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Scarlett | 20:25 Wed 08th Aug 2007 | Food & Drink
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Does anyone here remember any old supermarkets that now don't exist? Such as Key Markets? Or Victor value? I'm sure there were many more! In the 60s and 70s how did they differ from today, other than the pricing gun?
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Does liptons still exist?
Templetons?
Finefare
hillards (from yorkshire)
MacFisheries (later MacMarket)
sense4all,

Finefare was bought by Gateway / Somerfield some years ago. See here for more info

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finefare
Bishops, Bejam and Shoppers Paradise!
I wielded a pricing gun at my local VG Foodstore as a kid.

You wouldn't believe how fast I could price up a tray of tins of beanz
amonty,

Hillards bought out by Tesco in 1987.
Details here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillards
Scarlett and Wispy

Bejam bought Victor Value in 1986

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bejam
Scarlett - The old bacon slicing machine, thick or thin love?
Don't forget Wavy Line!
and International
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1970ish tesco home and wear
1970ish carrefour
Ooh and Grandways
i used to shop at Hintons who became Presto who be came Safeway who became Morrisons
LoCost and Mace

...I remember when kwick save first opened it looked more like a cash and carry with cheap goods just stacked on pallets straight off the lorry....the girls on the checkouts got a really good wage as nothing in the store was individualy labled, and back then there were no scanning tills so they had to learn all the prices!.....each friday night they got given a list of prices to learn for monday promotions/price changes...

...plus no one did the Buy one get one free.... or 3 for a �1 etc......

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