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| foundation = {{start date and age|1881|df=yes}} |
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| founder = Thomas Edwin Moran<br />Frederick John Cato |
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| defunct = {{End date and age|1969|df=yes}} |
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| hq_location_city = [[Melbourne]] |
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| area_served = [[New South Wales]], [[Tasmania]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] |
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'''Moran & Cato''' was the largest chain of grocery |
'''Moran & Cato''' was the largest chain of [[grocery store]]s in [[Australia]] in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.<ref name="Heritage Victoria">{{cite web|title=Bluestone Cottages and Former Moran & Cato Store|work=Victorian Heritage Register|url=http://vhd.heritage.vic.gov.au/places/heritage/56318|accessdate=2010-02-21}}</ref> The partnership was established in [[Melbourne]] on 24 July 1882 when [[Frederick John Cato]] joined his cousin Thomas Edwin Moran who ran two grocery stores in [[Fitzroy, Victoria|Fitzroy]] and [[Carlton, Victoria|Carlton]].<ref name=ADB>{{cite web|title=Cato, Frederick John (1858 - 1935)|work=Australian Dictionary of Biography|url=http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A070598b.htm|accessdate=2010-02-21}}</ref> Moran died in 1890 at the age of 39 and was succeeded by his widow.<ref name=ADB/> The following years saw expansion into [[Tasmania]] and [[New South Wales]] and incorporation of the company in 1912.<ref name=ADB/> |
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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> |
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The company was taken over by [[Permewan Wright Limited]] in 1969.<ref>{{cite web|title=Moran and Cato Australia Limited|work=deListed|url=http://www.delisted.com.au/CompanyDisplay.aspx?id=5561|accessdate=2010-02-21}}</ref> |
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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> |
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==References== |
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[[Category:Defunct retail companies of Australia]] |
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Latest revision as of 23:50, 25 December 2021
Industrie | Einzelhandel |
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Gegründet | 1881 |
Gründer | Thomas Edwin Moran Frederick John Cato |
Defunct | 1969 |
Hauptsitz | , |
Area served | New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria |
Produkte | Groceries |
Moran & Cato was the largest chain of grocery stores in Australia in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.[1] The partnership was established in Melbourne on 24 July 1882 when Frederick John Cato joined his cousin Thomas Edwin Moran who ran two grocery stores in Fitzroy and Carlton.[2] Moran died in 1890 at the age of 39 and was succeeded by his widow.[2] The following years saw expansion into Tasmania and New South Wales and incorporation of the company in 1912.[2]
By 1935 the company was employing nearly one thousand people and had about 120 branches in Victoria and Tasmania and 40 in New South Wales.[2] 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.[3]
The company was taken over by competitor Permewan Wright Limited in 1969.[4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Bluestone Cottages and Former Moran & Cato Store". Victorian Heritage Register. Retrieved 21 February 2010.
- ^ a b c d "Cato, Frederick John (1858 - 1935)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 21 February 2010.
- ^ "Why No Takeover Bid Is Likely for Moran & Cato". The Bulletin. 4 August 1962. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ^ "Moran and Cato Australia Limited". deListed. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
- ^ "Higher profit for Permewan". The Age. 22 July 1970. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- Defunct retail companies of Australia
- Retail companies established in 1881
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- Australian grocers
- Fitzroy, Victoria
- Australian companies disestablished in 1969
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- Defunct supermarkets of Australia
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