Supermarkets in the United Kingdom - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

This is a list of supermarket chains in the United Kingdom. Grocery sales in the UK are dominated by Tesco

Tesco

Tesco plc is a global grocery and general merchandise retailer headquartered in Cheshunt, United Kingdom. It is the third-largest retailer in the world measured by revenues and the second-largest measured by profits...

, Sainsbury's, Asda

Asda

Asda Stores Ltd is a British supermarket chain which retails food, clothing, general merchandise, toys and financial services. It also has a mobile telephone network, , Asda Mobile...

and Morrisons. These "Big Four" had a combined share of 75.6 percent of the UK grocery market in the 12 weeks ending 1 November 2009.

The Co-operative Group

The Co-operative Group

The Co-operative Group Ltd. is a United Kingdom consumer cooperative with a diverse range of business interests. It is co-operatively run and owned by its members. It is the largest organisation of this type in the world, with over 5.5 million members, who all have a say in how the business is...

is now the fifth largest food retailer in the UK, operating mainly smaller supermarkets and convenience store

Convenience store

A convenience store, corner store, corner shop, commonly called a bodega in Spanish-speaking areas of the United States, is a small store or shop in a built up area that stocks a range of everyday items such as groceries, toiletries, alcoholic and soft drinks, and may also offer money order and...

s, followed by Waitrose

Waitrose

Waitrose Limited is an upmarket chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom and is the food division of the British retailer and worker co-operative the John Lewis Partnership. Its head office is in Bracknell, Berkshire, England...

in sixth place.

Marks and Spencer, Booths

Booths

Booths is a chain of supermarkets in Northern England. Most of its branches are located in Lancashire, but there are also branches in Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire. Booths is targeted at the middle class market and competes on quality as opposed to just...

and Waitrose

Waitrose

are the most upmarket national supermarket chains (although the former is also the UK's largest clothing

Clothing

Clothing refers to any covering for the human body that is worn. The wearing of clothing is exclusively a human characteristic and is a feature of nearly all human societies...

retailer, and thus is often not perceived as a supermarket).

Premier Supermarkets, a subsidiary of Express Dairies

Express Dairies

Express Dairies is a subsidiary of Dairy Crest, specialising almost entirely in home deliveries of milk and other dairy products.-History:The company was founded by George Barham in 1864 as the Express County Milk Supply Company, named after the fact that they only used express trains to get their...

, opened UK's first supermarket in Streatham

Streatham

Streatham is a district in Surrey, England, located in the London Borough of Lambeth. It is situated south of Charing Cross. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London.-History:...

, South London

South London

South London is the southern part of London, England, United Kingdom.According to the 2011 official Boundary Commission for England definition, South London includes the London boroughs of Bexley, Bromley, Croydon, Greenwich, Kingston, Lambeth, Lewisham, Merton, Southwark, Sutton and...

in 1951.

List of current UK supermarket chains

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Image	Owned by	Market Share	Information
Aldi ALDI ALDI Einkauf GmbH & Co. oHG, doing business as ', short for "Albrecht Discount", is a discount supermarket chain based in Germany...	1989	Aldi Süd GmbH	3.6	No frills supermarket No frills No-frills or no frills is a term used to describe any service or product for which the non-essential features have been removed to keep the price low. The use of the term "frills" refers to a style of fabric decoration...
Asda Asda Asda Stores Ltd is a British supermarket chain which retails food, clothing, general merchandise, toys and financial services. It also has a mobile telephone network, , Asda Mobile...	1949	Wal-Mart Wal-Mart Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. , branded as Walmart since 2008 and Wal-Mart before then, is an American public multinational corporation that runs chains of large discount department stores and warehouse stores. The company is the world's 18th largest public corporation, according to the Forbes Global 2000... through subsidiary Corinth Services Ltd	17.1	Founded by a group of Yorkshire Yorkshire Yorkshire is a historic county of northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its great size in comparison to other English counties, functions have been increasingly undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to periodic reform... farmers
Booths Booths Booths is a chain of supermarkets in Northern England. Most of its branches are located in Lancashire, but there are also branches in Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire. Booths is targeted at the middle class market and competes on quality as opposed to just...	1847			North west of England and Yorkshire
Budgens Budgens Budgens Stores Ltd is a chain of foodstores in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1872 by John Budgen, who opened the first store at Maidenhead, Berkshire. Budgens supermarket chain operates over 227 stores and employs over 6,000 staff...	1872	Musgrave Group Musgrave Group The Musgrave Group is a major Irish food wholesaler, founded in Cork by the Musgrave brothers, Thomas and Stuart in 1876. Musgrave Group has become Ireland's largest grocery distributor. Today, the Group has operations in Ireland, United Kingdom and Spain. Musgrave is the largest private company in...		Found in England and Wales, with stores up to 10000 ft2
Centra Centra Centra is a convenience store chain in Ireland.The chain is run by Musgrave, the Irish food wholesaler, however the stores are all owned by individual franchisees. The chain has three different formats available to franchisees — smaller Quick Stop outlets, mid-sized Foodmarkets, and larger...	1960	Irish private company		Founded 1960 as 'VG.' Irish chain with stores in Northern Ireland
Co-op,* and The Co-operative Food The Co-operative Food The Co-operative Food, abbreviated sometimes to the Co-op, is a brand devised for the supermarket and convenience store business of the UK's consumers' co-operative movement. It is the name of the largest division of The Co-operative Group, and is used by other independent consumer co-operatives...		Various Co-op societies	6.9	Identities shared by about 20 retail co-operatives, including: The Co-operative Group The Co-operative Group The Co-operative Group Ltd. is a United Kingdom consumer cooperative with a diverse range of business interests. It is co-operatively run and owned by its members. It is the largest organisation of this type in the world, with over 5.5 million members, who all have a say in how the business is... (the largest, with 5.4 percent market share) East of England Co-operative Society East of England Co-operative Society The East of England Co-operative Society Limited is the third largest consumer co-operative in the United Kingdom. It is a registered Industrial and Provident Society, a member of the Co-operative Union Ltd., the Co-operative Retail Trading Group, the Co-operative Travel Trading Group and a... Midcounties Co-operative Midlands Co-operative Society Midlands Co-operative Society The Midlands Co-operative Society Limited is a regional consumer co-operative in the United Kingdom. It is a registered Industrial and Provident Society, a member of the Co-operative Union Ltd., the Co-operative Retail Trading Group, the Co-operative Travel Trading Group and a corporate member of... Scotmid Scotmid The Scottish Midland Co-operative Society Limited, trading as Scotmid Co-operative, is an independent retail consumers' co-operative which originated in the Scottish Midlands, particularly Edinburgh and the Lothians. It was formed in 1981 by a merger of the Dalziel Society of Motherwell with the... see also The Co-operative Group#List of corporate members
Costcutter Costcutter Costcutter is based in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Poland under which there are supermarkets and local and urban convenience stores. The banner also has its own brand of goods and products which are sold alongside Nisa Today own-brand products and branded products.As of December 2006,...	1986	Nisa-Today's		Symbol group Symbol group Symbol group is a mainly British term for a form of franchise in the retail sector. They do not own or operate stores, but act as suppliers to independent grocers and small supermarkets and produce stores which then trade under a common banner... and convenience store
Eurospar	2009
Farmfoods Farmfoods Farmfoods is a Scottish supermarket chain operating throughout the United Kingdom. Farmfoods predominately sells frozen food and also grocery items.- History :...	1955
Filco Foods Filco Foods Filco Foods is a small grocery chain based in Llantwit Major, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. Filco has 8 stores, operating as part of the Nisa group, and was founded by Phillip Jones in 1946.-Store locations:BryntirionCaerauCowbridgeLlantwit Major...	1956			Welsh Based supermarket founded in Llantwit Major Llantwit Major Llantwit Major is a small coastal town and community in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, lying on the Bristol Channel coast. A small stream, the Afon Col-huw, runs through the town.-Local government:...
Haldanes Haldanes Haldanes was a chain of mid-sized supermarkets that operated in the United Kingdom. Established in 2009, the company was the first mid-sized supermarket chain to start business in the UK in 27 years, having been buying stores from the Co-operative group, which was forced to sell some shops...	2009			First four stores opened in Scotland
Iceland Iceland (supermarket) Iceland is a supermarket chain in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Iceland's primary product lines include frozen foods, such as frozen prepared meals and frozen vegetables - hence the name of the company...	1970		1.9	Indirectly controlled by Baugur Group Baugur Group Baugur Group was an Icelandic investment company. The group applied for bankruptcy protection in February 2009, after placing its UK arm in administration.- History :... of Iceland Iceland Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population... ; first store opened at Oswestry Oswestry Oswestry is a town and civil parish in Shropshire, England, close to the Welsh border. It is at the junction of the A5, A483, and A495 roads.... , Shropshire Shropshire Shropshire is a county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. It borders Wales to the west... in 1970.
Lidl Lidl Lidl is a discount supermarket chain based in Germany that operates over 7,200 stores across Europe. The company's full name is Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG...	1994	Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG	2.6	No frills supermarket
Londis Londis Londis is the name for two convenience store franchises operating in the UK and the Republic of Ireland. The stores form a symbol group and are all owned on a franchise basis.-Great Britain:...	1959	Musgrave Group Musgrave Group The Musgrave Group is a major Irish food wholesaler, founded in Cork by the Musgrave brothers, Thomas and Stuart in 1876. Musgrave Group has become Ireland's largest grocery distributor. Today, the Group has operations in Ireland, United Kingdom and Spain. Musgrave is the largest private company in...		Symbol group and a convenience store
Mace Mace (store) Mace is a convenience store symbol group operated in the UK and Ireland. The stores are independently owned and join the group, paying a fee for marketing and branding support and purchasing their stock from the brand owner. -Great Britain:...		Palmer and Harvey Palmer and Harvey Palmer and Harvey plc is a UK based wholesaler that services the, multiples, convenience, forecourt and CTN sectors....		Irish owned franchise symbol group and a convenience store
Marks & Spencer Marks & Spencer Marks and Spencer plc is a British retailer headquartered in the City of Westminster, London, with over 700 stores in the United Kingdom and over 300 stores spread across more than 40 countries. It specialises in the selling of clothing and luxury food products...	1884	UK plc London Stock Exchange The London Stock Exchange is a stock exchange located in the City of London within the United Kingdom. , the Exchange had a market capitalisation of US$3.7495 trillion, making it the fourth-largest stock exchange in the world by this measurement...		Clothing and food retailer
Morrisons Morrisons Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc is the fourth largest chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom, headquartered in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. The company is usually referred to and is branded as Morrisons formerly Morrison's, and it is part of the FTSE 100 Index of companies...	1899	UK plc London Stock Exchange The London Stock Exchange is a stock exchange located in the City of London within the United Kingdom. , the Exchange had a market capitalisation of US$3.7495 trillion, making it the fourth-largest stock exchange in the world by this measurement...	11.7	Fourth biggest supermarket in the UK, over 420 stores
Nisa-Today's	1977	UK private company		Retailers' co-operative Retailers' cooperative A retailers' cooperative is a type of cooperative which employs economies of scale on behalf of its retailer members. Retailers' cooperatives use their purchasing power to acquire discounts from manufacturers and often share marketing expenses. It is common for locally owned grocery stores,... and symbol group
Ocado Ocado Ocado is a British Internet retailer specialising in groceries, headquartered in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England. The limited company was founded in January 2002 by Jonathan Faiman, Jason Gissing and Tim Steiner, former Goldman Sachs merchant bankers....	2002			Online only, partnership with Waitrose
Pak Supermarkets				Based in Birmingham Birmingham Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a... , targets British Asian market
Sainsbury's	1869	UK plc London Stock Exchange The London Stock Exchange is a stock exchange located in the City of London within the United Kingdom. , the Exchange had a market capitalisation of US$3.7495 trillion, making it the fourth-largest stock exchange in the world by this measurement...	16.1	Superstores as well as 'Local' and 'Central' sites
SuperValu SuperValu (Ireland) SuperValu is a supermarket chain in Ireland and Spain, owned by the Musgraves wholesaler firm. Its headquarters is located in Cork and has stores across the entirety of Ireland.-Company structure:...		Irish private company		Irish chain with supermarkets in Northern Ireland
SPAR SPAR Spar , trades from approximately 12400 stores in 34 countries worldwide and is the world's largest independent voluntary retail trading chain. Spar was founded in the Netherlands in 1932 by retailer Adriaan Van Well and now, through its affiliate organisations, operates through most European...				Symbol group
Tesco Tesco Tesco plc is a global grocery and general merchandise retailer headquartered in Cheshunt, United Kingdom. It is the third-largest retailer in the world measured by revenues and the second-largest measured by profits...	1919	UK plc London Stock Exchange The London Stock Exchange is a stock exchange located in the City of London within the United Kingdom. , the Exchange had a market capitalisation of US$3.7495 trillion, making it the fourth-largest stock exchange in the world by this measurement...	30.5	Including 'Extra', 'Superstores', 'Metro', 'Express' and 'Homeplus' outlets. UK's largest non-food retailer
Together				Supermarket that gives money away to help education throughout the UK
UGO	2011			Supermarket which is run by Haldanes replacing certain Netto stores in the UK
Waitrose Waitrose Waitrose Limited is an upmarket chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom and is the food division of the British retailer and worker co-operative the John Lewis Partnership. Its head office is in Bracknell, Berkshire, England...	1904	John Lewis Partnership John Lewis Partnership The John Lewis Partnership is an employee-owned UK partnership which operates John Lewis department stores, Waitrose supermarkets and a number of other services...	4.3
Whole Foods Market Whole Foods Market Whole Foods Market is a foods supermarket chain based in Austin, Texas which emphasizes "natural and organic products." The company has been ranked among the most socially responsible businesses and placed third on the U.S...	2004			An organic supermarket with one store in London, plus owns several Fresh & Wild stores in the South-East

List of defunct UK supermarket chains

These supermarkets are either no longer trading, have been renamed, or have been taken over and rebranded.

Supermarket	Founded/Came to UK	Fate	Closed	Notes
Aberness		Bought by Somerfield Somerfield Somerfield was a chain of small to medium sized supermarkets operating in the United Kingdom. The company was taken over by the Co-operative Group on 2 March 2009 in a £1.57 billion deal, creating the UK's fifth largest food retailer. The name is currently being phased out and replaced by the...	2000	Scottish convenience chain
Alldays		Bought by the Co-operative Group
All 'Ours		Merged with Premier Stores Premier Stores Premier Stores are a symbol group within the Booker Cash & Carry plc company.Premier is the UK’s leading symbol group with over 2,400 stores nationwide. All Premier stores are independently owned by retailers, and are generally local convenience stores. They generally stock branded and own brand...		Symbol group within the Moffat company
Bejam Bejam Bejam was a British frozen food retailer which was founded by John Apthorp in 1968, based in Stanmore. The concept of selling only frozen foods was a novel idea at the time, and Bejam grew out of Apthorp's existing family business of E. A. D. Apthorp, who were potato merchants specialising in local...	1968	Bought by Iceland Iceland (supermarket) Iceland is a supermarket chain in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Iceland's primary product lines include frozen foods, such as frozen prepared meals and frozen vegetables - hence the name of the company...	1989	Frozen Foods
Bells Stores Bells Stores Bells Stores Ltd was a chain of 54 convenience stores North East England. It was owned and run by the Bell family until February 2004, when it was acquired by Sainsbury's, the UK's third largest supermarket chain...		Bought by Sainsbury's, brandered as Sainsbury's at Bells before being converted to Sainsbury's Local Sainsbury's Local Sainsbury’s Convenience Stores Ltd is a chain of 343 convenience stores operated by the UK's third largest supermarket chain Sainsbury's. Sainsbury's Local stores have different branding and fascia to the company's supermarkets.-History:In 1998, Sainsbury’s piloted its first Local store in...	2004	Small chain of 54 convenience stores in the North East England
Bishops		Bought by Budgens Budgens Budgens Stores Ltd is a chain of foodstores in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1872 by John Budgen, who opened the first store at Maidenhead, Berkshire. Budgens supermarket chain operates over 227 stores and employs over 6,000 staff...	1984	63 stores in South East England
BP Safeway		Dissolved following Safeway Safeway (UK) Safeway was a chain of supermarkets and convenience stores in the United Kingdom. It started as a subsidiary of the American Safeway Inc., before being sold off in 1987.... takeover by Morrisons Morrisons Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc is the fourth largest chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom, headquartered in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. The company is usually referred to and is branded as Morrisons formerly Morrison's, and it is part of the FTSE 100 Index of companies...		Partnership between BP plc and Safeway, listed as Equinox retailing. Some stores now Tesco Express
Carrefour Carrefour Carrefour S.A. is an international hypermarket chain headquartered in Levallois-Perret, France. It is one of the largest hypermarket chains in the world...	1970s	UK business sold to Gateway/Somerfield, then later to Asda Asda Asda Stores Ltd is a British supermarket chain which retails food, clothing, general merchandise, toys and financial services. It also has a mobile telephone network, , Asda Mobile...	1990
Capital Freezer Centres		Now owned by Farmfoods Farmfoods Farmfoods is a Scottish supermarket chain operating throughout the United Kingdom. Farmfoods predominately sells frozen food and also grocery items.- History :...
Circle K Circle K Circle K is an international chain of convenience stores, founded in 1951, in El Paso, Texas, United States. It is owned and operated by the Canadian-based Alimentation Couche-Tard.-Overview:...		Merged with Alldays
County Stores		Sold to Gateway, converted to Somerfield	1990
Crazy Prices Crazy Prices Crazy Prices was a supermarket chain operating in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland formerly owned by Associated British Foods...		Bought by Tesco		ABF Associated British Foods Associated British Foods plc is a global food, ingredients and retail company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. Its ingredients division is the world's second largest producer of both sugar and baker's yeast and a major producer of other ingredients including emulsifiers, enzymes and lactose... owned Northern Ireland group
Day & Nite		Bought by Tesco
David Greig		Bought by Somerfield
Europa		Bought by Tesco		Presence in central London
Fairway		Bought by Gateway
Fine Fare Fine Fare Fine Fare was the name of a chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom. It was famous for its Yellow Pack budget own-label range.-History:The company started as a single supermarket in Brighton in 1956. It was one of a series of convenience store chains established in the 1950s, the others being...	1956	Bought by Gateway	1986
Food Giant Somerfield Somerfield was a chain of small to medium sized supermarkets operating in the United Kingdom. The company was taken over by the Co-operative Group on 2 March 2009 in a £1.57 billion deal, creating the UK's fifth largest food retailer. The name is currently being phased out and replaced by the...		Bought by Kwik Save
FreshXpress FreshXpress FreshXpress was a discount supermarket chain in the United Kingdom. It was originally formed in 2007, from the rump of the defunct Kwik Save chain, by Irish retail entrepreneur Brendan Murtagh...	2007	Administration in 2008, liquidated in 2009	2009	Smaller stores of former Kwik Save chain. Bought out by management team led by Brendan Murtagh
Galbraith supermarkets Galbraith supermarkets Galbraith and Sons was a retailing company based in Paisley, Scotland. The company grew to over 220 stores, establishing their own food production plants to supply their stores. Galbraith's were acquired in 1954 by Home and Colonial, becoming part of the Allied Suppliers Group...	1894	Bought by Allied Suppliers, then Argyll Group		Scottish chain
Gateway Foodmarkets Somerfield Somerfield was a chain of small to medium sized supermarkets operating in the United Kingdom. The company was taken over by the Co-operative Group on 2 March 2009 in a £1.57 billion deal, creating the UK's fifth largest food retailer. The name is currently being phased out and replaced by the...	1950	Rebranded as Somerfield Somerfield Somerfield was a chain of small to medium sized supermarkets operating in the United Kingdom. The company was taken over by the Co-operative Group on 2 March 2009 in a £1.57 billion deal, creating the UK's fifth largest food retailer. The name is currently being phased out and replaced by the...	1992
Select & Save		Bought by Costcutter Costcutter Costcutter is based in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Poland under which there are supermarkets and local and urban convenience stores. The banner also has its own brand of goods and products which are sold alongside Nisa Today own-brand products and branded products.As of December 2006,...
Grandways		Some stores sold to Argyll Group Safeway (UK) Safeway was a chain of supermarkets and convenience stores in the United Kingdom. It started as a subsidiary of the American Safeway Inc., before being sold off in 1987.... for their Presto Presto (UK Supermarket) Presto Foodmarkets was a chain of supermarkets and convenience stores in Great Britain. The brand finally disappeared during 1998.-Presto Foodmarkets:... chain and Kwik Save Kwik Save Kwik Save was a discount supermarket chain in the United Kingdom until 2007. Its stores were small to medium sized high street supermarkets, mainly located in areas with below average incomes... , remainder renamed Jacksons	1992/3	Regional in Yorkshire
GT Smith GT Smith GT Smith, named after the person who created it, was a small, family-owned supermarket chain based in Knottingley near Pontefract, in West Yorkshire, England. The main branch was located on Marine Villa Road in Knottingley, with other branches in nearby Pontefract, Castleford and Meanwood, Leeds,...		Bought by Co-operative Group	2002	Regional in West Yorkshire
Hillards Hillards Hillards plc was a small supermarket chain from the North of England, bought out in a hostile takeover by Tesco in 1987.-History:The company was founded by John Wesley Hillard in 1885 in the West Yorkshire town of Cleckheaton. The first shop was opened in Lion Chambers there and shortly after 1900...		Bought by Tesco
Hintons Hintons Hintons plc was a small supermarket chain from the North of England, bought out in a takeover by Argyll Foods in 1984.-History:The Company was founded by Amos Hinton in Middlesbrough in 1871 when he bought out John Birks' shop in South Street. By 1919 the business had expanded such that it had...		Bought by Argyll Foods Argyll Foods Argyll Foods plc was a large supermarket operator in the United Kingdom. In 1987 it acquired Safeway Inc.'s UK subsidiary and in 1996 it changed its name to Safeway plc.-Early years:... to become part of Presto Presto (UK Supermarket) Presto Foodmarkets was a chain of supermarkets and convenience stores in Great Britain. The brand finally disappeared during 1998.-Presto Foodmarkets:...		Mainly in North East England and Yorkshire
Irwin's Stores		Bought by Tesco
International International Tea Co. Stores International Tea Co. Stores was a leading chain of grocers based in London. It was a constituent of the FT30 index of leading companies listed on the London Stock Exchange.-History:...		Bought by Gateway
Jackson's Jackson's Stores Jacksons Stores Ltd, named after William Jackson, the man who founded it, was a British chain of 114 convenience stores in Yorkshire and the North Midlands that was founded in 1991 by the Hull-based William Jackson Food Group and sold to J Sainsbury plc in 2004, an acquisition which doubled that...		Bought by Sainsbury's	2004	Regional in Yorkshire and North Midlands
Key Markets		Bought by Gateway
Kwik Save Kwik Save Kwik Save was a discount supermarket chain in the United Kingdom until 2007. Its stores were small to medium sized high street supermarkets, mainly located in areas with below average incomes...	1959	Bought by Somerfield group 1998. Smaller stores sold to BTTF, after administration smaller stores became FreshXpress FreshXpress FreshXpress was a discount supermarket chain in the United Kingdom. It was originally formed in 2007, from the rump of the defunct Kwik Save chain, by Irish retail entrepreneur Brendan Murtagh...	2007	Smaller stores sold to BTTF and converted to FreshXpress FreshXpress FreshXpress was a discount supermarket chain in the United Kingdom. It was originally formed in 2007, from the rump of the defunct Kwik Save chain, by Irish retail entrepreneur Brendan Murtagh... , larger converted to Somerfield or leased to others by Somerfield
Laws		Bought by Wm Low for £7.1 million		Chain of supermarkets focused on North East England North East England North East England is one of the nine official regions of England. It covers Northumberland, County Durham, Tyne and Wear, and Teesside . The only cities in the region are Durham, Newcastle upon Tyne and Sunderland...
Lennons		Bought by Dee Group		Part of Key Market. Rebranded part of Gateway chain when Dee took Gateway over
Liptons	1871	Bought by Allied Suppliers		Converted to Presto Presto (UK Supermarket) Presto Foodmarkets was a chain of supermarkets and convenience stores in Great Britain. The brand finally disappeared during 1998.-Presto Foodmarkets:... or Lo-Cost stores
Local Plus Local Plus Local Plus was the trading name of a group of small convenience stores in the UK, owned by Conveco Ltd, bought by the Co-operative Group in 2004.Conveco Limited was the group name but was in fact split into three smaller trading companies...		Bought by the Co-operative Group
Mac Fisheries Mac Fisheries Mac Fisheries was a branded United Kingdom retail chain of fish mongers, founded by William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme, the co-founder with his brother of Lever Brothers, which later merged to become Unilever.-Isle of Lewis:...		Bought by Dee Group	1978	Wet fish shops closed
Mainstop		Acquired by Morrisons	1981
Morning, Noon & Night		Bought by Scotmid Scotmid The Scottish Midland Co-operative Society Limited, trading as Scotmid Co-operative, is an independent retail consumers' co-operative which originated in the Scottish Midlands, particularly Edinburgh and the Lothians. It was formed in 1981 by a merger of the Dalziel Society of Motherwell with the...
Netto Netto (store) Netto is a Danish discount supermarket operating in several European countries. Netto is owned by Dansk Supermarked Group, which in turn is partly owned by A.P. Møller-Mærsk Group.Netto also operates an express version of the store, known as Døgn Netto...	1990	Bought by Asda Asda Asda Stores Ltd is a British supermarket chain which retails food, clothing, general merchandise, toys and financial services. It also has a mobile telephone network, , Asda Mobile... in 2010 for £778M from Dansk Supermarked Group. 147 stores were rebranded in 2011 as Asda Asda Asda Stores Ltd is a British supermarket chain which retails food, clothing, general merchandise, toys and financial services. It also has a mobile telephone network, , Asda Mobile... local stores. The remaining 47 stores have been sold off to other companies such as Morrisons Morrisons Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc is the fourth largest chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom, headquartered in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. The company is usually referred to and is branded as Morrisons formerly Morrison's, and it is part of the FTSE 100 Index of companies... and new convenience store UGO and other retailers due to competition laws	0.8	Was a no frills supermarket. On 30 September 2011, Netto Netto Netto is Danish/Norwegian/Swedish/Dutch/German for "net" . In most European languages the word "netto" refers to net worth or net pay.It may also refer to:... UK ceased trading.
Normans supermarkets		Bought by Plymco
Normid		Rebranded Co-op		Was owned by United Co-operatives United Co-operatives United Co-operatives Limited, or simply United Co-op, was the largest regional consumer co-operative in the United Kingdom until its merger with The Co-operative Group in 2007. The Society operated across Yorkshire, the north west and north Midlands of England...
Norco Northern Co-operative Society Northern Co-operative Society Limited , previously named Northern Co-operative Company Limited, was a local consumer co-operative trading in Aberdeen, Scotland, from 1861 to 1993....		Rebranded Co-op		Aberdeen based co-operative society
One Stop		Bought by Tesco
Premier Supermarkets		Bought by Mac Fisheries	1965	Subsidiary of Express Dairies Express Dairies Express Dairies is a subsidiary of Dairy Crest, specialising almost entirely in home deliveries of milk and other dairy products.-History:The company was founded by George Barham in 1864 as the Express County Milk Supply Company, named after the fact that they only used express trains to get their... , opened UK's first supermarket in Streatham Streatham Streatham is a district in Surrey, England, located in the London Borough of Lambeth. It is situated south of Charing Cross. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London.-History:... , South London South London South London is the southern part of London, England, United Kingdom.According to the 2011 official Boundary Commission for England definition, South London includes the London boroughs of Bexley, Bromley, Croydon, Greenwich, Kingston, Lambeth, Lewisham, Merton, Southwark, Sutton and... in 1951. Sold after losing out on purchase of Irwin's stores to Tesco
Presto Presto (UK Supermarket) Presto Foodmarkets was a chain of supermarkets and convenience stores in Great Britain. The brand finally disappeared during 1998.-Presto Foodmarkets:...	1977	After buying out Safeway, all stores were converted to Safeway.	1998
Quality Fare		Bought by the Co-operative Group
Rainbow		Discontinued, rebranded as parent Co-op
Richway Supermarkets				Retail chain operating in South of England and the Isle of Wight
Safeway (UK) Safeway (UK) Safeway was a chain of supermarkets and convenience stores in the United Kingdom. It started as a subsidiary of the American Safeway Inc., before being sold off in 1987....	1962	Bought by Morrisons	2005	Safeway Compact stores sold to Somerfield. Still trading under Safeway in Channel Islands Channel Islands The Channel Islands are an archipelago of British Crown Dependencies in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy. They include two separate bailiwicks: the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Bailiwick of Jersey...
Sainsbury's Savacentre	1977	Discontinued, Rebranded Sainsbury's	2005
7-Eleven		Taken over by Budgens		Convenience Store chain
Shop Rite Shoprite (Isle of Man) Shoprite Ltd. is a supermarket chain currently trading in the Isle of Man. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Isle of Man Enterprises plc . The company shares are traded on the PLUS Stock Exchange though will be delisted from 3rd January 2012...	1972	Bought by Kwik Save	1994	Discount supermarket chain
Somerfield Somerfield Somerfield was a chain of small to medium sized supermarkets operating in the United Kingdom. The company was taken over by the Co-operative Group on 2 March 2009 in a £1.57 billion deal, creating the UK's fifth largest food retailer. The name is currently being phased out and replaced by the...	1865	Purchase agreed by the Co-operative Group on 16 July 2008 for £1.56bn; many larger stores have been sold off and smaller stores rebranded to Co operative b	2010
Stewarts Supermarket Limited		Bought by Tesco		ABF Associated British Foods Associated British Foods plc is a global food, ingredients and retail company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. Its ingredients division is the world's second largest producer of both sugar and baker's yeast and a major producer of other ingredients including emulsifiers, enzymes and lactose... owned Northern Ireland group
Supernational		Bought by Gateway
Templeton supermarkets	1880	Bought by Allied Suppliers then Argyll Group		Scottish chain, rebranded as Presto Presto (UK Supermarket) Presto Foodmarkets was a chain of supermarkets and convenience stores in Great Britain. The brand finally disappeared during 1998.-Presto Foodmarkets:...
VG VG (shop) VG was a chain of small supermarkets in the UK, later taken over by Alldays, who were subsequently bought by the Co-operative....		Bought by Alldays
Victor Value Victor Value Victor Value was a London-based value supermarket group operating at the lower end of the grocery trade.Old Victor Value stores which survive can often be identified by their distinctive blue and white tiled frontage....		Bought by Tesco	1968/1986	Independent chain. Larger stores were rebranded as Tesco, remaining sold to Bejam Bejam Bejam was a British frozen food retailer which was founded by John Apthorp in 1968, based in Stanmore. The concept of selling only frozen foods was a novel idea at the time, and Bejam grew out of Apthorp's existing family business of E. A. D. Apthorp, who were potato merchants specialising in local... in 1986
Wm Low William Low William Low was a chain of supermarkets based in Dundee, Scotland, until it was bought out by Tesco for £257m in 1994....		Bought by Tesco		Presence in Scotland and northern England

List of current UK supermarket chains

List of defunct UK supermarket chains

See also