Leverett & Frye was a chain of high-class grocery stores which was founded in 1870 in

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, England, as Leverett, Frye, and Scholding. The chain expanded throughout Great Britain and Ireland, having over fifty branches at its peak.

Frederick Frye Frederick Charlwood Frye (1845 – 20 March 1914) was a British grocer and Liberal Party politician. Business In 1870 he formed the business partnership of Leverett, Frye, and Scholding, opening the first of a chain of grocery stores in Greenwic ...

's partnership with Arthur Scholding was dissolved in 1892 and the business continued with Frye as the sole proprietor. In 1894, it became a

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under the name Leverett & Frye Ltd..

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