, the group includes Budgens as well as<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musgravegroup.com/en/news/news_article/Musgrave_Group_Agrees_Sale_of_Budgens_and_Londis_to_Booker.php|title=Musgrave Group Agrees Sale of Budgens and Londis to Booker|publisher=Musgrave Group|access-date=29 October 2015|archive-url=https://archive.today/20151214215658/http://www.musgravegroup.com/en/news/news_article/Musgrave_Group_Agrees_Sale_of_Budgens_and_Londis_to_Booker.php|archive-date=14 December 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />Londis, Premier, and Family Shopper [[symbol group]]s.
* [[Premier Stores|Premier]]
* [[Shoprite (Isle of Man)|Shoprite]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/shoprite-sells-all-nine-stores-to-tesco/ | title=Shoprite sells all nine stores to Tesco }}</ref>
* Family Shopper
| style="max-width:1px;" | In May 2021, Tesco announced the rebranding of its Metro stores as either Tesco Express or Tesco.<br />Budgens is a supermarket chain located in England and Wales, owned by Tesco following its 2018 purchase of [[Booker Group]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musgravegroup.com/en/news/news_article/Musgrave_Group_Agrees_Sale_of_Budgens_and_Londis_to_Booker.php|title=Musgrave Group Agrees Sale of Budgens and Londis to Booker|publisher=Musgrave Group|access-date=29 October 2015|archive-url=https://archive.today/20151214215658/http://www.musgravegroup.com/en/news/news_article/Musgrave_Group_Agrees_Sale_of_Budgens_and_Londis_to_Booker.php|archive-date=14 December 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />Londis, Premier, and Family Shopper are [[symbol group]]s owned by Tesco with the purchase of [[Booker Group]].
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|[[Waitrose|Waitrose & Partners]]
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{{Incomplete list|date=April 2016}}
 
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:8592%;"
!Chain operators
|-
!data-sort-type=number|{{Abbr| Est.|Established in or Established in the UK}}
![[Supermarket]]
!class=unsortable|Image
!Founded/<br />came to UK
!Fate
!Closed
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|Adsega
|
|1960
|Bought by Tesco
|1965
|Formed by Martin Green and Henry Seaberg. Chain of grocers and supermarkets in the North East, that wasEngland based, on thehad budget model and had around 50 stores,. beforeIt beingwas purchased by Tesco in 1965 for just over £1 million.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/nostalgia/forgotten-budget-supermarket-empire-used-26057891|title=Forgotten budget supermarket empire used to be fixture on Manchester's high streets|newspaper=Manchester Evening News|date=30 January 2023}}</ref>
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|Ailsa Superstores
|
|1970s
|
|
|Small chain of supermarketsScotland based in Scotlandsupermarkets, owned by Allied Suppliers (51%) and Goldberg Department Stores (49%)<ref>{{cite journal|title=Goldberg|journal=The Journal|volume=58|date=1973|page=112}}</ref><ref>{{cite periodical|title=Slow down at Goldberg|periodical=Investors Chronicle|volume=28|date=1974|page=1104}}</ref>
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|AJ & M Freezer Foods
|
|
|Purchased by Iceland
|
|Newcastle-upon-TyndTyne based freezer food chain.<ref name=walker/>
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|APT Stores
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|
|
|Small supermarket chain with the catchphrase ''The Store with More''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.littlereddog.info/ephemera-vintage-supermarkets-grocers-bags-for-sale.html|title=Vintage shopping bags - Little Red Dog|access-date=11 May 2015}}</ref>
|
|Chain of small supermarkets with the catchphrase ''The Store with More''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.littlereddog.info/ephemera-vintage-supermarkets-grocers-bags-for-sale.html|title=Vintage shoppoing bags - Little Red Dog|access-date=11 May 2015}}</ref>
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|Axe Stores
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|
|
|Created in 1976 by Italian supermarket chain PAM with British partner Hintons, the partner was bought by PAM in 1978. The 15 stores were bought by the management team in 1987. The company used the slogan Axe – Cut of Value.<ref name="stirlingretail.com">{{cite web|url=https://stirlingretail.com/2021/09/09/axe-stores-this-is-a-description-not-an-instruction/|title=Axe Stores. This is a description not an instruction|website=Stirling Retail|date=9 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1jUUAQAAMAAJ&q=%22axe+stores%22+discount+stores+uk|title=Retailing and 1992 The Impact and Opportunities|date=1989|publisher=Corporate Intelligence Research Publications}}</ref>
|
|Discounter started in late 1970s by Italian supermarket chain PAM with British partner Hintons in 1976. PAM bought out Hintons in 1978. The 15 store business was bought by the management team in 1987. The company used the slogan Axe – Cut of Value.<ref name="stirlingretail.com">{{cite web|url=https://stirlingretail.com/2021/09/09/axe-stores-this-is-a-description-not-an-instruction/|title=Axe Stores. This is a description not an instruction|website=Stirling Retail|date=9 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1jUUAQAAMAAJ&q=%22axe+stores%22+discount+stores+uk|title=Retailing and 1992 The Impact and Opportunities|date=1989|publisher=Corporate Intelligence Research Publications}}</ref>
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|Bateman & Sons
|
|Bought by [[Booker Group]] and merged into Budgens.
|
|Bought by [[Booker Group]] and merged into Budgens
|1973
|Chain of 31 supermarkets and 17 self-service stores based in South Wales.<ref name=eu>{{cite journal|url=https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/5091021.pdf|title=A STUDY OF THE EVOLUTION OF CONCENTRATION IN THE FOOD DISTRIBUTION INDUSTRY FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM|journal=The Commission of the European Communities |date=October 1977|volume=1}}</ref><ref>{{cite periodical|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0QhJ1yCHq5UC&q=%22bateman+%26+sons%22+supermarket|title=Bookers McConnell plc|periodical=Jane's Major Companies of Europe|author=Lionel Faraday Gray|date=1975|page=B-117|publisher=McGraw-Hill|isbn=978-0-354-00514-2 }}</ref>
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|[[Bejam]]
|
|1968
|Bought by [[Iceland (supermarket)|Iceland]]
|1989
|Frozen food chain started by John AdthorpApthorp in London, it grew to becomebecame the biggest frozen food, retailerfreezer and the largestmicrowave seller of freezers and microwaves in the United Kingdom. The business was bought by Iceland after a hostile bid.
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|[[Big W (United Kingdom)|Big W]]
|
|1998
|Discontinued, rebranded as [[Woolworths Group (United Kingdom)|Woolworths]]
|2004
|21-storemegastores chain of megastores started by [[Kingfisher plc]], to include all the products of their chains, [[Woolworths (United Kingdom)|Woolworths]], [[B&Q]], [[Comet Group|Comet]] and [[Superdrug]]. Seven of the stores sold groceries via a partnership deal with [[Booker Group]]. The seven grocery operating storesand were sold to Asda and Tesco, with the remaining 14 stores rebranded and downsized under the regular [[Woolworths Group (United Kingdom)|Woolworths]] banner.
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|Bishops Stores
|
|
|Bought by [[Budgens]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.competition-commission.org.uk/rep_pub/reports/1985/fulltext/182c03.pdf|title=Competition Commission report, para 3.10 (a)|access-date=27 March 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070108215540/http://www.competition-commission.org.uk/rep_pub/reports/1985/fulltext/182c03.pdf|archive-date=8 January 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|63 stores in south east England<ref name=eu/>
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|Bonimart Freezer Centre
|
|
|
|1981
|Purchased by Argyll Foods and added to Cordon Bleu chain.<ref name=grocer103>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p5mhHtLj7sMC&dq=%22argyll%22+cordon+bleu&pg=PA103|title=The Grocers. The Rise and Rise of the Supermarket Chains|author=Andrew Seth, Geoffrey Randall|date=1999|isbn=9780749421915|page=103|publisher=Kogan Page Publishers }}</ref>
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|[[Safeway (UK)|BP Safeway]]
|30
|1998
|Dissolved
|2004
|Joint-venture between Safeway and [[BP]] that operated forecourt convenience stores.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/132974.stm | title=BP and Safeway to create 2,000 jobs |work=BBC News |date=15 July 1998}}</ref> The[[Morrisons]] venture was dissolved followingbought Safeway's purchasein by2004 [[Morrisons]]with inventure 2004dissolved. as theMorrisons company had no plans to enter into the convenience store market, and, in September 2005, Morrisons sold twenty-one of the sites to [[Tesco]] andfor would be convertedconversion to Tesco Express stores,. while theThe other nine reverted to BP ownership through a [[Right of first refusal]]. BPand laterfive signedof athe dealnine withwere later sold to [[Somerfield]] to take over stores at five locations.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.just-food.com/news/uk-morrisons-sells-safeway-forecourt-sites-to-bp-somerfield-tesco/ | title=UK: Morrisons sells Safeway forecourt sites to BP, Somerfield, Tesco | date=26 September 2005 }}</ref>
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|Brian Ford's Discount Store
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|1975
|Bought by Tesco in 2004
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|Brierleys Supermarkets
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|Went into receivership in 1974.<ref name=eu/> Superseded by Hillyards supermarket
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|style="max-width:1px;"|EmbrionicSmall supermarket chain founded by Frank Brierley, a former market trader in Northamptonshire, offering very low prices with a moderate choice of products; on occasions the owner would set up a market stall right in the middle of the supermarket. Launched an own brand range with the pirate logo.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.northantslive.news/news/history/northamptonshire-shops-used-love-any|title=The 12 Northamptonshire shops we've loved and lost|work=Northants Live|date=26 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/history/recalling-pioneering-leicester-discount-supermarket|title=Recalling the pioneering Leicester discount supermarket and its flamboyant owner|work=Leicestershire Live|date=10 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/opinion/archives-peterboroughs-pirate-trader|title=From the archives: Peterborough's pirate trader|work=Peterborough Telegraph|date=8 February 2016}}</ref>
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|[[Budgens]]
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|1872
|Became a convenience store symbol group
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|Burton Supermarkets
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|Bought by [[Fine Fare]]
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|[[Capital Freezer Centres]]
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|Bought by [[Farmfoods]]
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|J.C. Carline
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|Bought by [[Associated British Foods]], rebranded as [[Fine Fare]]
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|[[Carrefour]]
|<!--commented out: [[File:CareffourSibiu.jpg|100px|Carrefour in [[Sibiu]], [[Romania]]]]-->
|1970s
|Exited out of UK market, sold to Gateway/Somerfield, then later to [[Asda]]
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|[[Cartier's Superfoods]]
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|1969
|Bought by Tesco
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|[[Cater Brothers]]
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|1881
|Became part of Presto
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|[[Cave Austin and Company]]
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|1896
|Taken over by Burton, Son and Sanders in 1963. Purchased by Moore Stores in 1966.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6dwDCfphflAC&q=%22drapers%22|title=The New Dawn|date=1966|page=84}}</ref>
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|Cee N'Cee
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|Late 1950s
|Purchased by Kwik Save in 1978.
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|Challenge Supermarket
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|Became part of Frank Dee
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|[[Heron Foods|Cooltrader]]
|[[File:Maghull Square - Cool Trader.JPG|100px]]
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|Bought by [[Heron Foods]]
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|Coopers & Co
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|Bought by [[Fine Fare]]
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|Cordon Bleu Freezer Food Centres
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|1970
|Purchased by Argyll Supplies
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|[[Crazy Prices]]
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|Bought by Tesco
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|Curleys Supermarkets and wine cellars
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|1960s
|Supermarkets were sold to Sainsburys in 2008 and the remaining 11 Wine Cellars to WineFlair seven years later in 2015
| SupermarketsStores (2009) Wine Cellars (2017)
| Chain of supermarkets and Wine stores in Northern Ireland<ref>{{cite news|url=https://m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/in-with-the-new/28159089.html|title=In with the new|newspaper=Belfast Telegraph|date=14 April 2003}}</ref>
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|Dalgety Freezer Centres
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|Bought by James Gullivers Argyll Supplies
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|<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/15531086.days-danish-cultures-glaswegian-roots/|title=Those Were The Days: Danish culture's Glaswegian roots|newspaper=The Herald|date=13 September 2017}}</ref>
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| <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/15531086.days-danish-cultures-glaswegian-roots/|title=Those Were The Days: Danish culture's Glaswegian roots|newspaper=The Herald|date=13 September 2017}}</ref>
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|[[David Greig (supermarket)|David Greig]]
|1870
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|Bought by [[Fitch Lovell]]
|Late 1970s
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|Grocery store chain started in South London, that in 1972 became part of Wrensons. The Wrensons business was renamed David Greig in 1973. The business was nearly sold to Combined English Stores, but they withdrew their bid after concerns regarding the company's finances, and it was eventually sold to Fitch Lovell. Fitch Lovell sold off many of the stores to recoup the purchase price, and in the late 1970s merged the firm into it'sits Keymarkets business.
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|[[Frank Dee Supermarkets#Trading Names|DEE Discount Stores]]
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|Re-branded as Gateway, later Somerfield now owned by Co-op
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|Dewhurst Freezer Food Centres
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|Chain of 52 freezer stores.<ref name=eu/>
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|Dickie's Discount
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|Bought by Linfood & Oriel Foods and split up
|1977
|Early discount supermarket chain with stores in locations such as Exeter and Hastings. In 1977, both Linfood and Oriel Foods purchased the business, with 11 stores going to Linfood, while 9 going to Oriel.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T1A6AQAAIAAJ&q=%22dickie%27s+discount%22|title=Parliamentary Papers|date=1982|volume=40|page=67}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.facebook.com/groups/exetermemories/permalink/6780446562049677/|title=Exeter Memories|website=Facebook|date=9 October 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://hastingsforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=3464|title=Dickies Discount Store, on The Ridge|website=Hastings Forum|date=27 March 2015}}</ref>
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|Downsway Supermarkets
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|Bought by [[Fine Fare]]
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|Elmo Stores
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|Bought by [[Fine Fare]]
|1967
|Started as grocery store chain by Mossy Vanger, a cousin of [[Jack Cohen (businessman)|Jack Cohen]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.co.ukcom/books?id=G59tAAAAMAAJ&q=%22elmo%22+vanger&dq=%22elmo%22+vanger&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwicu9PD5d-FAxXfUkEAHW-aCbMQ6AF6BAgFEAM#%22elmo%22%20vanger|title=The Jews in Business|author=Stephen Aris|date=1970|isbn=9780224619530|page=149}}</ref> The business grew into a small chain of 28 stores based in East Anglia and the South of England. The business was purchased by South African retailer O.K Bazaars in 1962, the same year they opened their first supermarket in [[Norwich]].<ref>{{cite periodical|url=https://books.google.co.ukcom/books?id=qtexAAAAIAAJ&q=%22elmo+stores%22+vanger&dq=%22elmo+stores%22+vanger&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiZyLCt49-FAxX4TkEAHblkA8EQ6AF6BAgKEAM#%22elmo%20stores%22%20O.K.%20Bazaars|title=O.K. Bazaars (1929) Ltd|periodical=Beerman's Financial Year Book of Southern Africa|volume=1|date=1964|page=526}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/vintage-roadscene-issue-233-april-2019/page/11/mode/1up?q=%22fine+fare%22+dee+Corporation|title=Supermarket Sweep|magazine=Vintage Roadscene|issue=233|date=April 2019|page=11 }}</ref> It was later purchased for £1m by Fine Fare and run as Elmo DoscountDiscount Centres before being re-branded under either Fine Fare or Shoppers Paradise.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/19159866.many-worcester-supermarkets-use/|title=How many of these Worcester supermarkets did you use?|newspaper=Worcester News|date=17 March 2021}}</ref>
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|extra
|Fairway
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|Supermarket brand used by Leicestershire Co-operative Society.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/372602569148531387/|title=Extra Co-op Superstores|website=Pinterest|access-date=16 May 2024}}</ref>
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|Fairway
|c.1960s
|Bought by Frank Dee
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|[[Fine Fare]]
|[[File:Supermarket in Thirsk Market Place - geograph.org.uk - 27885.jpg|100px|left|A Fine Fare store in Thirsk, 1968]]
|1951
|Bought by Gateway
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|Fulham Frozen Foods
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|Purchased by Iceland
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|[[Fulton's Foods]]
|[[File:Fultons Foods - Bramley Shopping Centre - geograph.org.uk - 1779516.jpg|100px]]
|1974
|Bought by [[Poundland]]
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|[[Somerfield|Food Giant]]
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|1970s
|Rebranded as [[Kwik Save]]
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|Ford & Lock
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|1960
|Sold to Gateway
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|Freezer Fare
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|Bought by Argyll Group
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|Freezeway
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|Bought by Farmfoods
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|[[FreshXpress]]
|[[File:FreshXpress Fawdon.jpg|100px|left|FreshXpress [[Fawdon]], a typical style of FreshXpress store inherited from Kwik Save, this store has since been demolished and a new Netto store proposed]]
|2007
|Administration in 2008, liquidated in 2009
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|[[Frank Dee Supermarkets]]
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|Re-branded as Gateway, later Somerfield now owned by Co-op
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|[[Galbraith supermarkets]]
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|1894
|Bought by [[Allied Suppliers]], then [[Argyll Foods|Argyll Group]]
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|[[Somerfield|Gateway Foodmarkets]]
|[[File:Gateway, Skegness (1992) - geograph.org.uk - 3721388.jpg|100px|left|A Gateway supermarket in Skegness, 1992]]
|1950
|Rebranded as [[Somerfield]]
|1992
|
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|[[G. E. M. Membership Department Stores|GEM]]
|1965
|Purchased by Asda
|1966
|Opened Britain's first out of town supermarket in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire during 1964, GEM was an American department store retailer who ran the store under a concessions basis. A further store in Leeds was added in 1965, but the UK business was sold to Asda in 1966.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Whysall |first1=Paul |title=GEM, 1964–1966: Britain's First Out-of-Town Retailer |journal=The International Review of Retail, Distribution and Consumer Research |date=April 2005 |volume=15 |issue=2 |pages=111–124 |doi=10.1080/09593960500049183 |url=https://stirlingretail.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/gem-1964-1966-whysall-in-irrdcr.pdf}}</ref>
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|Goodfellows
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|[[Grandways]]
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|Some stores sold to [[Safeway (UK)|Argyll Group]] for their [[Presto (UK supermarket)|Presto]] chain and [[Kwik Save]], remainder renamed Jacksons
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|Granville Supermarkets
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|[[GT Smith]]
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|Bought by [[Co-operative Group]]
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|J. Gunn & Co
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|Voluntary Liquidation
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|Haldanes
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|2009
|(including UGO stores)
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|Hanburys<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/352406739589628609/|title=PICTURES: Bolton's iconic shops throughout the years|website=Pintrest|access-date=4 July 2022}}</ref>
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|1889
|Bought by [[Co-Op]]
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|Heagneys Supermarkets
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|Hodgson & Hepworth
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|[[Hillards]]
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|1880
|Bought by Tesco
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|[[Hintons]]
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|Bought by [[Argyll Foods]] to become part of [[Presto (UK supermarket)|Presto]]
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|Homefare Supermarket
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|[[Home and Colonial Stores]]
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|1883
|Bought by [[Cavenham Foods]]
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|Hollis Supermarkets
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|Igloo
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|Purchased by Iceland
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|Imperial Stores
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|Bought by [[International Tea Co. Stores|International]]
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|Irwin's Stores
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|Bought by Tesco<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.northwaleschronicle.co.uk/news/20366166.look-back-irwins-ruby-red-stores/|title=A look back at Irwin's 'Ruby Red Stores'|newspaper=North West Chronicle|date=24 July 2022}}</ref>
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|[[International Tea Co. Stores|International]]
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|1874
|Bought by Dee Corporation
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|Anthony Jackson Foodfare
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|Bought by [[Victor Value]]
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|[[Jacksons Stores|Jacksons]]
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|Bought by J Sainsbury
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|[[James Duckworth (businessman, born 1840)#James Duckworth, the grocers|James Duckworth]]
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|Wright's Biscuits was purchased by Cavenham Foods in 1971, and was merged with Moores Stores into holding company Cavenham-Southland. Stores were re-branded under Moores Stores.
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|John Gardner
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|Bought by Safeway
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|Kenton Supermarkets
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|[[Key Markets Supermarkets]]
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|Bought by Dee Corporation
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|Kibby's Supermarkets
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|Kingsway Supermarkets
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|[[Kwik Save]]
|[[File:Kwiksaveclosed.JPG|100px|Closed branch of Kwik Save in [[Warrington]], 13 July 2007]]
|1959
|Administration
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|[[Laws Stores]]
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|c.1890s
|Bought by [[Wm Low]] for £7.1 million in 1985
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|Lennons Supermarkets
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|1958
|Bought by [[Somerfield|Dee Corporation]]
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|Leos
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|Rebranded Co-operative Pioneer
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|[[Lipton#History|Liptons]]
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|1871
|Bought by [[Allied Suppliers]]
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|Lo-Cost
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|Converted to Safeway. Some stores sold to other chains e.g. Kwik Save.
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|[[Lodges Supermarkets|Lodges]]
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|1921
|Bought by [[Co-operative Retail Services]]
|1995
|style="max-width:1px;"|Trading name of F and A E Lodge. Founded in Huddersfield by Albert and Frank Lodge growing to more than 30 shops, mainly in market halls in West Yorkshire and Lancashire market halls by the early 1960s. Opening first supermarket in a converted cinema in [[Marsh, Huddersfield|Marsh]], followed by another converted cinema at [[Waterloo, Huddersfield|Waterloo]]. Market hall shops were then closed with other supermarket branches opening in [[Meltham]], [[Huddersfield]] Town Centre, [[Crossland Moor]], [[Lepton, West Yorkshire|Lepton]], [[Darwen]], and finally [[Honley]] and [[Holmfirth]] in 1975. In laterthe late 1960s, Clough Mill in [[Birkby, Huddersfield|Birkby]] was bought with plans for 90,000 sq ft hypermarket., Objectionsobjections delayed opening until 1978 and it was sold to [[Asda]] in 1980. Remaining stores inwere management buyoutbought in 1991 for more than £5 million.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Zientek |first1=Henryk |title=Tributes to supermarket pioneer and former Huddersfield Town director Edward Lodge who died aged 86 |url=https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/tributes-supermarket-pioneer-former-huddersfield-13670703 |website=Examiner Live |date=25 September 2017 |publisher=Huddersfield Daily Examiner |access-date=3 October 2019 |ref=Examiner}}</ref> ChainThe brand was sold to Co-operative Retail Services in March 1995.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lodges: Reopen at last after 11 years |url=https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/local-news/lodges-reopen-last-after-11-5027108 |website=Examiner Live |date=6 December 2008 |publisher=Huddersfield Examiner |access-date=3 October 2019 |ref=Examiner 2}}</ref>
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|[[William Low|Lowfreeze]]
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|Bought by Bejam
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|[[Mac Fisheries|Mac Food Centre]]
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|Bought by International Stores
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|Madora Supermarkets
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|[[Mainstop]]
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|Acquired by Gateway
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|Markdown Supermarkets
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|A. Massey & Sons
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|Bought by Home & Colonial
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|Memory Brothers
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|Bought by Wallis Supermarkets
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|Mercury Market
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|Bought by Fine Fare
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|Chain of supermarkets based in the North West opened by the De Rooy family who had previously run grocers.<ref>{{cite periodical|magazine=Refrigeration and Air Conditioning| volume=69|issue= 814–819|page=243|date=1966|title=Mercury}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://modernmooch.com/category/fine-fare/|title=Wythenshawe Civic Centre|website=Modern Mooch|date=8 November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.healdgreenheritage.org/betfredtorogerdean|title=Bet Fred to Roger Dean|website=Herald Green Heritage|date=12 February 2022}}</ref>
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|Merlin Supermarkets
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|
|Bought by Associated British Foods
|1967
|Chain of supermarkets formed by Melias. The original business was set up as a separate company, but in 1961 Melias closed the company and transferred management internally. A majority shareholding in Melias was purchased by [[Associated British Foods]] (ABF) in 1967, with many of the management structure shared with ABF's [[Fine Fare]] business and Merlin's stores rebranded under the Fine Fare name. ABF purchased the remaining shares in Melias in 1972 and was merged into Fine Fare holding company.<ref>{{cite periodical|url=https://books.google.co.ukcom/books?id=irElqDl00I8C&q=%22merlin+supermarkets%22&dq=%22merlin+supermarkets%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjCxqzc_d2FAxX3V0EAHX9HAxsQ6AF6BAgIEAM#%22merlin%20supermarkets%22|title=Melias Ltd|periodical=Investors Chronicle and Money Market Review|volume=218|date=1962|page=385}}</ref><ref>{{cite periodical|url=https://books.google.co.ukcom/books?id=YFhYAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Melias%22+associated+british+food+1968&dq=%22Melias%22+associated+british+food+1968&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjvoIS63N2FAxVbXkEAHd0yAZw4ChDoAXoECAUQAw#%22Melias%22|title=Food, Breweries and Stores|periodical=Labour Research|volumesvolume=56–57|date=1967|page=31}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.co.ukcom/books?id=uZVIAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Melias%22+grocery+chain&dq=%22Melias%22+grocery+chain&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjy1_-y2dyFAxX9VUEAHffVCQAQ6AF6BAgMEAM#%22Fine%20fare%22|title=Somerfield plc|magazine=Business Archives|issuesissue=83–86|date=2002|page=33}}</ref><ref>{{cite periodical|url=https://books.google.co.ukcom/books?id=Nj8cAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Melias%22+abf&dq=%22Melias%22+abf&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiexuvr3NyFAxWJUkEAHdQ8BRIQ6AF6BAgMEAM#%22Melias%22|title=ABF to buy rest of Melias|periodical=Investors Chronicle|volume=19|date=1972|page=714}}</ref>
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|Midland Supermarket
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|[[Moores Stores]]
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|Bought by [[Cavenham Foods]] in 1971; Merged with Sister group owned by [[Wright's Biscuits]]; added to Cavenham's Allied Suppliers group in 1976/77.
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|[[Netto UK|Netto]]
|[[File:Nettobutik i Bjärred.jpg|100px]]
|1990
|style="max-width:1px;" | Bought by [[Asda]]
|2011
|Was a no frills supermarket. In 2010, Asda acquired Netto UK for £778M from [[Dansk Supermarked Group]]. In 2011, 147 of the stores were rebranded under the Asda Supermarket name, with the remaining 47 stores being sold off to other companies such as [[Morrisons]] and new convenience store UGO and other retailers due to competition laws.
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|[[Netto UK|Netto]]
|2014
|
|2014
|15
|2016
|Joint-venture with [[Sainsbury's]].<ref name="scunthorpetelegraph.co.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.scunthorpetelegraph.co.uk/Sainsbury-s-Netto-stores-plan-create-300-jobs/story-21747557-detail/story.html|title=Sainsbury's & Netto stores to help create 300-plus jobs in Scunthorpe|date=24 July 2014|access-date=19 June 2016}}</ref> In July 2016, Sainsbury's ended the joint venture, scrapping the Netto name in the UK once again.
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|Normans supermarkets
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|Bought by [[Plymco]]
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|Chain of cash and carry stores in the South West. Founded by Ken Norman in [[Budleigh Salterton]] in 1957, becoming first cash and carry in the South West. 7 Stores across Somerset, Devon and Cornwall by 1979. Sold to Singlo Holdings who opened further stores before selling to Plymco.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://nfct.org/about-the-trust/history/ |title=About the trust - History |publisher=Norman Family Charitable Trust |access-date=30 January 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://archive.org/stream/FinancialTimes1986UKEnglish/Nov%2007%201986%2C%20Financial%20Times%2C%20%2330078%2C%20UK%20%28en%29_djvu.txt|title=Better retailing efficiency behind Normans profit lift|newspaper=The Financial Times|date=1 November 1986}}</ref>
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|[[Normid]]
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|Rebranded Co-op
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|[[Northern Co-operative Society|Norco]]
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|Rebranded Co-op
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|Oakeshotts
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|Purchased by Fine Fare
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|Orchard Frozen Foods
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|Went into receivership and 12 stores were bought by [[Iceland (supermarket)|Iceland]]
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|Paddy's Superstore
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|Peglers Stores
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|Wright's Biscuits was purchased by Cavenham Foods in 1971, and merged with Moores Stores into holding company Cavenham-Southland. Stores were re-branded under Moores Stores.
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|[[Premier Supermarkets]]
|[[File:Premier Supermarket, Station Road, Harrow - geograph.org.uk - 380202.jpg|100px]]
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|Bought by Mac Fisheries
|1965
|Subsidiary of [[Express Dairies]], opened UK's first supermarket in [[Streatham]], [[South London]] in 1951.<ref name="BNet50">{{cite news |author=Helen Gregory |date=3 November 2001 |title=It's a super anniversary: it's 50 years since the first full size self-service supermarket was unveiled in the UK |publisher=The Grocer |url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/It%27s+a+super+anniversary%3A+it%27s+50+years+since+the+first+full+size...-a080114247 |access-date=30 June 2010}}</ref> Sold after losing out on purchase of Irwin's stores to Tesco
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|[[Presto (UK supermarket)|Presto]]
|[[File:Prestocheltenham.jpg|100px|Presto Food Market, Cheltenham, 1982]]
|1977
|Rebranded as Safeway after purchasing the chain
Line 1,013 ⟶ 927:
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|Price Rite
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|Prideaux
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|Bought by Safeway
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|[[Quality Fare]]
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|Bought by the Co-operative Group in 2004.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/the-week-in-five-minutes-1628123|title=The weekbin five minutes|newspaper=Chronicle Live|date=22 August 2004}}</ref>
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|Queens Supermarkets
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|1958
|Merged with Associated Dairies and GEN to form ASDA
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|Rainbow
|[[File:Halesworth Rainbow Co-op, 1999.jpg|frameless|100x100px]]
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|Discontinued, rebranded as parent Co-op
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|Richway Supermarkets
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|Robsons Eucomarket
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|[[Safeway (UK)|Safeway]]
|[[File:Safeway Superstore, Bude - geograph.org.uk - 18245.jpg|100px]]
|1962
|Bought by Morrisons
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|[[Sainsbury's Freezer Centres]]
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|1974
|Bought by [[Bejam]]
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|[[Sainsbury's Savacentre]]
|[[File:Sainsburys in Sydenham - geograph.org.uk - 3334.jpg|100px]]
|1977
|Discontinued, Rebranded Sainsbury's
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|Sanders Brothers
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|1877
|Bankruptcy
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|Savemore
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|Saverite
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|1968
|style="max-width:1px;"|Bought by West Midlands Co-operative Society which later became Mid-counties Co-operative after a merger with Oxford, Swindon and Gloucester Co-operative
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|Savon Foods
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|Converted to Key Markets
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|Scan Superstores
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|1974
|Sold to Tesco
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|Schofield & Martin
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|Rebranded Waitrose
|c.1965
|Small chain of grocers based in South Essex purchased by Waitrose in 1944. Had the first self-service supermarket store within the Waitrose group in 1951.
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|SIMCO Supermarkets
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|Taken over by Dunnes Stores
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|Shoppers Paradise
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|Taken over by Gateway
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|Shopping Giant
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|Brand name for Co-op stores in the Greater Manchester area
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|[[Shoprite (Isle of Man)|Shop Rite]]
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|1972
|style="max-width:1px;"|Bought by Kwik Save, Still trades as ShopRite in the Isle of Man stocking a range of Waitrose & Iceland products as well as locally produced goods
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|Smiths Freezer Centres
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|c.1990s
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|[[Somerfield]]
|[[File:Oakwood Somerfield ShadowCrop.jpg|100px]]
|1875
|style="max-width:1px;"|Purchase agreed by the Co-operative Group on 16 July 2008 for £1.56bn; from 2009 many larger stores were sold off and smaller stores rebranded to The Co-operative Food<ref>{{Cite news
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|Solo
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|Trading name of Gateways - rebranded Somerfield
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|St Catherine's Freezer Centres
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|Bought by [[Iceland (supermarket)|Iceland]]
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|Star Discounts
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|Bought by Heagneys Supermarkets in 1990s
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|[[Stewarts Supermarket Limited]]
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|Bought by Tesco
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|Stitchers Supermarkets
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|Bought by Downsway
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|Supa Centa
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|[[Keddies|Supa-Save]]
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|1960
|Closed by owners [[Keddies]]
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|Supavalu
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|Super Key
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|Parent Key Markets was bought by Linwood Corporation, owners of Gateway. Stores were re-branded.
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|Supermac
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|1964
|Demolished to make way for Forrestside Shopping Centre
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|Supernational Stores
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|1935
|Bought by Gateway
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|Taskers
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|1961
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|[[Templeton supermarkets]]
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|1880
|Bought by [[Allied Suppliers]] then [[Argyll Foods|Argyll Group]]
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|[[Wright's Biscuits#Cavenham-Southland|Tower Discount]]
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|Were re-branded under Allied Suppliers brands
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|Value Foods
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|1959
|Re-branded as Kwik Save
|1965
|Opened as a grocery store in RhyllRhyl in 1959, grew into a small supermarket chain operating in North Wales. In 1965 the brand name was changed to Kwik Save.<ref name=eu/>
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|[[Victor Value]]
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|Bought by Tesco
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|Vye & Son: The Kentish Grocer
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|1817
|Bought by Home & Colonial
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|Wallis
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|1955
|Bought by [[Somerfield]]
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|Wallis Frozen Foods
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|Purchased by Farmfoods
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|Wavy Line
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|Walter Willson
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|Bought by Alldays
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|[[Wellworths]]
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|Bought by Musgrave Group & Safeway
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|Whelan Discount Stores
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|Bought by Morrisons for £1.5 million<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22466795|title=FA Cup final: Wigan's Whelan makes poignant Wembley return - BBC Sports Website p.9 May 2015| work=BBC Sport |access-date=30 April 2015}}</ref>
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|[[William Low|Wm Low]]
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|Bought by Tesco
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|Williamson & Treadgold
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|[[Woolco]]
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|1966
|Discontinued, rebranded as Woolworth and later bought by Gateway in 1986
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|[[David Greig (supermarket)#Wrensons Stores|Wrensons]]
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|1909
|Renamed David Greig
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