Private company

Ugo

Chain of convenience stores in the UK

Ugo (stylised as UGO) was a chain of convenience stores in the United Kingdom owned by the Haldanes Group and was started in January 2011. It acquired twenty mid-size Netto supermarkets in the North and Midlands of England from the chain Asda, and turned them into Ugo stores; these stores were in: Athersley, Ashington, Blackburn, Boothferry, Bradford, Burnley, Bury, Carcroft, Eston, Hartlepool, Hull (two stores), Kirkby, Lundwood, Monk Bretton, Nuneaton, Retford, Rotherham, Stanley and Wavertree.2 It is headquartered in Grantham.1 It ceased to exist in 2012.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2011Founded1
  • Industryretail1
  • HeadquartersGrantham1
UGO Nuneaton
Photo: TheVaughano, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons3

Ugo (stylised as UGO) was a chain of convenience stores in the United Kingdom owned by the Haldanes Group and was started in January 2011. It acquired twenty mid-size Netto supermarkets in the North and Midlands of England from the chain Asda, and turned them into Ugo stores; these stores were in: Athersley, Ashington, Blackburn, Boothferry, Bradford, Burnley, Bury, Carcroft, Eston, Hartlepool, Hull (two stores), Kirkby, Lundwood, Monk Bretton, Nuneaton, Retford, Rotherham, Stanley and Wavertree.2

Products and brands

  • grocery store

Listed on Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. Feb 2012Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 2011Founded Founded1

Sources

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