Jacksons Stores Ltd, named after William Jackson, the man who founded it, was a British

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 chain of 114 convenience store

Convenience store

A convenience store, corner store, corner shop, commonly called a bodega in Spanish-speaking areas of the United States, is a small store or shop in a built up area that stocks a range of everyday items such as groceries, toiletries, alcoholic and soft drinks, and may also offer money order and...

s in Yorkshire

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 and the North Midlands

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 that was founded in 1991 by the Hull

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-based William Jackson Food Group and sold to J Sainsbury plc in 2004, an acquisition which doubled that company's share of the convenience store market. After the takeover Sainsbury's, many Jacksons Stores were initially refurbished to trade under the Sainsbury's at Jacksons brand. This brand was phased out and replaced with the Sainsbury's Local

Sainsbury's Local

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 brand by March 2008 and the Jackson's name is now defunct.

Shortly before the Sainsbury's acquisition the chain was voted Britain's best independent retail chain.

Sainsbury's acquisition of Jacksons Stores was part of the wider controversy of the major supermarkets move into the convenience sector. The deal was not subject to a competition inquiry due to the precedent of Tesco's T&S Stores acquisition; The Office of Fair Trading

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took the view that the convenience sector was distinct from the supermarket sector.
As of March 2010 one Jacksons store still survives, the store is South Parade in Ossett (Wakefield)

External links

• Sainsbury's - Company website.
• J Sainsbury plc: Our businesses