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| type = Grocery Chain |
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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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'''Moran & Cato''' was the largest chain of grocery stores 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/> |
'''Moran & Cato''' was the largest chain of grocery stores 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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Revision as of 09:21, 1 December 2021
| Company type | Grocery Chain |
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| Industrie | Einzelhandel |
| Gegründet | 1881 |
| Gründer | Thomas Edwin Moran Frederick John Cato |
| Defunct | February 1969 |
| Hauptsitz | , |
| 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
- ^ "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.
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