Lewis Meeson Newsagent

Lewis Meeson Newsagent was a chain of newsagents in the United Kingdom, with branches located from Liverpool down to London. Lewis Meeson was owned by Barker and Dobson plc, the UK confectionery manufacturer, whose brands included Victory V, Hacks cough sweets, Keiller butterscotch and Everton Mints.

Lewis Meeson was created by amalgamating two newsagent chains, A Lewis and Co (Westminster) Ltd and Meesons. With the head office based in Barker and Dobson’s home town of Liverpool, the chain later acquired further newsagent chains such as T H Sperring, NSS and Centre News.

After many years of losses, around 1985 Barker and Dobson decided to sell Lewis Meeson to Guinness plc, the owner of Martin Retail Group, which operated under the banners of Lavells and Martin the Newsagent.[1]

Lavells were owned at one point by Barker and Dobson's rivals, Callard and Bowser, who were bought out by Guinness plc.

Lewis Meeson Branches included Bishop's Stortford (Thorley Park), Broxbourne (Tesco Retail Park), Cherwell, Chorleywood, Crosby, Hucknall, London (Old Street Tube Station), Mansfield, Newark on Trent (St Marks Precinct - NSS), Newport Pagnell, Northampton (Kingsthorpe Retail Park) Speke Airport (Liverpool), Rayleigh Weir, Ringwood (Southampton Road), Rhyl (High Street), Royston, Sheffield (Howard Street - NSS), Sunderland (Crowtree Road), Thornbury, Wellingborough (Arndale Centre - Centre News), Windsor (Centre News)