Company type | Public |
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Industry | Retail |
Founded | 1977 |
Defunct | 1996 |
Fate | Name changed to Safeway |
Successor | Safeway (UK) |
Headquarters | Hayes, UK |
Area served | United Kingdom |
Key people | James Gulliver, (Chairman) |
Argyll Foods plc was the fourth biggest supermarket operator in the United Kingdom, through its acquisitions of a number of smaller supermarkets. In 1987 the company acquired Safeway Inc.'s UK subsidiary and in 1996 it changed its name to Safeway plc.