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
"Wow, this list brings back some memories
I also remember "Wavy Line" and "Liptons"" Stuart Cubech 11/11/2020
"Chains in the north east of England you can add, Laws Stores and Walter Wilsons and Hintons, Hintons was taken over by presto and later became Safeway. Laws stores was taken over by Low this bringing low into the north east of England." Matt Ratcliffe 12/06/2021
"BUDGENS HAS QUITE A HISTORY IN THE SOUTH EAST OF ENGLAND, ;WHO IN THE 1980S TOOK OVER BISHOPS SUPERMARKETS." Matt Ratcliffe 12/06/2021
"Chains in the North-East, in addition to Walter Willson (note the double L) and Hinton's, does anyone remember L & N Stores, a/k/a L & N Supply Co. a/k/a London & Newcastle Tea Company? It would appear L & N Stores were in some way subsumed into Fine Fare during the 1960s, but they still had a few branches on Tyneside until the 1980s.
Would be interested to hear if anyone else has come across L & N or remembers this brand." Reuben Frankau 21/06/2021