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Milestones
| 1863 | John William Spencer and Charles Durrant open the first ever Spencer store in Chennai |
| 1920 | Spencer’s becomes the first grocery store in India |
| 1980 | Spencer’s becomes the first supermarket chain under Food World in India |
| 1989 | RPG Enterprises buys a majority stake in Spencer’s |
| 1995 | Spencer’s enters into a Technology Assistance Agreement with Dairy Farm International Holdings Ltd., Hong Kong, to set up the Foodworld chain of supermarkets in India |
| 1996 | First Foodworld store inaugurated in R A Puram, Chennai, by M. S. Subbulakshmi, renowned Karnatic musician |
| 2001 | First hypermarket inaugurated in Musheerabad, Hyderabad, by Krishna Yadav, Labor Minister of Andhra Pradesh |
| 100th Foodworld store inaugurated in Pondicherry | |
| 2006 | Joint venture with Dairy Farm International Holdings terminated |
| First new store under the Spencer’s brand name inaugurated in West Mambalam, Chennai | |
| 2008 | 75,000 sq ft flagship store inaugurated at South City Mall, Kolkata |
| First standalone store inaugurated at Vadodara | |
| Exclusive tie-up with £ 3 billion Woolworths plc, UK, for retailing their internationally acclaimed toy brand, Chad Valley, and their Ladybird brand of kidswear; the latter is Woolworths first international tie-up in the children’s apparel segment | |
| Tie-up with Au Bon Pain, the Boston-based fast casual dining and bakery caf é chain having more than 200 outlets in America, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand | |
| Alliance with Beverly Hills Polo Club – its first international tie-up in fashion | |
| 2009 | Launch of the first exclusive brand outlet of Beverley Hills Polo Club in Delhi |
| Launch of the first hyper store (35000 sq. ft) of Bangalore in Sarjapur | |
| Launch of the first café and bakery outlet under the Au Bon Pain brand in Bangalore | |
| 2010 | Foray into Punjab with the launch of three Beverley Hills Polo club outlets in Amritsar and Jalandhar |
| Announcement of a change in brand positioning from “Taste-the-World” to “Makes Fine Living Affordable” |