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E.H.Booth & Co.,Limited, [2] trading as Booths, is a chain of high-end supermarkets in Northern England. Most of its branches are in Lancashire, but there are also branches in Cheshire, Cumbria, North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire. It has been described as the "Waitrose of the North" by sources such as The Daily Telegraph. [5]
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.
Though often considered to be one supermarket business, The Co-operative Food is a network of supermarkets and convenience shops owned and operated by over 15 independent co-operative societies, many of which have adopted the 2008 version of The Co-operative brand. In total there are over 4,000 co-operative food shops in the UK.
Deliveroo HOP operates from delivery-only grocery stores run by Deliveroo, working in partnership with existing grocers. Deliveroo also provides delivery and technology for on-demand grocery to major UK retailers. The company works with around 182,000 restaurants, grocers and retailers as of August 2024. [3]
argos.co.uk Argos Limited is a British retailer operating in the United Kingdom online and through catalogues, and formerly in Ireland ; it was acquired by Sainsbury's supermarket chain in 2016. It was established in November 1972 and is named after the Greek city of Argos . [ 5 ]
In 1962, the business moved into the grocery business by buying William Cussons, a northern based chain, [93] [94] which operated a further 40 Carline Supermarkets and the high end grocery chain Hodgson & Hepworth in Doncaster. [95] [96] These businesses were sold to Associated British Foods grocery business Fine Fare in November 1968. [97]
Came to UK Owned by Notes Aldi Local Aldi: Smaller city centre c-store format, sized around 6,500 sq. ft. [8] Amazon Fresh 2021 Amazon: Chain of cashierless c-stores. Amazon also partner with several UK retailers including Morrisons, Booths and Co-op to sell groceries online through the Amazon UK website. [9] [10] Asda Express Asda
BI-LO supermarket. A supermarket is a self-service shop offering a wide variety of food, beverages and household products, organized into sections.Strictly speaking, a supermarket is larger and has a wider selection than earlier grocery stores, but is smaller and more limited in the range of merchandise than a hypermarket or big-box market.