David Greig (Supermarket)
David Greig was the supermarket (initially grocery shop) chain founded by the Greig family of Hornsey, north London with HQ at Atlantic Road, Brixton (and later at Waterloo Road, London) and grocery shops across southern England
See David Greig and his son David Ross Greig
1870 The David Greig chain is considered to have been established when the wife of a Hornsey cabinet maker of Scots birth opened a small provisions shop at 32 High Street, Hornsey.
By 1881 her son David Greig had joined her in the business and described himself as a 'provision dealer' in the census of that year.
1888 The business thrived and wishing to expand beyond Hornsey, Greig opened his first shop at 54-58 Atlantic Road, Brixton
1932, David Greig opened the first self-service service grocery store in the UK at Turnpike Lane, Hornsey, but the store closed down after 8 months of the experiment.
1962 The company merged with Colebrook and Co, a chain of butchers and fishmongers.
By the late 1960s, there were more than 220 Greig shops across the south of the country, all trading under the David Greig brand.
The company was sold to Fitch Lovell.