industry convenience stores fate converted into sainsbury s at jacksons then sainsbury s local stores founded 1891 founder william jackson defunct 2008 headquarters 40 derringham street hull area served yorkshire and north midlands key people angus oughtred managing director parent j sainsbury plc slogan local people serving local people website www.jacksons stores.co.uk jacksons stores ltd named after william jackson the man who founded it was a british chain of 114 convenience stores in yorkshire and the north midlands that was founded in 1891 by the hull based william jackson & sons ltd and sold to sainsbury s in 2004 an acquisition which doubled that company s share of the convenience store market . 1 after the takeover sainsbury s many jacksons stores were initially refurbished to trade under the sainsbury s at jacksons brand . this brand was phased out and replaced with the sainsbury s local brand by march 2008 . shortly before the sainsbury s acquisition the chain was voted britain s best independent retail chain . 2 jackson s newland avenue kingston upon hull march 2005 sainsbury s acquisition of jacksons stores was part of the wider controversy of the major supermarkets move into the convenience sector . the deal was not subject to a competition inquiry due to the precedent of tesco s t & s stores acquisition ; the office of fair trading took the view that the convenience sector was distinct from the supermarket sector . 3 jacksons ash road headingley leeds may 2006 see also edit sainsbury s bells stores references edit mesure susie 17 august 2004 . sainsbury s snaps up jackson convenience stores chain . the independent . independent news and media . access date requires url help bevens nick 17 august 2004 . sainsbury s increases its stake in the booming convenience store sector . the scotsman . the scotsman publications . p. 48 . issn 0307 5850 . wheatcroft patience 17 august 2004 . ministers must hear auditors call . the times . london times newspapers . retrieved 7 march 2007 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to jacksons convenience store . sainsbury s company website . j sainsbury plc our businesses v t e j sainsbury plc key people john james sainsbury and mary ann sainsbury john benjamin sainsbury alan sainsbury baron sainsbury david sainsbury baron sainsbury of turville john sainsbury baron sainsbury of preston candover robert sainsbury tim sainsbury sainsbury family peter davis justin king david tyler retail operations sainsbury s sainsbury s local sainsbury s online sainsbury s bank home retail group argos and habitat customer programmes nectar loyalty card sainsbury s active kids products classic cola former formats interests sainsbury s calais wine store sainsbury s central sainsbury s freezer centres sainsbury s savacentre sainsbury s pharmacy mobile by sainsbury s former subsidiaries bell s stores homebase jacksons stores shaw s supermarkets star market texas homecare retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title jacksons stores & oldid 740672597 categories convenience storesdefunct retail companies of the united kingdomsainsbury shidden categories pages using citations with accessdate and no urluse dmy dates from august 2016commons category with local link same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages add links this page was last modified on 22 september 2016 at 14 59 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view