- Hillards
Infobox Defunct company company name Hillards company logo File Hillards shopping bag with logos and artwork.jpg thumb Logos, slogan and artwork of Hillards plc as printed on the company s bags alt On a white background, the name Hillards in blue, upper case letters appears above a red line drawing of a man, woman, boy and girl. The man pushes a shopping trolley filled with goods on which a young boy rides behind stands a girl carrying a box, followed by a woman. On the left, a solid red band in an L shape extends beneath the line drawing. Beneath the L shaped band, in a blue serif font, is the text, Your local superstore for savings right down the line. type Public company Public slogan company type fate Acquired Predecessor successor Tesco foundation 1885 defunct 1987 location Cleckheaton , West Yorkshire industry Retail products Groceries key people num employees parent subsid Hillards Public limited company plc was a small supermarket chain from the North of England , bought out in a hostile takeover by Tesco in 1987. History The company was founded by John Wesley Hillard in 1885 in the West Yorkshire town of Cleckheaton . ref name history http www.hillards trust.co.uk 4612.html Hillards Charitable Trust ref The first shop was opened in Lion Chambers there and shortly after 1900 there were 20 shops operating as Lion Stores . ref name history By 1951 there were over 70 stores and by 1968 it had warehouse size stores in Wakefield , Lincoln, England Lincoln and York . ref name history In 1970 the trade name Lion Stores was dropped in favour of Hillards and in 1972 the Company was first listed on the London Stock Exchange . ref name history Peter Hartley, a grandson of the founder, became Executive Chairman in 1983 and in May 1987, following a hostile bid, the business was acquired by Tesco for 220m. ref cite news title A history of Tesco The rise of Britain s biggest ... www.hillards trust.co.uk 5302 6673.html List of Hillards Stores Defunct UK grocers Category Companies ... more details
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