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Londis is a chain of convenience store franchises operating in the United Kingdom. The stores form a symbol group and are all owned on a franchise basis. Since 2015, the company has been owned by Booker Group, which purchased Londis and its sister company Budgens from the Musgrave Group for £40 million. As of December 2014, the company had an estimated net worth of £79 million.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.endole.co.uk/company/06460554/musgrave-retail-partners-gb-limited )〕 ==Operations== Londis was established in Great Britain in 1959 by Kevin Stanley–Adams as a communally owned company, with each retailer owning a share in the parent company. The name Londis was a contraction of "London District Stores". However, in 2004, the parent company was sold to the Irish Musgrave wholesale chain with a payment of £31000 being made to each retailer who owned a stake,〔(Londis retailers back Musgraves windfall takeover - telegraph.co.uk )〕 bringing it under the same ownership as Budgens, which has now adopted a similar franchise-based business model. This acquisition was highly controversial, with the CEO of Musgrave in the United Kingdom, Eoin McGettigan, steering through the choppy waters of member revolts and counter offers from others backed by Icelandic Banks. A separate, but wholly owned subsidiary company, 'Musgrave Retail Partners GB' was formed to supply the stores. The current Londis retailer network is in excess of 2200 stores, and forecourt shops located throughout England, Scotland & Wales. 2008 saw an increase of over 200 stores, a record yearly increase for Londis. There is a Londis at every Butlins, Pontins & Haven Holidays camp. A typical Londis outlet will have a sales area of about . The stores usually open early in the morning and stay open all day, closing late in the evening. In May 2015, Londis' parent company Musgrave Group confirmed it had reached an agreement to sell Budgens and Londis for £40 million to the wholesaler Booker Group, subject to regulatory approval. 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「Londis (United Kingdom)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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