23 memorable photos showing the supermarkets we shopped at during the 80s, 90s and earlier times

Digital Journalist

Published 9th Dec 2025, 06:00 BST

These pictures round up the supermarkets where we did our big shops back in the day.

They go back to the 1980s and 1990s and even further back than that for Booths - there are some very early pictures of the family store. How great it would be to be able to a big shop at 1990s prices, we’d all be rich! They will bring back memories...

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Morrisons, Guild Hall Arcade, Preston.

1. Supermarket Nostalgia

Morrisons, Guild Hall Arcade, Preston. | National World

Morrisons Chairman and managing director Ken Morrison explains the check-out system to Preston Mayor Gerry Walmsley with operator Kathy Clarke at the Docklands store in 1987

2. Supermarket Nostalgia

Morrisons Chairman and managing director Ken Morrison explains the check-out system to Preston Mayor Gerry Walmsley with operator Kathy Clarke at the Docklands store in 1987 | National World

Booths in Liverpool Road

3. Supermarket nostalgia

Booths in Liverpool Road | National World

Sainsbury's at Deepdale

4. Supermarket nostalgia

Sainsbury's at Deepdale | National World

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