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Gordon Brown

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114 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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Sliced Bread
Toast - Wilko

That's why.

Sliced Bread
Toast - Wilko

And eventually we actually got a roll of 10 for the same price for 39p.

Sliced Bread
Toast - Wilko

And they sold just as quickly.

Sliced Bread
Toast - Wilko

And that was in the mid to late 90s that was happening.

Sliced Bread
Toast - Wilko

I think if you take C&A, first of all, C&A was a real boost to Wilco.

Sliced Bread
Toast - Wilko

It was just in the early 2000s.

Sliced Bread
Toast - Wilko

And we were able to acquire a batch of stores in the south and west from C&A.

Sliced Bread
Toast - Wilko

And that gave us a real impetus in that area.

Sliced Bread
Toast - Wilko

The other thing that helped us at that time was the move by the grocers.

Sliced Bread
Toast - Wilko

Because grocers were moving out of town to the edge of town.

Sliced Bread
Toast - Wilko

They were shutting down those smaller stores.

Sliced Bread
Toast - Wilko

People at Asda, Sainsbury's, Tesco, they wanted the edge of town stores, big superstore type arrangement.

Sliced Bread
Toast - Wilko

And we picked up those stores.

Sliced Bread
Toast - Wilko

Woolworths were a different situation.

Sliced Bread
Toast - Wilko

And their demise came after my retirement.

Sliced Bread
Toast - Wilko

But I know that Wilkinson did not take that many stores on compared to the other retailers like Poundland, 99p stores, Home Bargains, etc.,

Sliced Bread
Toast - Wilko

I think they did.

Sliced Bread
Toast - Wilko

Yeah, very much so.

Sliced Bread
Toast - Wilko

I think they saw it as the people's store.

Sliced Bread
Toast - Wilko

It wasn't pretentious.