Agent TypeOrganisationActivities & OccupationsMerchants, produceRetailersHistoryThe firm of retail grocers was founded in Melbourne by T.E. Moran and Frederick J. Cato in the 1880s and grew to become one of the first retail chains with stores throughout the east coast of Australia. The firm became Moran and Cato Australia Ltd in 1960 and was taken over by Permewan Wright Ltd in 1969.