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{{Short description|British convenience store chain}} {{More citations needed|date=April 2022}} {{distinguish|Quick save}} {{Hatnote|This article describes the chain based in the United Kingdom. There are also several unrelated shops of the same name in the United States.}} {{Use British English|date=December 2012}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox company | name = Kwik Save | logo = Kwik Save logo.svg | logo_caption = Logo since 2012 | type = Public company | foundation = 1959 (original) <br> 2012 (revival) | founder = [[Albert Gubay]] | defunct = 2007 (original) | location = [[Prestatyn]] (1959β2006) (Payroll & HR only after 1998) <br> [[Bristol]] (1998β2006) <br> [[Huddersfield]] (2006β2007) <br> [[York]] (2012βpresent) | industry = Retail<br>Groceries | key_people = [[Albert Gubay]] (Founder) | products = Groceries | parent = [[Somerfield]] (1998β2006)<br> BTTF Ltd (2006β2007)<br> [[Costcutter]] (2012β) | website = {{URL|kwiksave.co.uk}} | subsid = }} '''Kwik Save''' is a British convenience store chain. Prior to 2007, it was also a discount supermarket chain that had shops across the [[United Kingdom]]. It [[Administration (law)#United Kingdom|went into administration]] in July 2007, but was brought back in April 2012. Its shops were small to medium-sized [[high street]] supermarkets, mainly located in areas with below average incomes. It struggled to make profits during the 2000s, as supermarket operators such as [[Asda]], [[Tesco]] and [[Sainsbury's]] introduced their own budget brands, and foreign competitors such as [[Lidl]], [[Aldi]] and [[Netto UK|Netto]] (who all arrived in the United Kingdom during the first half of the 1990s) expanded.<ref name=theg1>{{cite web |url=http://www.thegrocer.co.uk/articles.aspx?page=articles&ID=119866 |title=Why Kwik Save couldn't be saved|work=[[The Grocer]] |date=9 June 2007 |access-date=30 October 2009}}</ref> The company was listed on the [[London Stock Exchange]], and was once a constituent of the [[FTSE 100 Index]]. It went into [[Administration (insolvency)|administration]] on 6 July 2007, and closed most of its shops across the United Kingdom, with the remaining 56 being sold to a new company, [[FreshXpress]], which itself went into administration in March 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thegrocer.co.uk/articles.aspx?page=articles&ID=125688 |title=FreshXpress limps on as nine stores|work=[[The Grocer]] |date=7 April 2008|access-date=30 October 2009}}</ref> It was then resurrected in a smaller form with nine shops, but this second incarnation of FreshXpress went into administration, and ceased trading in April 2009. All remaining shops have since been closed.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thegrocer.co.uk/articles.aspx?page=articles&ID=196526 |title=The last FreshXpress shop closes its doors|work=[[The Grocer]] |date=10 January 2009|access-date=30 October 2009}}</ref> The brand was relaunched as a budget fascia for convenience shops supplied by [[Costcutter]] in April 2012.<ref name='grocer_bringback' /><ref name='grocer_fascia' />
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