Greater Manchester's lost supermarkets we no longer see on the high street
Today, people across the region will head to the likes of Asda, Tesco, Aldi, Lidl, Morrisons, Sainsbury's and more to shop.
This is just a snapshot of brands lost to the past - so, if there's any we might have missed, let us know in the comments section. In June 1986, Associated British Foods sold the Fine Fare brand to The Dee Corporation, the company which later became Somerfield, and all of the Fine Fare supermarkets were rebranded as Gateway or closed down completely.Safeway Founded in America in 1915, Safeway later expanded to UK branches - including a number across Greater Manchester, including at Shambles Square - at a time when it was unusual to see a supermarket in the city centre.
Until the early 1950s, the family ran a small group of traditional style grocery shops., but in 1958, one of Frank's sons, Terence Lennon, paid a visit to America, was inspired by their style of grocery selling and, on his return, drew up plans for converting Lennon shops to self service. The chain continued to expand, and by the mid-1990s, there were more than 800 Kwik Save stores across Britain including the high streets of Greater Manchester.
By the mid-90s the Gateway name began to disappear, with a £200 million refurbishment program launched to convert the remaining Gateway Foodmarkets into Somerfield Stores. Somerfield was bought out by the Co-operative Group in 2008, beginning a process of converting branches into Co-operative supermarkets.
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