Waitrose
Waitrose is a portmanteau of the surnames of two of its founders: WAITe and ROSE. Originally a grocery store founded in 1904 by Wallace Waite, Arthur Rose, and David Taylor. The latter left the...
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Tesco
The Tesco name is short for Thomas Edwards Stockwell, and COhen. The name came about when Jack Cohen imported a shipment of tea from Thomas Edward Stockwell for his grocery store, and decided to...
ASDA
Stands for ASquith and DAiries. Formed by the merger of the Asquith family’s supermarkets, and Associated Diaries and Farm Stores Limited.