David Sands was a convenience store chain located in Fife, Kinross and Perthshire, Scotland. At 200 years old, the family-owned enterprise had 28 outlets at its peak. According to a 2009 article on Business7, a publication of the Scottish Daily Record and Sunday Mail, the company was "a major employer across Fife and Perthshire." Its head office was located in Kinross. On Jan 10th 2012, the company announced that it would be purchased by the Co-operative Group., the sale was approved by the Office of Fair Trading in April 2012, and by December 2012 the last David Sands store was converted to a Co-operative, bringing to an end the companys 200 year existence.
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