These days, capital food shoppers tend to head to the likes of Tesco, Sainsbury's, Aldi and Lidl for their weekly shop and daily essentials, but there are so many more that have been consigned to the history books.
For a generation of locals they gave us our first experience of a supermarket. For others, they were a place of work where colleagues made friends for life.
Some of the businesses were acquired by other companies or saw massive chains we know today take over their units. Here, we take a look back at a number of lost supermarkets we no longer see in Edinburgh.
