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International Tea Co. Stores was a leading chain of grocers based in London. It was an original constituent of the FT 30 index of leading companies listed on the London Stock Exchange. ==History== The business was founded in 1878 by Hudson Kearly (later Viscount Devonport) and Gilbert Augustus Tonge as the International Tea Co., with the objective of selling tea direct to consumers rather than through wholesalers.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Unofficial history of International Tea Co. Stores )〕 Their main blenders were Ridgways.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Competition Commission report (1950s) )〕 Soon, most towns in Southern England had their own International Tea Co. store,〔 as immortalised in a verse from John Betjeman's poem ''Myfanwy'':
International Tea Co. Stores fell out of the FT 30 index in 1947 to reflect market developments since the index was originally compiled in 1935. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「International Tea Co. Stores」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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