Supermarket |
Image |
Founded/Came to UK |
Fate |
Closed |
Notes |
Bejam |
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1968 |
Bought by Iceland |
1989 |
Frozen Foods |
Bishops |
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Bought by Budgens[8] |
1984 |
63 stores in South East England |
BP Safeway |
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1962 |
Dissolved following Safeway takeover by Morrisons |
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Partnership between BP plc and Safeway, listed as Equinox retailing. Some stores now Tesco Express |
Burton Supermarkets |
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Bought by Fine Fare. |
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Small Nottinghamshire based supermarket chain purchased by Fine fare and re-branded. |
Capital Freezer Centres |
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Now owned by Farmfoods |
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Carrefour |
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1970s |
UK business sold to Gateway/Somerfield, then later to Asda |
1990 |
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Cartier's Superfoods |
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c.1970 |
Bought by Tesco |
1979 |
Small Kent based supermarket chain taken over by TESCO |
Cater Brothers |
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1958 |
Became part of Prestos |
1979 |
Cater Brothers were a South East based chain. In 1972 they were bought out by Debenhams after the death of the chairman Leslie Cater in the same plane crash that killed F J Wallis. In 1979 Debenhams sold the chain to Allied Suppliers who re-branded the stores under their Presto brand. |
Coopers & Co |
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Bought by Fine Fare. |
1955 |
Scottish based supermarket and grocers chain bough by Fine Fare and re-branded as Coopers Fine Fare. |
County Stores |
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Sold to Gateway, converted to Somerfield |
1990 |
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Crazy Prices |
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Bought by Tesco |
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ABF owned Northern Ireland group |
Cullens |
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1876 |
Bought by Tesco from Adminstore |
2004 |
Presence in central London. Part of Adminstore group which also owned Europa and Harts |
Downsway Supermarkets |
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Bought by Fine Fare |
1978 |
East Anglian based supermarket group with 80 stores owned by Vestey Group. Sold in 1978 and coverted to Fine Fare stores. |
David Greig |
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Bought by Fitch Lovell |
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Merged into Key Markets |
DEE Discount Stores |
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Re-branded as Gateway, later Somerfield now owned by Co-op |
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Chain of supermarkets based in North East of England. Parent company Linfood Holdings purchased the smaller Gateway chain and re-branded stores as Gateway and the parent company as Dee Corporation |
Elmo |
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Bought by Fine Fare |
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Small chain of 28 stores based in East Anglia and the South of England. Bought for £1m by Fine Fare. Rebranded as Fine Fare |
Europa |
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Bought by Tesco from Adminstore |
2004 |
Presence in central London. Part of Adminstore group which also owned Cullens and Harts |
Fairway |
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Bought by Gateway |
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Fine Fare |
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1951 |
Bought by Gateway |
1986 |
Britain's third supermarket until the 1980s behind Tesco & Sainsburys. Bought by Gateway Corp. in 1986 and shops rebranded as Gateway by 1988. |
FreshXpress |
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2007 |
Administration in 2008, liquidated in 2009 |
2009 |
Smaller stores of former Kwik Save chain. Bought out by management team led by Brendan Murtagh |
Frank Dee Supermakets |
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Re-branded as Gateway, later Somerfield now owned by Co-op |
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Chain of supermarkets based in North East of England. Parent company Linfood Holdings purchased the smaller Gateway chain and re-branded stores as Gateway and the parent company as Dee Corporation |
Galbraith supermarkets |
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1894 |
Bought by Allied Suppliers, then Argyll Group |
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Scottish chain |
Gateway Foodmarkets |
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1950 |
Rebranded as Somerfield |
1992 |
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Grandways |
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Some stores sold to Argyll Group for their Presto chain and Kwik Save, remainder renamed Jacksons |
1992/3 |
Regional in Yorkshire |
GT Smith |
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Bought by Co-operative Group |
2002 |
Regional in West Yorkshire |
Haldanes |
|
2009 |
(including UGO stores) |
2011 |
Went into administration 2011 |
Hanburys |
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1889 |
Bought by Co-Op. |
1997 |
Started in 1889 when Jeremiah Hanbury opened a small store in Market Street, Farnworth, selling butter and bacon. In 1929, the business was bought by Bolton wholesale grocers E.H. Steele Ltd. In 1997 the 31 Hanburys stores, which cover the North-west, including 8 in Bolton were acquired by United Norwest Co-op and subsequently re-branded. |
Harts |
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Bought by Tesco from Adminstore |
2004 |
Presence in central London. Part of Adminstore group which also owned Cullens and Europa |
Hillards |
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1880 |
Bought by Tesco |
1988 |
Several locations throughout Midlands, North East |
Hintons |
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Bought by Argyll Foods to become part of Presto |
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Mainly in North East England and Yorkshire |
Irwin's Stores |
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Bought by Tesco |
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International |
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1874 |
Bought by Dee Corporation |
1996 |
Stores were re-branded gateway or sold off to competitors |
Kenton Supermarkets |
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Small chain based in North West of England |
Key Markets |
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Bought by Dee Corporation |
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Created by food giant Fitch Lovell. Re-branded as Gateway. |
Kibby's Supermarkets |
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Chain of supermarkets bought byUnigate. Stores were sold off to various companies including WM Low and International Stores. |
Kwik Save |
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1959 |
Brand now owned by Costcutter |
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Company purchased by Somerfield in 1998. Name and 177 stores sold by Somerfield in 2006 but went into administration in 2007. |
Laws |
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Bought by Wm Low for £7.1 million |
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Chain of supermarkets focused on North East England |
Lennons Supermarkets |
|
1958 |
Bought by Dee Corporation |
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Chain of Supermarkets based in North East. Started as small chain of grocers but opened first supermarket in 1956 in Widnes. Bought by the Dee Corporation before being re-branded as Gateway. |
Leos |
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Rebranded Co-op |
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Name given to larger co-operative stores during the 1980s |
Liptons |
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1871 |
Bought by Allied Suppliers |
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Converted to Presto or Lo-Cost stores |
Lo-Cost |
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Converted to Safeway. |
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Mac Fisheries |
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Bought by Dee Group |
1978 |
Wet fish shops closed |
Mainstop |
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Acquired by Morrisons |
1981 |
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Moore Stores |
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Bought by Cavenham and added to Allied Suppliers group |
1976 |
Chain of small supermarkets based in the North East of England which had a turnover of £53m in 1969/70.[9] Rebranded either Liptons or Presto. |
Netto |
|
1990 |
Bought by Asda in 2010 for £778M from Dansk Supermarked Group. 147 stores were rebranded in 2011 as Asda local stores. The remaining 47 stores have been sold off to other companies such as Morrisons and new convenience store UGO and other retailers due to competition laws. Netto is soon returning to UK, in a partnership with Sainsburys and is initially opening 15 stores in the north of England.[10] |
2011 |
Was a no frills supermarket. On 30 September 2011, Netto UK ceased trading. In 2014, the supermarket announced they will be returning to the UK with 15 stores.[10] |
Normans supermarkets |
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Bought by Plymco |
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Normid |
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Rebranded Co-op |
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Was owned by United Co-operatives |
Norco |
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Rebranded Co-op |
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Aberdeen based co-operative society |
Orchard Frozen Foods |
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Bought by Iceland |
1986 |
Chain of freezer centers based in the South East of England |
Premier Supermarkets |
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Bought by Mac Fisheries |
1965 |
Subsidiary of Express Dairies, opened UK's first supermarket in Streatham, South London in 1951.[3] Sold after losing out on purchase of Irwin's stores to Tesco |
Presto |
|
1977 |
After buying out Safeway, all stores were converted to Safeway. |
1998 |
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Price Rite |
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Chain of stores purchased by British American Tobacco and incorporated into International Stores. Stores re-branded as International Stores, before being sold off to Fine Fare and Argyll Foods |
Quality Fare |
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Bought by the Co-operative Group |
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Queens Supermarkets |
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1958 |
Merged with Associated Dairies and GEN to form ASDA |
1965 |
Small chain of supermarkets started by Asquith family in Pontefract. In 1965 merged with Asscoiated Dairies and purchased the GEN brand, relaunching as ASDA Queens, before becoming ASDA. ASDA is an abbreviation of ASquith and DAiries. |
Rainbow |
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Discontinued, rebranded as parent Co-op |
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Richway Supermarkets |
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Retail chain operating in South of England and the Isle of Wight |
Safeway (UK) |
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1962 |
Bought by Morrisons |
2005 |
Safeway Compact stores sold to Somerfield. Was still trading under Safeway in Channel Islands until becoming Waitrose in 2010. |
Sainsbury's Savacentre |
|
1977 |
Discontinued, Rebranded Sainsbury's |
2005 |
Savacentre was a joint project started by Sainsburys and BHS to compete in Hypermarket scene. Sainsburys added when BHS pulled out of the company. |
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. |
Shoppers Paradise |
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Taken over by Gateway |
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Discount Food Store chain created by Associated British Food from un-profitable Fine Fare stores. Became part of Gateway as part of Fine Fare purchase. |
Shop Rite |
|
1972 |
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 |
1994 |
Discount supermarket chain |
Smiths Freezer Centres |
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c.1990s |
Small chain of freezer stores located in Essex. Went into liquidation during the 1990s. |
Somerfield |
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1865 |
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 [11] |
2011 |
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Food Giant |
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Originally part of Somerfield group, all stores converted to Kwik Save following the Somerfield/Kwik Save merger |
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St Catherine's Freezer Centres |
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Bought by Iceland |
1983 |
Chain of 18 Freezer centres located in Bristol and South West area |
Stewarts Supermarket Limited |
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Bought by Tesco |
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ABF owned Northern Ireland group |
Stitchers Supermarkets |
|
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Bought by Downsway. |
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Small chain of supermarkets purchased by Downsway and re-branded. |
Supernational Stores |
|
1935 |
Bought by Gateway |
|
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Templeton supermarkets |
|
1880 |
Bought by Allied Suppliers then Argyll Group |
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Scottish chain, rebranded as Presto |
Victor Value |
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Bought by Tesco |
1968/1986 |
Independent chain. Larger stores were rebranded as Tesco, remaining sold to Bejam in 1986 |
Wallis |
|
1955 |
Bought by Somerfield |
2003 |
Founded by Francis J Wallis of Rainham Essex in 1955. By 1968 there were 38 stores. In 1977 the chain's 100 stores were sold to British American Tobacco and merged with their already owned chain International Stores. The stores were re-branded International. The company officially still existed and was wound up by Somerfield, who had purchased International Stores in 2003. |
Wavy Line |
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Small chain of small supermarkets and convenience stores located in the South and South East of England. |
Whelan Discount Stores |
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Bought by Morrisons for £1.5 million.[12] |
1978 |
Chain of supermarkets based in Lancashire started by Wigan Athletic FC owner David Whelan |
Walter Wilson |
|
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Bought by Alldays |
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Chain of small supermarkets and convenience stores in the north east of England and Cumbria. |
Wm Low |
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Bought by Tesco |
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Presence in Scotland and northern England |
Woolco |
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Bought by Gateway - Now part of Asda |
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Hypermarket chain started by Woolworths |