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Site-wide blog posts from Highstreett that are not tied to a single city.

9 September 2026
Who owns Lincolnshire Co-op?

Lincolnshire Co-op is owned by its members, not Co-op Group or private equity. Here is how the registered society, board and trading subsidiaries fit together.

9 September 2026
Who owns Timpson? | Highstreett

Timpson is family-owned, not private equity-owned. Here is how Timpson Holdings, Sir John Timpson and the family trust structure fit together.

8 September 2026
Who owns Gail's? | Highstreett

Who owns Gail's? Gail's is majority owned by Bain Capital Credit, the credit arm of the American private equity firm Bain Capital, since a deal that completed on 5 October 2021....

3 September 2026
Who owns Morrisons? | Highstreett

Who owns Morrisons? An American private equity firm: Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, usually shortened to CD&R, which bought Morrisons in October 2021 after a bidding war, in a...

2 September 2026
Who owns Caffè Nero? | Highstreett

Who owns Caffè Nero? Mostly one American: Gerry Ford, the founder, who has majority-owned it for nearly the whole of its life and still runs it as group chief executive. Caffè...

1 September 2026
Who owns Pret a Manger? | Highstreett

Who owns Pret a Manger? A Luxembourg investment company controlled by one of Germany’s richest families. Pret a Manger, the most London-feeling sandwich shop there is, has...

31 August 2026
Who owns Whole Foods? | Highstreett

Who owns Whole Foods? Amazon, completely. Whole Foods Market has been a wholly-owned subsidiary of Amazon since August 2017, when Amazon bought it for 13.7 billion dollars. The...

31 August 2026
Who owns Wetherspoons? | Highstreett

Who owns Wetherspoons? Mostly the stock market, and about a quarter of it one man. Wetherspoons is J D Wetherspoon plc, a public company listed on the London Stock Exchange, and...

28 August 2026
Who owns Greggs? | Highstreett

Who owns Greggs? Nobody owns Greggs, and that is the honest answer. Greggs is a public company, Greggs plc, listed on the London Stock Exchange, which means its shares are traded...

27 August 2026
Is Nando's independent? | Highstreett

Is Nando's independent? No, but not for the reason most people guess. Nando's isn't owned by private equity and it isn't on any stock exchange. It is a privately held...

19 August 2026
Who owns Cadbury? | Highstreett

Who owns Cadbury? Cadbury is owned by Mondelez International, an American snacks company headquartered in Chicago and listed on the Nasdaq. It has been foreign owned since Kraft...

17 August 2026
Who owns Costa Coffee? | Highstreett

Who owns Costa Coffee? Costa Coffee is owned by The Coca-Cola Company, the American drinks giant, and it has been since 2019. It is not British owned and it has not been...

16 August 2026
Moving to a New City? How to Find the Places Worth Finding

Results day means a few hundred thousand people just found out which city they're moving to, and most of them will get to know it the same way: open Maps, type "food near me", and...

15 August 2026
Who owns Deliveroo? | Highstreett

Who owns Deliveroo? Deliveroo is owned by DoorDash, which is based in San Francisco. The takeover completed on 2 October 2025, Deliveroo was delisted from the London Stock...

14 August 2026
Who owns Boots? | Highstreett

Who owns Boots? Boots is owned by Sycamore Partners, which is a private equity firm in New York, and they have owned it since August 2025. It is not owned by Walgreens any more...

12 August 2026
Who owns WHSmith? (and what happened to TGJones) | Highstreett

Who owns WHSmith? There are two answers now because it got split in half. The high street shops were sold in 2025 to Modella Capital, which is a British private equity firm, and...

11 August 2026
Who owns Waterstones? | Highstreett

Who owns Waterstones? Waterstones is owned by Elliott, an American hedge fund, and they bought it in 2018. So no, it is not an independent bookshop and it does not pass our...

7 August 2026
Ownership series

Hello, I wanted to write a quick article to speak about an upcoming blog series i'll be doing and this is about the ownership of the businesses you will see on your highstreett....

14 June 2026
Highstreett vs Tripadvisor: Which Should You Use to Find Somewhere to Eat?

Tripadvisor ranks restaurants by reviews, chains included. Highstreett only shows independent, locally owned places. Here's which to use and when.