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Waitrose & Partners is a British supermarket chain, founded in 1904 as Waite, Rose & Taylor, later shortened to Waitrose. In 1937, it was acquired by the John Lewis Partnership, the UK's largest employee-owned business, which continues to operate the brand. [2] The company's head offices are in Bracknell, Berkshire. [3]
Tesco is the largest supermarket chain in the United Kingdom.. As of November 2024, there are 17 supermarket chains currently operating in the United Kingdom. The food retail market has been dominated by the 'big four' supermarkets – Tesco, Sainsbury's, Asda and Morrisons – who made up over three quarters of sector market share in 2010.
The largest of the traditional department store groups in the UK in terms of sales and profit. John Lewis owns 30 full-line department stores. Nine long-established stores, each trading under their original name, have been re-branded as 'John Lewis' since 2000. Peter Jones in Chelsea, London retains its original names. Stores include: Cardiff
The stores are in a mixture of city centre and out-of-town shopping centre locations. The flagship Oxford Street store in London remains the largest John Lewis outlet in the UK. [36] 'John Lewis at Home' stores cater for areas which have no large John Lewis department store near them. The first store opened in Poole in October 2009. [37]
In June 2005, the current chairman, Edwin J Booth, was awarded the Business in the Community (BITC) Prince of Wales Ambassador Award for North West England. [12] This is given to individuals whose leadership and commitment to responsible business practice and the actions they have taken personally have created a positive impact both inside their company and on the wider society.
Local Plus – based in the UK, bought by the Co-operative Group in 2004; M Local – former UK convenience shop format for Morrisons Supermarkets; Mac's – based in Canada, rebranded as Circle K in 2017; McColl's – former UK chain, traded under as Martin, McColls and RS McColl; Mills – based in the UK, sold to Tesco in 2010
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Waitrose opened on 11 March 2010 on a site previously occupied by Netto. [12] Aldi opened a new store on Rugby Road on 12 Aug 2021. On the Greenacres housing estate in the town there was an estate public house, recently called "The Sir Frank Whittle" and previously called "The Balloon".