The McColl's group of convenience stores has hit the headlines in recent weeks, as inflation and supply chain problems have compounded pandemic-related financial stress, leading to its eventual administration.
But how did this 1,400 store, 16,000 employee retail empire get to where it is now, and who is the Mr McColl who started it all?
Robert Smyth McColl was brought up in the Mount Florida area of Glasgow.
Leaving school at 13, he began a footballing career with junior club Benmore in 1892 and moved to Queen's Park in 1894.
McColl's ambitions then took him south of the border, where Newcastle were prepared to pay him the princely sum of £5 a week. This professional contract also came with a whopping £300 signing on fee, of which he used £100 to set up the eponymous business with his brother Tom.
McColl continued to play until 1910, scoring 37 times in 55 games for Rangers, before returning as an amateur to Queen's Park. In one of his final games he scored six goals against Port Glasgow - which remains a Hampden Park record to this day.
For the national team, he scored hat-tricks on subsequent weekends against Wales and Ireland, then added another against England, becoming the only man to score three against all of the home nations.
That 4-1 victory over the auld enemy at Celtic Park in 1900 was his last for Scotland.
During his playing days, McColl developed a hobby of making sweets - earning him the nickname of 'Toffee Bob', so upon retirement, he and his brother opened a shop in Queen Margaret Drive.
Cannily opening new stores next to newly-opened cinemas, by the mid-1920s McColl's had expanded to 150 sites across Scotland, the North of England and Northern Ireland.
However, the Wall Street Crash in 1929 cost them around 80% of their wealth in one go, forcing the pair to sell the company to Cadburys - although they remained directors.
By the time he retired from business in 1951, Toffee Bob had earned his place in both the football and business halls of fame.
He died in 1958, leaving a sprawling business empire and footballing legacy, having founded the RS McColl cup junior football competition - a trophy still played for today.
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