Wm Low store in Whitehaven

William Low, ( popularly referred to as Willie Low's ; latterly marketed as Wm Low ) was a chain of supermarkets based in Dundee, Scotland, until it was bought out by Tesco for £ 257m in 1994.

Wm Low almost doubled in size between 1976 to 1984 with sustained expansion and increased store sizes.

In 1976, Wm Low had a total of of floor space which by 1984 had become.

Wm Low also rose to be included as number 400 in the Times 1000, a list of top UK Companies in 1984, whereas in 1976 it was not even listed.

In 1984, Wm Low attempted but failed to take over Hintons, which later became part of Safeway.

In 1985, Wm Low took over Laws Stores at a cost of £ 7. 1 million., a group predominantly based in the north-east of England with a portfolio of smaller stores than Wm Low.

Wm Low proceeded to close unprofitable Laws stores in 1986.

Also in 1989, James Millar of Wm Low approached John Apthorp, owner of Bejam Freezer Centres to explore the possibility of merging the two brands.

John Apthorp explains that he could not see the idea going ahead as Wm Low were losing market share and the store portfolio did not lend itself well to the possibility of conversions to freezer centre formats.

In 1987, Wm Low had sold its frozen food chain, Lowfreeze, to Bejam for £ 3. 8 million.

Wm Low was one of the market leaders in Scotland in terms of market share, which was 7. 4 % in 1981, rising to 10. 4 % in 1984 and then 12. 7 % in 1986.

J Sainsbury launched a counter-bid of £ 210 million but this would have led to a break up of the Wm Low portfolio as they had intended to maintain the best stores and dispose of the rest.

The Scottish market leader at the time, The Argyll Group-Safeway-announced in July 1994 that it would not be making a bid for Wm Low.

Tesco formally took over Wm Low on 2 September 1994 for a total sum of £ 257 million.

The purchase of Wm Low doubled Tesco's Scottish market share from 7. 6 % to 15. 3 % in 1995.

Prior to the take over, sales had been falling at a rate of 6 %, a figure that Tesco reversed to a growth of 20 % by February 1996 and the former Wm Low stores contributed £ 11 million profit to the Tesco group.

Although the vast majority of old Wm Low stores have now been replaced with all-new Tesco stores, some branches retain some Wm Low format fixtures ( e. g. open grid false ceilings and blue / pink tiling in toilets ).

At the time of the Tesco take over, a number of new Wm Low Stores were earmarked for development.

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Dundee Lochee which was the last large Wm Low superstore closed on 7 February 2009, being replaced by Dundee South Rd which is now Scotland's largest Tesco store, spread out over 3 floors.

The former Wm Low store in Goole, East Yorkshire, was taken over by Tesco, but this was relocated to a larger site on Boothferry Road in the late 1990s.

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*" A Concise History of the Methodist Protestant Church " by Ancel H. Bassett, published by Wm.

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Once Rushden was home to one of the five Safeway megastores in the country until they were bought by Wm Morrison ; the store was then bought by Waitrose and turned into one of its five Food and Home stores which included a selection of home products from John Lewis.

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* From Mission to Church: The Reformed Church in America Mission to India By Eugene P. Heideman, Published by Wm.