Deletion of Haldanes

Comment: sources provided are insufficient to meet  / . Wikipedia is not a directory of nn businesses
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:CORPDEPTH||WP:NCORP)

Comment: I'm surprised that I cannot find any intellectually independent references but at least two are required in order to meet the criteria for establishing notability. The nearest we get with the existing references rely on company announcements and therefore fails . A quick look at Local Plus and FreshXpress articles shows much the same types of references used - I would also !vote to Delete those articles as they fails basic GNG criteria for intellectually independent references also
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:ORGIND)

Comment: As per Wiki guidelines, notability does not diminish. The fact that this chain only existed for a short time doesn't mean it is not notable. If you type in "haldenes supermarket" into google, there are a PLETHORA of news items from different media covering the store. Which makes me assume the nominator has not done  and thus this may be a '''procedural keep'''  —&nbsp;Preceding Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned comment added by
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion (WP:BEFORE)

Comment: Well as the creator all those years back, I don't know if any vote from me could be considered . If I were entirely uninvolved, i'd vote '''keep''' on the basis that it did exist as an actual mid-sized chain, and at the time got headlines as it was the first in its size sector to be launched in over a quarter of a century. There are however many articles that detail supermarket or food chains, some of which seem less notable than this, including Local Plus and FreshXpress, both of which also had a short life span but are none the less generally justified for inclusion. A short life span doesn't determine notability, or lack of
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Conflict of interest (WP:COI)