"Practical Men Say"
Following the London Co-operative Society opening its first self-service shop in 1942, the co-operative movement led the way on the development of self-service stores to the point where, by the 1950s, 90% of self-service shops in the UK were self service. The Co-operative movement
was a catalyst for the emerging multiple-store supermarket chains, which forced the Co-op to come to terms with the rise in consumerism and move it away from its association with the "working poor" rather than a more prosperous working class.
( thanks to Jeff Wharton ( flic.kr/p/2pdtzJB ) for photo of re enactor lady waiting for the shop to open, background street photo from timepix.uk ( no. 52 / 834 ) is corner of No. 756 Middleton Road West Manchester, England, not dated
"Practical Men Say"
Following the London Co-operative Society opening its first self-service shop in 1942, the co-operative movement led the way on the development of self-service stores to the point where, by the 1950s, 90% of self-service shops in the UK were self service. The Co-operative movement
was a catalyst for the emerging multiple-store supermarket chains, which forced the Co-op to come to terms with the rise in consumerism and move it away from its association with the "working poor" rather than a more prosperous working class.
( thanks to Jeff Wharton ( flic.kr/p/2pdtzJB ) for photo of re enactor lady waiting for the shop to open, background street photo from timepix.uk ( no. 52 / 834 ) is corner of No. 756 Middleton Road West Manchester, England, not dated