This is a list of supermarket chains in the United Kingdom. Grocery sales in the UK are dominated by Tesco, Sainsbury's, Asda and Morrisons. These "Big Four" had a combined share of 75.4 percent of the UK grocery market in the 12 weeks ending 16 August 2011 .
The Co-operative Group is now the fifth largest food retailer in the UK, operating mainly smaller supermarkets and convenience stores, followed by Waitrose in sixth place.
Marks and Spencer, Booths and Waitrose are the most upmarket national supermarket chains. Both Marks & Spencer and Waitrose have begun introducing and advertising relatively new basic ranges, as to acclimatise to a non-luxury market audience.Safeway stores was a former company which become defunct on 24 November 2005
Premier Supermarkets, a subsidiary of Express Dairies, opened the UK's first supermarket in Streatham, South London in 1951.
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