Talk:Supermarkets in the United Kingdom

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The article says there are no regional supermarkets though I'm not sure about this. Co-op is mainly a northern only thing and Waitrose is definatly confined to the south east. Also the one Sainsburys (or did it take over Sainsburys...Or maybe it was Somerfield...) took over last year was northern only and this should be mentioned.

There are Co-ops in all four places in the south where I have lived: Bedford, Oxford, Bristol and London. Waitrose has stores in all four Southern regions (London, SE, SW, East of England) and a few in the Midlands and the North (Wolverhampton and Sheffield are two unlikely sounding locations). If you're thinking of the Sainsbury's takeover of Bells that is a convenience store, not a supermarket. I'll have a look at the wording to see if it can be made clearer.

"The Co-op" is not a single entity. The national Co-operative Group has stores throughout the UK. There are other non-northern societies operating in their specific regional areas such as the Plymouth & South Western Co-op, West Midlands Co-op, Oxford, Swindon & Gloucester Co-op and the Ipswich and Norwich society to name but four.

Waitrose used to be confined to the Midlands and South East. Since Morrison's take over, and subsequent sell-off, of certain stores of the Safeway brand, Waitrose has expanded to more of England.

There, had my two-penneth worth now. R.carroll 20:53, 19 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] UK Supermarket Competition Essay

I am doing an essay for my degree about competition in the UK supermarket industry. I am looking for people to comment on my work and help me find sources of information i.e. books and websites (would prefer websites) I need to some up in 2000 words what the competition in the last 20 and then 5 years of the industry was then what made it change etc. If any one has any help they can give at all please email me below (even if it just to recommend a good website)

Email: woodhousescotty@hotmail.co.uk

Thanks

[edit] Are Alldays Defunct?

I know they are now owned by the CO-OP I don't dispute this, but the one near me is still branded Alldays.

I believe there are plans to re-brand or close all Alldays stores in the next couple of years (if not sooner), but these things move slowly. Mtiedemann 19:12, 16 April 2006 (UTC)