SavaCentre was a chain of 13 hypermarkets and later a further seven discount supermarkets owned and operated jointly by Sainsbury's and BHS, beginning in 1977.
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10 Facts About SavaCentre
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On 17 October 1978, the second SavaCentre opened at the Hempstead Valley Shopping Centre in Kent.
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In September 1981, the Calcot SavaCentre, opened in Reading, and this store was used in the SavaCentre TV adverts in 1983.
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Cheadle SavaCentre opened in 1990 with the BHS store opening towards the car park.
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Fourteenth SavaCentre hypermarket planned for Braehead in Renfrew, Scotland, was due to open in 1997.
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Fifteenth SavaCentre hypermarket was planned for Romford, North East London, but this store only eventually opened as a large Sainsbury's.
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SavaCentre was still only a small part of the group, and did not make a significant contribution to the Group in comparison to Sainsbury's Supermarkets.
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The Calcot SavaCentre was downsized and rebranded as Sainsbury's in 2005, but following a further refurbishment in 2008, a number of the products removed in the 1998 revamp were reintroduced.
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The Meadowhall, Sheffield branch of SavaCentre was converted into a Sainsbury's supermarket store in 1999 and closed in 2005.
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