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I agree it's not consistent, but who ever accused English of being that?!

My point isn't that all business names are treated that way, just that the ones that are the reason is grammatical tradition not (for the most part) people who incorrectly think the shop is called "Tesco's" or whatever.

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I agree swores. Your comment did say 'traditional' and my comment was facetious.

There's been an historical transition from small chains owned by individuals (e.g. the Victorian Mr John Sainsbury) to big brands (e.g. Superdrug), hasn't there.

The possessive apostrophe was appropriate for the former but surely less so nowadays. I would guess "Sainsbury's" was a rebrand intended to reflect tradition.

Bleh, I might've realised you were kidding had I gone to Starbucks's this morning

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