Supermarkets in the 1970s
How many of these supermarkets from the 1970s are still around today? How many do you remember?
These are some of the supermarket and grocery chains from the 1970s:
- Allied Suppliers (Liptons)
- Asda
- Batemans - South Wales & West England
- Co-op
- Fine Fare
- Gateway
- David Greig - London & South England
- Hintons (Amos Hinton) - North East England
- Gem Super Centres (part of Asda)
- Grandways (part of William Jackson)
- Jackon (William Jackson) - Yorks, Lincs, Notts
- International Stores
- Key Markets - South England, Midlands, Wales
- Low (Wm Low) - Scotland
- Mace
- Mac Fisheries and Mac Markets
- Marks & Spencer
- Moores Stores
- Pricerite
- Safeway
- J Sainsbury
- Tesco
- F W Woolworth & Co
- Spar
- Vivo
- Mace
- Kebby's Supermarkets (Unigate)
- VG
- Waitrose
- Woolworth
Some of these chains traded under a variety of different local names. These are a few examples:
Allied Suppliers Ltd
Allied Suppliers' main brand was Liptons. They also sold Sunshine, Beach's and Jaunty products.
Their store names were:
- Maypole
- Andrew Cochrane
- Galbraith's Stores
- Home & Colonial Stores
- Lipton
- A Massey
- R & J Templeton
- Broughs
- Vye & Son
- Markdown
- Presto
Fine Fare
The Fine Fare stores included:
- Fine Fare
- Coopers
- Pay-Less
- Elmo Stores
- Waterworth Bros
- Welwyn Department Store
- Hodgson & Hepworth
- Blower Bros
- J C Carline
- William Cussons
- Buywell
- Forrest
- Hudson
International Stores
International incorporated the following other trade names:
- Ridgways
- Payantake Stores
- Kilby
- Kibby's Granville
- Mason
- Pegram
- Orme
Key Markets
Key Markets also traded as:
- Barrows
- World's
- Walkers
- Green & Dyson
- Hale
Moores
Moores also traded as:
- Pinks
- Gallons
- Gowers & Burgon
- Thrift
- Hay
- Thompsons
- Seymour Mead
- Farrands
- Peglers
References
The information on this page was mainly compiled from :
- 'Where to buy groceries' published by The Consumers' Association in 'Which?', November 1971 pages 324-330
- 'Buying groceries' published by The Consumers' Association in 'Which?', November 1972 pages 329-336
