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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Retail |
| Founded | 1883 |
| Defunct | 1961 / 1972 |
| Fate | Name change/acquisition |
| Successor | Allied Suppliers / Cavenham Foods |
| Headquarters | London, UK |
Key people | Julius Drewe (founder); Sir Lancelot Royle (Chairman and CEO) |
Home and Colonial Stores was once one of the United Kingdom's largest retail chains. Its formation of a vast chain of retail stores in the late 1920s is seen as the first step in the development of a UK food retail market dominated by a small number of food multiples.