Cost Co to open in UK

Title

Cost Co to open in UK

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

27 Oct 1993

Year of production

1993

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Duration

00:02:19

Description

Report on the UK’s first subscription paying, cut price warehouse shopping club, American owned Cost Co, being given the go-ahead by the High Court to open its store in Thurrock, Essex despite objections from British supermarket giants. Speaker is Cost Co solicitor David Branson. Legal affairs correspondent Tim Crook reports. For Drivetime show.

Contributors

Tim Crook; David Branson

Keywords

Shops; Supermarkets; Legal decisions; Thurrock; Essex; Planning authorities; Retail premises; Drivetime (radio programme); Warehouses; High courts; Commercial buildings; Wholesale trade; Cost Co

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