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1970: The First Iceland Shop
Malcolm Walker opens the first Iceland shop in Oswestry, Shropshire, selling loose frozen food.
1979: Deeside Cold Store
The company opens a new cold store and head office at Deeside, Flintshire.
1982: Deeside Cold Store
Deeside Cold Store in 1982, showing Iceland Freezer Centre branded delivery lorries, to support continued expansion.
1984: Stock Market Floatation
Iceland has 81 stores and becomes a public company through one of the most successful flotations ever seen on the London Stock Exchange.
1986: Food You Can Trust
Iceland becomes the first UK supermarket to remove artificial colourings, flavourings, non-essential preservatives and monosodium glutamate from its own brand products, two decades before some of its major rivals.
1989: Bejam
Iceland acquires its much larger, southern-based rival Bejam, creating a truly national chain with 465 stores.
1996: Home Delivery
Iceland introduces its unique free home delivery service, extended nationwide in 1997.
1998: GreenFreeze
Iceland pioneers GreenFreeze technology in the UK by launching the Kyoto range of fridges and freezers, endorsed by Greenpeace
Malcolm Walker & Richard Walker
Images of Sir Malcolm Walker CBE and his son, Richard Walker OBE.
Black Plastic
Richard Walker holds the traditional black plastic ready meal container, along with its paper-based recyclable alternative.
Beer Made from Waste Bread
Richard Walker holds the Bread Board Pale Ale, a beer made in Wales using unsold bread from Iceland and The Food Warehouse shops.
Eco Emeralds
Richard Walker with ‘Eco Emeralds’ schoolchildren at the launch @Coram’s fields in London.
Solo Shots
May 2011 – Mt. Everest
Aiming to raise £1 Million for Alzheimer’s Research UK, Malcolm and Richard achieved their goal of climbing Everest’s 23,000ft-high (7010m) North Col.
December 2012 – In the Footsteps of Legends: The Iceland Antarctic Expedition
An unsupported trek to the Geographic South Pole in November/December 2012 from which Malcolm had to be airlifted for emergency medical treatment
February 2014 – Iceland Foods Charitable Foundation raise £1 Million for Alzheimer’s Research UK
Malcolm Walker presents the £1 Million raised for Alzheimer’s Research UK
March 2018 – £10 Million raised for UCL Dementia Research
Iceland Foods Charity Foundation raises £10 Million to UCL Dementia Research
