SamC@lemmy.nz to Aotearoa / New Zealand@lemmy.nzEnglish · 1 year agoCountdown supermarkets to rebrand back to Woolworthswww.stuff.co.nzexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up130arrow-down10
arrow-up130arrow-down1external-linkCountdown supermarkets to rebrand back to Woolworthswww.stuff.co.nzSamC@lemmy.nz to Aotearoa / New Zealand@lemmy.nzEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-square2tapry@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 year agoI had no idea where the name came from, so went looking: Woolworths is only called Woolworths because of a cheeky dare in 1924 What a weird way to name a business… TLDR; Chatterton’s, no, Christmas, no, Wallworths Bazaar Ltd, almost but no…Woolworths! Yes. Definitely Woolies, not woolies!
I had no idea where the name came from, so went looking:
Woolworths is only called Woolworths because of a cheeky dare in 1924
What a weird way to name a business…
TLDR; Chatterton’s, no, Christmas, no, Wallworths Bazaar Ltd, almost but no…Woolworths! Yes.
Definitely Woolies, not woolies!