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What is the oldest British supermarket? Londis shops will gain greater economies of scale. Marks and Spencer. In , by which time he had a shop in Manchester, Mr Marks entered a partnership with a Tom Spencer , former cashier of a wholesale company. By Marks and Spencer had 11 shops and 24 market stalls. Waitrose may be one of the buyers. There were 87 such stores, with plans for a total of , and the format was launched in However Tesco Metro and Sainsbury Local have made their small-store convenience format work, due partly to buying sites in bulk, so getting better ret deals.
Morrisons began as an egg and butter merchant in Bradford in run by Mr William Morrison born in Wakefield, The Netto fascia vanished from the UK. By offering better credit terms than his competitors, he was able to expand to outlets by Safeway now had UK stores.
Argyll operated a variety of store fascias; most of these were now rebranded as Safeway. It also had 15 stores in Ireland. Safeway considered a merger with Asda but this was halted after leaks to the press. Sainsbury tried to capitalise on this by offering to redeem ABC points at its stores.
By Safeway had issued 9 million ABC cards, of which 6 million were still in regular use. Safeway launched a Halal range of foods, including lamb and poultry. Philip Green also launched a bid, as did the other major supermarket companies, Asda, Sainsbury, and Tesco.
However even if Morrison took Safeway over, there were 53 Safeway stores that would have to be sold off because Morrison already had a store near these Safeway branches, and retaining them would have given Morrison too much of a local monopoly.
These stores will possibly be sold off to another major supermarket chain, without another branch nearby, although they could be taken by a non-food retailer, for example the electrical retailers Halfords or Comet. Morrison completed the takeover of Safeway. For events after this, see Morrison. John Sainsbury was then aged The original Drury Lane shop lasted until , when Alan Sainsbury, a grandson of the founders, replaced it with a modernised supermarket across the road.
Sainsbury began selling petrol. Sainsbury expanded its frozen goods range. See Sainsbury was now on the losing end of a price war started by Asda and Tesco in response to the takeover of Safeway by Morrison this year. Happily, you need not worry. The sign above the door reads "London Co-operative Society", and you are standing in Britain's first supermarket.
Helping yourself is the order of the day. At first, timid housewives found shopping in these new supermarkets daunting. After all, shopping etiquette was ingrained in British society. You went in and chatted with the shopkeeper, while the shop assistant ran around dividing and measuring out the items on your list. You didn't handle the goods — you might be called a thief.
Of course, attending to one customer at a time is hardly economical. But while Americans had been helping themselves since the s, self-service didn't come to Britain until after the Second World War although the London Co-op ran a trial in The emphasis was on low prices. Bigger volumes meant customers could be charged less.
Six months later, sales had doubled. Chris Stockdale, son of Asda co-founder Noel Stockdale, says that what happened at West Bridgford transformed the retail industry. With women increasingly going out to work, families could not depend on housewives traipsing round High Streets every day to buy that evening's meal. Thanks to the increasing presence of the refrigerator in their homes, many were now doing a weekly rather than a daily shop.
The modern superstore - on the edge of town, surrounded by parking spaces, selling a huge range of low-cost produce in bulk - was born.
It was not a development that was universally popular. Asda was accused of damaging trade in the centre of Nottingham, and other chains that followed suit across the country have faced similar accusations ever since. According to Whysall, the small town of West Bridgford itself was not too badly affected, however. The 10 stores on its main parade have remained more or less continuously occupied since Gem's arrival, he says, although their businesses have changed over time - the grocer, hardware shop and draper disappearing to make way for a Thai restaurant, a betting shop and a laundrette.
If Gem did not dramatically change West Bridgford itself, the superstore undoubtedly helped shape modern Britain. You can follow the Magazine on Twitter and on Facebook. This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
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