Editing Chain store (section)

=== Britain ===
In 1896, Samuel Isaacs from [[Whitechapel]], east London opened the first [[fish and chips]] restaurant (as opposed to a take-away) in London, and its instant popularity led to a chain comprising 22 restaurants with locations around London and seaside resorts in southern England including [[Brighton]], [[Ramsgate]] and [[Margate]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Jolles |first1=Michael A. |last2=Rubinstein |first2=W. |title=The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History |date=2011 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |pages=457}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Walton |first1=John K. |title=Fish and Chips, and the British Working Class, 1870-1940 |publisher=A&C Black |page=34}}</ref> In 1864, the [[Aerated Bread Company]] (ABC) began operating a chain of [[Tea in the United Kingdom#Tea rooms|teashops]] in Britain. ABC would be overtaken as the leader in the field by [[J. Lyons and Co.|Lyons]], co-founded by [[Joseph Lyons (caterer)|Joseph Lyons]] in 1884. From 1909 Lyons began operating a chain of teashops which became a staple of the [[High Street]] in the UK, and at its peak, the firm numbered around 200 cafes.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bawden and battenberg: the Lyons teashop lithographs |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2013/jul/12/bawden-battenberg-lyons-teashops-lithographs |access-date=26 June 2022 |work=The Guardian}}</ref>