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VIDEO: How Britain was seduced by shopping

2013-09-02 01:07:18| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

Robert Peston explains how Alan Sainsbury, of the eponymous grocery chain, visited the US and imported the self-service culture, starting with the UK's first 'supermarket' in Croydon, south London.

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