KGF.L

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About

Founded: 1982; renamed Kingfisher 1989

Founders: Formed 1982 as Paternoster Stores Ltd to buy out the British Woolworths chain (Woolworths itself founded 1909 by Frank Winfield Woolworth)

Originated as a buyout vehicle for British Woolworths, later renamed Kingfisher and expanded into a home-improvement retail group (B&Q, Castorama, Screwfix).