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Tim Steiner OBE (born 9 December 1969) is a British businessman who is the co-founder and chief executive (CEO) of Ocado, the FTSE 100 online grocery and technology business. As of May 2023, Ocado had a market capitalisation of nearly £3 billion. [1] The 2020 Sunday Times Rich List estimates that Steiner is worth £403 million. [2]
Ocado Group plc. Ocado Group plc is a British business based in Hatfield, England, which licenses grocery technology. It also owns a 50% share in the UK grocery retail business Ocado.com (the other 50% is owned by UK retailer Marks & Spencer ). The company is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index .
asda .com. A bust of co-founder Peter Asquith outside Asda House in Leeds. Asda Stores Limited ( / ˈæzdə / ), trading as Asda and often styled as ASDA, is a British supermarket and petrol station chain. Its headquarters are in Leeds, England. [ 9] The company was incorporated as Associated Dairies and Farm Stores in 1949.
Marks & Spencer owns 51 stores in Turkey as of 2022. Fiba Retail is the sole agent authorised to open Marks & Spencer stores in Turkey and Ukraine region. [133] Stores in the territories of Hong Kong and Macau were sold in early 2018 to Al-Futtaim Group, a Dubai-based long-term franchise partner. [134] [135]
A line-up of First Great Western trains at Plymouth in October 2009. During December 1997, the company was renamed FirstGroup; [2] this change was due to the company's entry in February 1996 into Britain's recently privatised railways, having a 24.5% shareholding in Great Western Holdings that won the Great Western and North Western franchises, and a 100% shareholding in First Great Eastern ...
Tesco Express, Belehradska Street, Prague, Czech Republic Tesco opened its first store in the Czech Republic in 1996 and now has over 300 stores, with further planned. [ 112 ] Tesco opened its first stores in the Czech Republic by buying US corporation Kmart's operations in the country and converting them into Tesco stores.
The Waitrose branch in Cheadle Hulme, Stockport, built in 2007, was Waitrose's first purpose-built retail outlet in Northern England. Waitrose & Partners is a British supermarket chain, founded in 1904 as Waite, Rose & Taylor, later shortened to Waitrose. In 1937, it was acquired by the John Lewis Partnership, the UK's largest employee-owned ...
The John Lewis Partnership plc[ 1] ( JLP) is a British company that operates John Lewis & Partners department stores, Waitrose supermarkets, its banking and financial services, and other retail -related activities. The public limited company [ 1][ 2] is owned by a trust [ 2] on behalf of all its employees – known as partners – and a bonus ...