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Tesco Ireland Limited is the Irish subsidiary of supermarket group Tesco.Tesco Ireland was formed by Tesco plc's 1997 purchase of the Irish retailing operations of Associated British Foods, namely Powers' Supermarkets Limited and its subsidiaries, trading as Quinnsworth and Crazy Prices.
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Ireland has a number of supermarket chains. SuperValu, with 223 stores, has (as of May 2018) the largest share of Ireland's grocery market. [4] Dunnes Stores, owned by a trust consisting of members of the family of its founder, Ben Dunne Snr, has 123 stores. Tesco Ireland, a subsidiary of Tesco plc, has 91 stores.
Tesco Ireland operates a number of Tesco Extra hypermarkets in Ireland, with Clarehall Extra on the Malahide Road being the first to open in 2006. Tesco's largest hypermarket store in Europe, with a floorspace of 18,500 m 2 (199,000 sq ft), opened in Dundalk in County Louth in November 2010.
Northern Ireland supermarket chain split into Supervalu and Safeway Whelan Discount Stores Bought by Morrisons for £1.5 million [168] 1978 Chain of supermarkets based in Lancashire started by JJB Sports owner Dave Whelan: Wm Low: Bought by Tesco Presence in Scotland and northern England Williamson & Treadgold
Safeway formed Safeway Stores Ireland along with Fitzwilton, taking over a number of former stores of Wellworths. The Republic of Ireland stores (Powers Supermarkets, trading as Quinnsworth and Crazy Prices) became Tesco Ireland , while the Northern Irish stores became part of the Tesco core business in the United Kingdom .
The acquisition also included Stewart's Supermarkets in Northern Ireland. [18] [20] The first Tesco-branded supermarket was the unit acquired by Quinnsworth in the Golden Island Shopping Centre the previous year, which opened as Tesco rather than Quinnsworth in October 1997. All shops were rebranded over the following years, with the rebranding ...