The Making of the Modern Supermarket
self-service adoption in british food retailing, 1950-1975
- Hardcover
336 pages
- Release Date
10 September 2025
Summary
From Self-Service to Supermarket: How Britain Invented Modern Grocery
The Making of the Modern Supermarket describes the emergence and growth of the modern supermarket format in Britain, showing how the original American innovation of self-service was adapted to the different postwar British context in a number of ways.
During the early 1960s various retailers began to experiment with larger formats, which became known as supermarkets. Sainsbury’s was a late mover into self-…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780199640195 |
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| ISBN-10: | 019964019X |
| Author: | Bridget Salmon, Andrew Godley |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 10 September 2025 |
| Weight: | 708g |
| Dimensions: | 240mm x 160mm x 25mm |
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About The Author
Bridget Salmon
Bridget Salmon was formerly the archivist at J. Sainsbury PLC and author of their 125th anniversary publication, The Best Butter in the World: A History of Sainsburys (1994).
Andrew Godley is Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Sussex Business School.
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