Identity area
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Date(s)
- 1948 (Creation)
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1 folder
Context area
Name of creator
Administrative history
The company was incorporated in 1962 and acted as the controlling company of the retailing division. In the 1970s there were around 30 Five Star Supermarkets opened, with off-licence sections offering the range of wines, spirits and mineral drinks manufactured by the Williams Group.
In the 1975 the company acquired 13 Allied Suppliers Stores trading under the Lipton name.
Quinnsworth acquired the chain in 1979. 2008 the company was dissolved.
Name of creator
Administrative history
The Williams Group Tullamore Ltd. was formed as a holding company to control and co-ordinate the activities of the four existing companies, D. E. Williams Ltd., B. Daly and Co. Ltd., Keily & Co. Ltd., and the Irish Mist Liqueur Co. Ltd.
Repository
Archival history
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Five Star Ltd. formation of company, company registration forms, correspondence, Memorandum and Articles of Association, 1967-1968; including Memorandum and Article of Association by ‘The Harp Inn Ltd.’, 1967 as template