Unilever
Unilever was formed in 1930 when Dutch firm Margarine Unie (Margarine Union) merged with the UK’s Lever Brothers. The British-Dutch entity assumed a new name that’s a portmanteau of Unie and Lever. As its...
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Wendy’s
Dave Thomas opened the first Wendy’s Old Fashioned Hamburgers in Columbus, Ohio on November 15, 1969. The restaurant was named after his fourth child, Melinda Lou Thomas (now Morse). When she was young, Melinda...
Pepsi
Created in 1893 by Caleb Bradham for sale in his drugstore in New Bern, North Carolina. The drink was initially sold as Brad’s Drink. Not exactly the catchiest name going around, the beverage was...
Waitrose
Waitrose is a portmanteau of the surnames of two of its founders: WAITe and ROSE. Originally a grocery store founded in 1904 by Wallace Waite, Arthur Rose, and David Taylor. The latter left the...
Tesco
The Tesco name is short for Thomas Edwards Stockwell, and COhen. The name came about when Jack Cohen imported a shipment of tea from Thomas Edward Stockwell for his grocery store, and decided to...
ASDA
Stands for ASquith and DAiries. Formed by the merger of the Asquith family’s supermarkets, and Associated Diaries and Farm Stores Limited.