McColls

Martin McColl is the UK’s leading neighbourhood retailing group with over 1,250 stores trading throughout England, Scotland and Wales, comprising over 500+ Convenience Stores and over 400 of the estate having a Post Office.

Initially the Company was formed as TM Retail when in 1998 Forbuoys acquired Martin Retail Group; the earliest of these stores dated back to 1901 a RS McColl in Glasgow. The trading names of the stores at that time included Forbuoys, Martin and RS McColl.

1999 saw the launch of our new convenience concept McColl’s. McColl’s have subsequently been rolled out into Neighbourhood, Metro, High Street and Travel locations. In 2004 the Company acquired Dillon stores and consolidated their market position as the country's number one retailer in their sector. The Company continued to grow its Convenience Store estate with the acquisition of ‘Smile’ and 30+ stores from Sainsburys which traded as Bells & Jacksons. In 2005 the Company changed its name to Martin McColl Retail Group. All Convenience Stores trade as ‘McColl’s’, the Newsagent / Variety Stores as ‘Martin’s’ in England and Wales and as RS McColl in Scotland.

As a business, Martin McColl are committed to offering exceptional service and value to customers on all product and service categories throughout the year.

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