Iceland (supermarket)
Overview
 
Iceland is a supermarket
Supermarket
A supermarket, a form of grocery store, is a self-service store offering a wide variety of food and household merchandise, organized into departments...

 chain in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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 and Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...

. Iceland's primary product lines include frozen foods, such as frozen prepared meals and frozen vegetables - hence the name of the company. The company approximately has a 1.8% share of the UK food market.
Iceland began business in 1970, when Malcolm Walker opened the first store in Oswestry
Oswestry
Oswestry is a town and civil parish in Shropshire, England, close to the Welsh border. It is at the junction of the A5, A483, and A495 roads....

, Shropshire
Shropshire
Shropshire is a county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. It borders Wales to the west...

 with his business partners Peter Hinchcliffe investing £60 for one month's rent at their Shropshire store.
 
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